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The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help an economic recovery that is close to faltering, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.

Washington Mutual Inc said it could end its three-year bankruptcy by November, allowing it to distribute $7 billion to creditors, if a judge limits the scope of outstanding disputes to be mediated.

International Business Machines Corp said it plans to buy privately-held security intelligence software provider Q1 Labs for an undisclosed sum as it looks to boost its security portfolio.

Before the all-important clash against England in the Quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup, France coach Marc Lievremont expressed hope that the internal issues would motivate the squad against the English.

European finance ministers are considering making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt and have postponed a vital aid payment to Athens until mid-November, setting up a crunch point in the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis

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Stocks tumbled and the S&P 500 entered bear market territory on Tuesday as European officials postponed a vital aid payment to debt-stricken Greece.

With Apple's special media event Let's talk iPhone at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. just hours away from kicking off, rumors are flying thick and fast about what we can expect to see in the technology giant's latest iteration of the world's singular most popular iPhone - iPhone 5.

IBTimes spoke with Heather Gautney, a sociology professor at Fordham University, about the significance of the Occupy Wall Street protests and how they might unfold in the coming weeks.

The U.S. economy is still suffering from a shocking drop in homeowners' equity and reforms are needed in how mortgage loans are originated and handled, Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, first considering whether Medicaid recipients and health care providers may sue California for cutting reimbursement rates.

Ten years after lawyers helped forge an agreement to bring China into the World Trade Organization , a step that created opportunities for scores of non-Chinese businesses, foreign attorneys in the country wish they had struck a better deal for themselves.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 set to enter a bear market as European officials postponed a vital aid payment to debt-stricken Greece.

Apple's Let's Talk iPhone event on Tuesday kicks off at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) at the Apple Town Hall in its Cupertino, Calif., Headquarter, a far more personal setting than its annual WWDC held in San Francisco.

Global subsidies for fossil fuel consumption are set to reach $660 billion in 2020 unless reforms are passed to effectively eliminate this form of state aid, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

EU regulators are set to formally object to the proposed merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext this week, a source with knowledge of the case said on Tuesday.

Less than a day after an Italian court acquitted her of murder, Amanda Knox was on a plane home to Seattle.

NEW YORK - College students' Facebook pages might hold clues to which of them are at risk for alcohol dependence and abuse, according to a new study.

Swiss bank UBS AG said it expects to report a modest third-quarter net profit, easing concerns about the impact of the $2.3 billion rogue trading loss uncovered last month as the bank chalks up gains on credit derivatives.

The European Central Bank is likely to leave interest rates unchanged when it holds the last policy meeting of Jean-Claude Trichet's presidency on Thursday, but may open the door to a cut under his successor and reintroduce some of its most potent crisis-fighting weapons.

Greek public sector workers blocked the entrances to several ministries on Tuesday to protest against austerity measures, disrupting talks with EU and IMF inspectors on a vital aid tranche.

The verdict of Amanda Knox was announced in the Italian court on Monday, and the 24-year-old exchange student was acquitted of murder.

The Supreme Court let stand on Monday a ruling that a traditional Internet download of sound recording does not constitute a public performance of the recorded musical work under federal copyright law.

Nokia will unveil its first Windows-based smartphones this quarter, arguing that there is room for an alternative to the products of big-hitters Apple and Google on the same day that Apple prepared to launch its latest iPhone.

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Stock index futures fell on Tuesday, a day after equities hit 13-month lows, as European officials considered making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt and on expectations Greece would default soon.

Stock index futures fell on Tuesday, a day after equities hit 13-month lows, on increased worries about a major banking crisis in Europe and expectations Greece would default soon.

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Two Western luxury-goods giants are taking a controversial tack in the fight on Chinese knockoffs, by targeting the U.S. branches of major Chinese banks that allegedly do business with the pirates.