IBT Staff Reporter

On Tuesday, the European Union's Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled that stem cell patents involving human embryos would not be allowed. Although stem cell research remains controversial, very few countries have put a ban on it.

Details on the defunct ROSAT satellite as it falls to Earth.

Dark matter, one of the great question marks at the heart of modern astrophysics, has always been mysterious, but new findings seem to indicate that we know even less about it than we thought we did.

Children stayed home from school and everyone stayed off the road Wednesday morning as police continued to hunt for the escaped wild animals.

Groupon Inc is pushing ahead with plans to go public in the face of a volatile equity market, a recent executive departure and questions about its accounting and financial disclosures, sources said on Tuesday.

BlackRock Inc's third-quarter profit increased 8 percent as investors sought out the firm's exchange-traded funds despite tough market conditions.

Morgan Stanley reported a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by a large accounting gain that stemmed from declines in the value of its debt.

Nasdaq index futures fell on Wednesday after technology heavyweight Apple missed earnings expectations, while the broader market was little changed after a big run-up in the last session on a report Europe may beef up its crisis fund.

Switzerland should not agree to tax deals with countries beyond the European Union so as to ease economic integration with the bloc and avoid even bigger costs for Swiss banks, the deputy head of the Geneva Financial Center said on Wednesday.

BlackRock Inc , the world's largest asset manager, said its third-quarter profit increased 8 percent as investors sought out the firm's exchange-traded funds despite tough market conditions.

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday after strong gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.3 to 0.9 percent.

For decades, American workers and their machines advanced in tandem. As companies invested in technology, more workers were needed to operate machines.

Apple Inc stunned Wall Street with quarterly results that missed expectations for the first time in years as customers held off buying iPhones until the October launch of the latest version.

iPhone 4S hit the stores Friday last, after a long course of anticipation about iPhone 5.The new smartphone runs on Apple's new iOS 5, OS sporting some of the rumored features and specifications that turned cacophonous over the Internet in the past few months.

French on-line music streaming service Deezer will launch in more than 100 countries in the coming weeks, and the start-up is negotiating with roughly a dozen telecom operators on partnerships in a bid to expand its global reach.

Samsung Electronics unveiled the first smartphone running on Google's latest version of the Android operating system, which combines software used in tablets and smartphones, as they step up competition against Apple.

The European Commission seized documents from several major banks on Tuesday, marking the intensification of a world-wide law-enforcement probe into how key interest rates are set, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday after strong gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.3 to 0.9 percent.

Samsung Electronics unveiled the first smartphone running on Google's latest version of the Android operating system, which combines software used in tablets and smartphones, as they step up competition against Apple.

European stocks and the euro rose on Wednesday, on optimism policymakers will take major steps at a summit this weekend to solve the festering debt crisis and offsetting the impact from a cut to Spain's sovereign credit rating.

Real Madrid stormed to a 4-0 win over Lyon, their third consecutive win in the group stages, and is in line to be amongst the first team to qualify for the knockout rounds.

Manchester City left it late against Villarreal, grabbing a vital 2-1 win against the Spaniards through Sergio Aguero's 93rd minute winner.

No agreement has yet been reached on scaling up the size of the Eurozone's bailout fund to better tackle the debt crisis, two senior European Union officials said on Wednesday.

No agreement has yet been reached on scaling up the size of the euro zone's bailout fund to better tackle the debt crisis, two senior European Union officials said on Wednesday.

Manchester United secured their first win in this year's Uefa Champions League, with a 2-0 win over Otelul Galati at the National Arena in Romania.

European stock index futures jumped on Wednesday, tracking a rise in Asian shares, but a cut to Spain's sovereign credit rating from Moody's Investors Service kept investors' risk appetite in check.

A double-notch downgrade to Spain's credit ratings has piled more pressure on European leaders to make rapid progress on solving the region's debt crisis or face unbearable borrowing costs.

European stock index futures jumped on Wednesday, tracking a rise in Asian shares, but a cut to Spain's sovereign credit rating from Moody's Investors Service kept investors' risk appetite in check.

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