IBT Staff Reporter

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday that Herman Cain shouldn't play the race card in responding to the allegations that he sexually harassed two female employees when he was CEO of the National Restaurant Association.

Upbeat job market data helped stocks bounce off two days of losses on Wednesday, with a crisis meeting about Greece and the end of a U.S. monetary policy session also on investors' minds.

Teen sensation Justin Bieber kicked off a new charity drive coinciding with Tuesday's release of his Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe.

MasterCard Inc reported sharply higher third-quarter profits on Wednesday, easily beating Wall Street estimates on double-digit increases in volumes.

Upbeat job market data helped stocks bounce off two days of losses on Wednesday, with a crisis meeting about Greece and the end of a U.S. monetary policy session also on investors' minds.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose activities have angered the U.S. government, should be sent to Sweden from Britain to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, the High Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his appeal against extradition.

The Boston Bruins ended a three-game losing run with a 5-3 home victory over the in-form Ottawa Senators in a battle of divisional rivals on Tuesday.

The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart in early trade on Wednesday as global markets settled between hope and fear amid Greek debt developments and ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting.

Mobile gaming firm Rovio said on Wednesday its hit game Angry Birds had reached a record 500 million downloads in less than two years since its launch.

MasterCard Inc reported higher third quarter profits on Wednesday which easily beat Wall Street estimates, on double-digit increases in volumes.

U.S. private employers added more jobs than expected last month, while planned layoffs dropped sharply, underscoring the view the economy is on a path of slow growth.

The Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy case leads to Frank McCourt agreeing to sell the team.

Canada will not help make up any funding shortfall to U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, which is under financial pressure after a vote to grant the Palestinians full membership, Foreign Minister John Baird said Tuesday.

Burst of energy showed galaxies more mature than previously thought.

AOL Inc's revenue dropped 6 percent because of its dwindling dial-up Internet access business, but the decline was not as severe as expected, due to an increase in advertising revenue.

Canada's central bank chief said on Tuesday he understands Greece's call for a referendum on the euro zone's latest bailout package, a plan that stunned other policymakers and triggered a downward spiral on global markets.

ST-Ericsson won a deal to supply chipsets for future Nokia phones based on Windows software, breaking Qualcomm's monopoly over Microsoft's mobile platform.

One of the former National Restaurant Association employees who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment wants to tell her side of the story publicly, and her lawyer is trying to waive a confidentiality agreement so that she can do so.

Stocks were set to rise at the open on Wednesday, following two days of sharp losses, with developments in Greece and a U.S. monetary policy meeting on investors' minds.

U.S. private employers added more jobs than expected in October, and more were added in September than originally reported, while a separate report showed planned layoffs dropped sharply last month.

British satellite provider Inmarsat said its LightSquared spectrum sharing agreement boosted revenue in the third quarter as its core shipping business was hit by a shift to lower-revenue broadband terminals.

Comcast Corp's profit rose 5 percent thanks to healthy results from its cable business, calming recent worries that the industry was succumbing to pressures from a weak economy and poor housing market.

Google Inc. said it will offer free websites to small and medium businesses in India in a move to boost Internet usage in Asia's third-largest economy and aims to get half a million of these businesses online in the next three years.

Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, following two days of sharp market losses, with developments in Greece and a U.S. monetary policy meeting in focus.

Google Inc said it will offer free websites to small and medium businesses in India in a move to boost Internet usage in Asia's third-largest economy and aims to get half a million of these businesses online in the next three years.

A Finnish whitecollar workers' union said on Wednesday it may expand an ongoing strike next week to include maker Nokia, a move that could slow operations at the Finnish mobile phone company.

Sony Corp. surprised investors on Wednesday by warning it is heading for its fourth straight annual net loss and that its TV business alone would produce a loss of $2.2 billion due to tumbling demand and a surging yen.

Greece's prime minister faces a grilling from the leaders of Germany and France on Wednesday after fighting to win the backing of his cabinet to hold a referendum on a 130 billion-euro ($178 billion) bailout package.

Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, following two days of sharp market losses, with developments in Greece and a U.S. monetary policy meeting in focus.