IBT Staff Reporter

The heartfelt story of children with a rare disease received widespread attention this week once researchers found that a drug called rapamycin, an immunosuppressant drug, could treat Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (progeria), according to a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine.

Jul 01, 2011

TAG Heuer,a Swiss luxury watchmaker, has launched a luxurious $6,750 (€ 4,700) Android Smartphone called 'TAG Heuer LINK'.

Jul 01, 2011

Despite the summer heat, numerous natural disasters across the nation have chilled the authorities and local citizens - not just because if their innate threats, but due to the extending threats posed by their neighboring nuclear power plants. The almost record-breaking wildfire in Los Alamos, New Mexico has been raging dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Nuclear Laboratory, while record floods in Missouri threaten two nuclear plants in Nebraska.

Jul 01, 2011

Online video site Hulu has begun preliminary sales talks with about a dozen potential buyers, including Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Jul 01, 2011

There are now more than 100,000 applications made for the iPad. To be more specific, there are 100,159 iPad apps as of Thursday afternoon.

Jul 01, 2011

A number of RIM employees are taking to the web, via anonymous letters, to complain about the company's recent struggles.

Jul 01, 2011

Prosecutors will move to dismiss charges against former IMF-chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn when he returns to court on July 18, one source said Friday.

Jul 01, 2011

The pace of growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up for the first time in four months in June, surprising investors and fueling optimism the recent economic slowdown will be temporary.

Jul 01, 2011

General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co both reported weaker-than-expected U.S. sales gains in June as they again dialed back deals for car buyers despite the shaky economy.

Jul 01, 2011

The chambermaid who accused former IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a luxury Manhattan hotel admitted to fabricating an account of being gang-raped by soldiers in Guinea, calling into to question her credibility.

Jul 01, 2011

The pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector picked up for the first time in four months in June, a sign of optimism for the sputtering economy, according to an industry report released on Friday.

Jul 01, 2011

The company behind Farmville, Mafia Wars, Words With Friends, Empires and Allies and many other social games has officially filed for an IPO. In doing so, it follows in the footsteps of fellow social comapny, LinkedIn, which had an impressive IPO of its own last month.

Jul 01, 2011

Missing Hayward nursing student Michelle Le’s family have denied a media report that two out-of-state calls were made from Le’s phone after she went missing.

Jul 01, 2011

Stocks rallied on Friday for a fifth day and were on track to record their best week in nearly a year, after a surprising jump in manufacturing data eased concerns about a tepid economic recovery.

Jul 01, 2011

The potential future king and queen of Britain began their Canadian tour Thursday afternoon.

Jul 01, 2011

Nortel sells its 6,000 patents to a consortium of companies, none of which include Google.

Jul 01, 2011

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released without bail on Friday after a dramatic court hearing where the sexual assault case against him appeared to shift in his favor.

Jul 01, 2011

A slideshow which showcases the top 8 tablets which iPad 3 will have to contend with when it arrives in September.

Jul 01, 2011

A group including Apple, Research In Motion and Microsoft will pay $4.5 billion to snatch Nortel Networks' patents from under the noses of Google and Intel, stealing a march on their rivals in a litigious market.

Jul 01, 2011

Tony Alvarez recalls his doubts as he contemplated the wrecked, two-bedroom foreclosed house up for sale 30 years ago with his real estate agent's reassuring hand on his shoulder.

Jul 01, 2011

Barry Manilow, the piano man who didn't write his big hits despite proclaiming otherwise in I Write the Songs, is back in stores with his first album of original material in a decade.

Jul 01, 2011

The stars of Jackass' released an official tribute video to their friend Ryan Dunn who recently passed away.

Jul 01, 2011

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released without bail on Friday after a dramatic court hearing where the sexual assault case against him appeared to shift in his favor.

Jul 01, 2011

General Motors Co on Friday reported a weaker-than-expected gain in June U.S. sales and tempered its full-year forecast for the industry as some consumers were still holding back on buying cars.

Jul 01, 2011

Medicare continues paying for cancer drugs Avastin for breast cancer, and Provenge, for prostate cancer, regardless of what health regulators rule on the medicine's fate.

Jul 01, 2011

For your average robot, chess may be easy compared to simple everyday activities like frying a sausage, but that may be about to change thanks to software being developed by scientists in Germany.

Jul 01, 2011

As it turns out, Justin Timberlake's role as Napster founder Sean Parker in The Social Network was a wink and nod to the celebrity's little publicized role in driving Silicon Valley start-ups.

Jul 01, 2011

Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker moved forward a meeting of euro zone finance ministers scheduled for Sunday in Brussels and changed it to a conference call on Saturday, his spokesman said on Friday.

Jul 01, 2011

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said its second amended $65 billion bankruptcy liquidation plan won support from thirty institutions and affiliates, possibly setting the stage for the end of the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Jul 01, 2011