IBT Staff Reporter

Naomie Harris has auditioned for the much coveted role of James Bond's girl in the 23rd Bond movie opposite Daniel Craig.

The head of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, predicted that Greece and other European economies would default on their debts to resolve their problems as the euro area deals with its debt crisis.

Stock index futures dipped on Wednesday as investors were cautious on what direction the Federal Reserve would take to deal with renewed weakness in the economy.

Talks between governments and private creditors about voluntary participation in a second bailout package for Greece will begin across the euro zone on Wednesday, a source in the German government said.

Greece's government will approve a new austerity package on Wednesday after it survived a confidence vote that was a crucial hurdle in a battle to avert the euro zone's first sovereign debt default.

HTC bore the brunt of Apple's patent lawsuits last year and now Apple has turned its legal gun at Samsung.

Casey Anthony murder trial is scheduled for a half-day of testimony on Wednesday, the day 25since the trial began on May 24 at the Orange County Courthouse, where Judge Belvin Perry presides.

Stock index futures fell on Wednesday as investors were cautious on what direction the Federal Reserve would take to deal with renewed weakness in the economy.

The RCMP has confirmed it is looking into allegations about the Harper government's controversial spending for the G8 summit last year in Huntsville,Ontario.

Today it is expected that President Barack Obama will order 10,000 US Troops back home from Afghanistan.

The enormous $300 million Boeing Co 747-8 Intercontinental parked at this week's Paris Air Show is earmarked for an anonymous VIP customer who apparently needs one of the world's biggest airplanes.

Mad Men's Jon Hamm made a comment recently that the series should probably stop but it seems he has changed his mind and gone and signed a three-year deal with Lionsgate and AMC, reports Deadline.com.

Yahoo Inc, China's Alibaba Group and Japan's Softbank Corp said on Wednesday they have made substantive and encouraging progress toward an agreement over the ownership of the Chinese company's Alipay e-payment unit.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.2 percent at 0900 GMT (5 a.m. ET).

Rolls-Royce and Qantas have reached a settlement over an Airbus A380 engine explosion last year that forced a jet with 469 people on board to make an emergency landing and grounded much of the airline's fleet.

Greece's government will approve a new austerity package on Wednesday after it survived a confidence vote that was a crucial hurdle in a battle to avert the euro zone's first sovereign debt default.

The euro inched up on Wednesday and global stocks rose after the Greek government won a vote of confidence, boosting risk appetite that was also supported by signals that U.S. ratesetters will keep monetary policy accommodative.

Airbus will announce orders for its $375 million A380 superjumbo at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, Louis Gallois, chief executive of parent company EADS , told RTL radio.

After targeting the U.K. the hacker collective LulzSec yesterday claimed responsibility for successful cyber attacks against two of the Brazilian Government's websites.

Ailing Finnish cellphone maker Nokia Oyj is revamping its business to bolster location-based services as it tries to gain profitability and compete more effectively against rivals such as Apple Inc.

Apple offers more than 250,000 apps in iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and most of the cool apps come free. If you were engrossed playing different level of Angry Bird, here are bunch of free new apps for your iPhone and iPad, that were launched this year.

Consumer electronics company Apple Inc is planning to enter into the television business this fall.

JPMorgan Chase & Co agreed to pay $153.6 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it defrauded investors who bought mortgage securities sold just before the nation's housing market collapsed.

The euro stabilized on Wednesday and Asian shares rose after the Greek government won a vote of confidence as expected, prompting investors to shift focus to the U.S. Federal Reserve's news conference due later in the day for further cues.

Ford Motor Co will expand the use of its on-board smartphone applications for the 2012 model year, the automaker said at a safety and technology show for reporters.

Internet search company Google has been directed to stop the street view filming project in the south Indian city of Bangalore by the city police, until it gets necessary clearance from the government.

More than 80 percent of venture capitalists believe the initial public offering market is at very weak levels, according to a new survey from Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association.

Thousands of yoga enthusiasts stretched their arms in a busy hotspot marking the summer solstice at a free long day in the middle of Times Square, Manhattan.

After the arrest of a 19-year-old in connection with the Sony hack, LulzSec came up with yet another tweet ridiculing desperate police efforts to close in on the group. Immediately after the arrest, there had been media reports claiming that the arrested teenager was actually the leader of the hacking group.