IBT Staff Reporter

Stocks tumbled 3 percent on Wednesday in the market's worst day since mid-August as a spike in Italian bond yields signaled the European debt crisis had worsened.

Stocks tumbled 3 percent on Wednesday in the market's worst day since mid-August as a spike in Italian bond yields signaled the European debt crisis had worsened.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is investigating reports some users are experiencing delays, but it said on Wednesday that it is not fighting a outage similar to the one that took down its service for four days last month.

Italian borrowing costs reached breaking point on Wednesday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's insistence on elections instead of an interim government threatened prolonged instability and kindled fears of a split in the euro zone.

Stocks tumbled 3 percent on Wednesday in the market's worst day since mid-August as a spike in Italian bond yields signaled the European debt crisis had worsened.

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname looks to be on the way out.

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Election Day 2011 will best be remembered for Democratic victories on ballot initiatives in Ohio and Mississippi, but another statement was made when the few states electing legislators and governors generally held on to incumbents and their parties.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 comes out Nov. 15 and brings with it a host of new characters and tweaks to returning fighters.

Amazon responded to competitors' accusations that its Kindle Fire limits users' access to apps with an announcement that the device will offer thousands of apps when it ships to customers next week.

Cisco Systems Inc is normally a turbulent stock after earnings, but the options market is not expecting a wild ride following its results after the close on Wednesday.

Bil Keane, the creator of the much-loved Family Circus comic strip, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure, his son confirmed on Wednesday. He was 89.

Stocks tumbled 3 percent on Wednesday, erasing gains for the week so far, as a spike in Italian bond yields fanned worries about contagion in the European debt crisis.

President Barack Obama pledged to veto a congressional measure that would overturn new U.S. Internet traffic rules, his staff tweeted to his Twitter account on Wednesday.

Life of Sophia Grace Brownlee, 8, and her cousin Rosie, 5, changed after Sophia uploaded on YouTube on Sep 15, 2011, their take on Super Bass song by Nicki Minaj.

General Motors Co posted a lower third-quarter profit on losses in Europe and offered a disappointing outlook that raised doubts about the speed of its turnaround two years after emerging from bankruptcy.

The Radiant storytelling in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ will ensure an infinite amount of quests to perform that will be randomly generated based on where the player has been and what they have done.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc faces lawsuits over $15.8 billion worth of mortgage securities, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, a more than 30-fold increase from the amount disclosed three months earlier.

Santos have confirmed that their highly-rated forward Neymar will remain at the Brazilian club until after the 2014 World Cup, after he agreed to a contract extension with a reported 50% increase in salary.

An acceleration in the pace of U.S. economic growth in the second half of this year is expected to ebb as 2012 gets underway, although the odds of another recession have receded to one-in-four, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.

Taiwanese computer maker Asus introduced its new Eee Pad Transformer Prime Wednesday, the first tablet to utilize a quadruple core. The Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, which itself was unveiled only a day earlier, is said to offer up to three times the graphics performance of its predecessor, the Tegra 2, and a 60 percent lower rate of power consumption.

Republic Airways has decided to split or even sell its subsidiary Frontier after announcing substantial third quarter losses for the company.

Stocks slid more than 2 percent on Wednesday as a spike in Italian bond yields heightened fears the debt crisis in Europe was spreading.

HSBC gave its starkest warning to date that new regulations might force it to leave Britain and said its U.S. bad debts had jumped as more homeowners stopped payments on their mortgages.

Toyota Motor Corp has told parts suppliers it aims to restore Japanese production to normal levels by early 2012, recovering from the impact of Thai flooding that hit suppliers, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

More than a thousand Rhode Island union members rallied outside the State House on Tuesday to protest pension reforms proposed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Treasurer Gina Raimondo.

Nearly half of neurosurgeons surveyed admitted to performing at least one wrong-site surgery in their career, according to study.

General Motors Co posted a third-quarter profit that fell 15 percent after a loss in Europe and disappointed investors with a forecast that closed the door on any improvement in the current quarter.

Stocks fell about 2 percent on Wednesday as a spike in Italian bond yields heightened fears the debt crisis in Europe was spreading.