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Stocks were higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled that it was in no rush to scale back its extensive support for the U.S. economy.

Sarah Palin on Wednesday called for close media attention and focus on Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke's comments on monetary policy and not the White House's release of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) Chairman Ben Bernanke, for the first time ever, will hold a press conference on Wednesday after the FOMC’s monetary policy statement.

Throughout the months leading up to the big wedding, a number of commemorative souvenirs hit the British markets. Here are some of the souvenirs created to celebrate the Royal Wedding.

Brent oil pared gains to around $124 a barrel on Wednesday and U.S. crude fell as a big rise in U.S. inventories countered support from a weaker dollar before a Federal Reserve statement expected to keep a loose monetary policy.

Businessman and television show host Donald Trump made a statement to reporters at a press conference in New Hampshire ahead of remarks by President Barack Obama on the issue of the President's release of the long-form birth certificate.

FBI continues to work on the Coreflood Botnet, remotely uninstalling it from countless infected PCs.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday will likely use his first-ever news conference on monetary policy to hammer home the case for a patient approach to withdrawing the central bank's extensive support for the U.S. economy.

Forecast-beating results from big U.S. corporations and expectations of more of the same easy money policies from the Federal Reserve lifted Wall Street on Wednesday, with stocks set to run higher after the S&P 500 moved above a technical resistance level.

New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose solidly in March and bookings for the prior month were much stronger than initially thought, pointing to strength in the manufacturing sector.

President Obama released his birth certificate and the issue surrounding it.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, probably the most well known civil rights activist in the U.S., believes the birther issue against President Barack Obama is purely driven by racism and represents part of a wider scaling back of civil rights gains by black Americans.

WellPoint Inc posted a quarterly profit far above analyst estimates, helped by health plan membership gains and lower-than-expected medical costs, and the insurer raised its full-year earnings outlook.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an end to distractions over his place of birth and released a long-form birth certificate which provides more detailed information about his birth.

This week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting should not interrupt the recent positive performance of the US financial markets.

U.S. stocks slightly higher in early trade on Wednesday after a government report showed that new orders for manufactured durable goods rose better-than-expected in March.

Prices to Buy Gold rose but silver held flat in Asian and London trade on Wednesday, while the Dollar fell, European equities rose, but peripheral Eurozone debt sank to new record lows.

Forecast-beating results from big U.S. corporations and expectations of more of the same easy money policies from the Federal Reserve lifted index futures on Wednesday, with stocks set to run higher after the S&P 500 moved above a technical resistance level.

Brent crude oil edged above $124 a barrel Wednesday as support from a weaker dollar, ahead of a Federal Reserve statement expected to maintain loose monetary policy, countered rising U.S. inventories.

The U.S. International Trade Commission is stepping into another legal battle over gadgets, this time between Nokia and Apple.

Sony PlayStation gamers expressed shock and disappointment on Wednesday at a massive data hack in which their names, addresses and credit-card details might have been stolen from the PlayStation Network.