IBT Staff Reporter

Joyful Libyan rebels overran Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons.

Aug 23, 2011

BP Plc has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said on Tuesday.

Aug 23, 2011

Duff McKagan has created a wealth management firm that caters to rock musicians.

Aug 23, 2011

Shares of Sino-Forest (TRE.TO: Quote) fell more than 15 percent on Tuesday after rating agency Standard & Poor's once again lowered the credit rating of the Chinese forestry company accused of fraud.

Aug 23, 2011

Bank of Montreal's (BMO.TO: Quote) quarterly profit rose by a higher-than-expected 18 percent as capital markets income surged and a recent U.S. acquisition started to contribute, Canada's No. 4 lender said on Tuesday.

Aug 23, 2011

In a 58-page report released on Monday, the Denmark announced that by 2014, it would lay claim to three areas near Greenland, including the North Pole.

Aug 23, 2011

Here's where the 2011 Virginia Earthquake hit according to maps distributed by the U.S. Geographical Survey.

Aug 23, 2011

The Washington National Cathedral is a masonry structure that employed medieval building methods instead of using a modern steel infrastructure.

Aug 23, 2011

You felt it from the floor through the chair, and all the windows started rattling, Steve Lang, a retired AT&T manager who lives in Danville, Va., about 150 miles from the epicenter, told IBTimes.

Aug 23, 2011

The Virginia earthquake Aug. 23 was unusual for the region, although not unprecedented. Earthquakes, though fairly commonplace along the Pacific Coast, are few and far between on the Atlantic Coast because of its different geological structure.

Aug 23, 2011

Warren Buffett has a Chinese car problem, and he may be tempted to fix it himself -- at a cost of billions of dollars.

Aug 23, 2011

Joe Biden receives criticism for condoning China's One-Child Policy during his visit to China.

Aug 23, 2011

Right on the brink of Hurricane Irene, an earthquake hits the East Coast.

Aug 23, 2011

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.

Aug 23, 2011

Millions of Americans are wondering if and when aftershocks will hit the East Coast.

Aug 23, 2011

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the U.S. East Coast , rattling buildings in downtown Washington, D.C., causing the Pentagon, White House and to evacuate.

Aug 23, 2011

Facebook is making it easier for users to control who sees their information, and to have more say over the photographs they appear in, as the world's No. 1 social networking service seeks to assuage privacy concerns.

Aug 23, 2011

Stocks bounced on Tuesday with major indexes rising more than 2 percent as investors jumped into the market before a highly anticipated address by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke later this week.

Aug 23, 2011

The hunt for the elusive Higgs Boson, also known as the God particle which could solve the greatest mystery in physics may have wandered into a labyrinth.

Aug 23, 2011

Can an earthquake influence the ups and downs of the stock market?

Aug 23, 2011

Medtronic Inc's new chief executive vowed to expand more internationally and improve returns from the company's research spending as he seeks to revive growth at the world's largest medical device maker.

Aug 23, 2011

Arsenal are busily pursuing the likes of Eden Hazard and Bastian Schweinsteiger, according to reports, as the transfer window closes in a mere eight days.

Aug 23, 2011

Hurricane Irene, if it keeps to its projected path and hits Florida and North Carolina later this week, will become the first hurricane in three years to make landfall in the United States.

Aug 23, 2011

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, Hollywood's power couple that endured 13 years and expected to last longer, are about to end their marriage, according to reports.

Aug 23, 2011

Factory output in the U.S. central Atlantic region dropped to a two-year low in August and new home sales hit a five-month low in July, the latest signs to suggest the economy is at risk of stalling.

Aug 23, 2011

Investors bullish on the oil market are getting support from the uncertainty in Libya.

Aug 23, 2011

Amy Winehouse toxicology results turned out to be inconclusive, and no illegal drugs were found in her system. The 27-year-old singer was found dead on July 23 in her London home. The toxicology tests were carried out to determine the cause of death, as initial autopsy results also came out inconclusive.

Aug 23, 2011

Stocks surged on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq up more than 2 percent, as buyers emerged before a highly anticipated address by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke later this week.

Aug 23, 2011

Hewlet-Packard, commonly known as HP, announced Thursday that it would stop selling its recently launched TouchPad tablet as well as all WebOS-based smartphones, such as the Palm Pre 2, HP Veer, and the upcoming Palm Pre 3. The company told retailers to discount their discontinued products for consumers shortly after.

Aug 23, 2011