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The United Auto Workers union looks set to announce approval of its labor contract with General Motors Co on Wednesday as more than half the local bargaining units have voted in favor of the four-year deal.

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers union approved a four-year labor contract with General Motors Co on Wednesday, the first such deal for the top U.S. automaker since its 2009 bankruptcy.

U.S. companies will spend nearly $200 billion this year on targeted media such as direct mail, text messages or product placement in video games to concentrate on narrow, valuable groups of consumers, a new study shows.

Caution ahead of an audit of Greece's finances drove major world stock markets lower on Wednesday, while prices of commodities like oil and copper fell.

A deputy prime minister sought to empathize with Greeks facing an unpopular property tax passed by parliament as part of austerity measures, saying on Wednesday he personally did not have the cash to pay and would have to sell real estate.

A top Federal Reserve official said in his last speech on Wednesday that the U.S. dollar won't lose its status atop world currencies, and took a parting shot at the central bank's ultra easy policies.

Citigroup Inc plans to fine-tune its business as economic growth shows signs of slowing, Chief Executive Vikram Pandit said in an interview with Dow Jones, signaling that the bank is considering cost cuts.

Chelsea will make the trip to the Mestalla to play Valencia in their second Group E encounter in the UEFA Champions League.

Resale home prices rose to a record high in July, their eighth consecutive monthly gain, according to report on Wednesday that an analyst said signaled a gradual slowdown in a strong market.

U.S. companies will spend nearly $200 billion this year on targeted media such as direct mail, text messages or product placement in video games in a major push to concentrate on narrow, valuable groups of consumers, a new study shows.

Samsung Electronics unveiled on Wednesday software pacts with Intel and Microsoft as the world's No.2 cellphone maker strengthens its mobile software push.

Samsung Electronics unveiled on Wednesday software pacts with Intel and Microsoft as the world's No.2 cellphone maker strengthens its mobile software push.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were little changed on Wednesday with investors cautious after a three-day rally and ahead of an audit of Greece's finances to decide whether the nation gets more aid to avoid bankruptcy.

Scientists have newly unveiled the mechanism of the temperature-size rule, in which certain animal species shrink in physical size as a result of hotter temperatures.

Two Linux software groups have joined forces, they said on Wednesday, to develop a new operating system for cellphones and other devices in an effort led by Intel and Samsung Electronics.

U.S. businesses shrugged off an uncertain economic environment and stepped up orders for capital goods in August, a sign the economy was not falling back into recession.

Applications for U.S. home mortgages rose last week, reflecting a jump in demand for home loan refinancing as mortgage rates dropped, an industry group said on Wednesday.

Taking saw palmetto, an herbal supplement used to decrease symptoms of enlarged prostates, may have no intended health effects, according to new research released Tuesday. Even taken in high doses, researchers found the dietary supplement long believed to aid men's prostate health was not any better than a placebo.

Europe's rollout of fourth-generation mobile networks is trailing major operators in the United States and parts of Asia which are already offering the service to millions of customers.

A racist bake sale in UC Berkeley campus was slammed by ethnic minority students as the College Republicans satirically diversified the prices according to buyers' race, gender and ethnicity.

Seventy-two people from 18 states are confirmed to have been infected with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

EU and IMF inspectors will return to Greece on Thursday to decide whether Athens has done enough to secure a new batch of aid vital to avoid bankruptcy, while Germany suggested a new bailout may have to be renegotiated.

Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors remained cautiously optimistic about progress on a rescue deal for Greece.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged the European Central Bank to do everything in its power to maintain financial stability in the euro zone, saying the EU faced the biggest challenge in its 50-year history.

The UK-based National Honor Society (NHS) opened the first-ever clinic targeted to helping users of so-called 'club-drugs,' such as ecstasy, which has grown higher in recent years, in London.

It has been confirmed that Facebook will launch its iPad app at Apple's iPhone 5 unveiling event next week. The long-awaited application has been floating behind the scenes since May, according to former Facebook engineer Jeff Verkoeyen. On his blog, Verkoeyen revealed Monday that frustration at the app's continually delayed release was a contributing factor to his decision to leave the social networking company.

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wednesday as investors remained cautiously optimistic about progress on plans to lessen the euro zone's debt woes.

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