IBT Staff Reporter

An apartment complex in Florida, which happens to be owned by New York Yankees star A-Rod, caught the media attention when its residents reportedly filed numerous complaints about safety code violations with the city officials last week.

A slideshow showcasing Gaddafi's sons and their varied engagements.

Oil fell on Wednesday, weighed down by swelling crude inventories in the United States, while President Barack Obama was expected to set an ambitious long-term goal to cut oil imports.

Barclays Plc is considering moving its headquarters out of London as the cost of holding more capital threatens to make it less attractive than rival financial centers, people familiar with the matter said.

Hours after Britney Spears announced the tour she was planning on co-headlining with Enrique Iglesias on Good Morning America, Iglesias announced he is backing away from it.

Family Dollar Stores Inc sees higher-than-expected yearly profit after more shoppers flocked to its stores for low-priced holiday items and groceries and spent a little bit more on average.

U.S. private employers added 201,000 jobs in March, while February's figure was revised down slightly, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.

The leaf device effectively mimics the photosynthetic process that natural leaves use to convert sunlight and water into energy.

Shares of drugmaker Cephalon Inc surged more than 29 percent on Wednesday, above a $5.7 billion unsolicited buyout offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc , in a sign investors expect a higher bid.

Shares of companies active in Wednesday's early trade are: Cephalon, Nvidia, SMART Technologies, Clean Energy Fuels, Lindsay, Acxiom and Align Technology.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as data showed private-sector job creation while acquisition activity lifted sentiment.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday is expected present a vision of decline for the U.S. oil industry in next two decades, highlighting its lack of development at existing land leases as the country shifts to other 'Clean Energy' industries linked to nuclear power, 'clean coal,' natural gas, biofuels, wind and solar power.

Family Dollar Stores Inc's quarterly profit edged past analysts' revised estimates as shoppers flocked to its stores for low-priced holiday items and groceries, prompting the discount chain to forecast a strong year ahead.

Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit, as shoppers flocked to its stores for low-priced holiday items and basic goods such as food.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> and Honda Motor Corp <7267.T> took fresh steps to scale back output or reduce orders of some parts in North America as supplies remain disrupted after the March 11 Japan earthquake.

It was announced Tuesday that actor George Clooney was named a witness in the high-profile prostitution trial of the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

Barclays Plc is considering moving its global headquarters from London to New York due to the threat of higher capital requirements in the UK, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in March, despite continued downsizing in the public sector, a report said on Wednesday.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wednesday as data showed private employers added jobs in a sign of economic improvement and acquisition activity lifted sentiment.

Gold shot up by nearly one percent on Wednesday, after four sessions of losses amid broad support from unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, but gains may stay limited by expectations monetary policy in key regions may tighten. Spot gold was bid at $1,430.55 an ounce at 1344 GMT, against $1,415.95 late in New York on Tuesday.

Celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Natalie Portman have all been victims of online death rumors. The last victim was actor Jackie Chan

A 20-inch pencil-thin Egyptian cobra, which escaped from the Bronx Zoo in New York last week, is giving Charlie Sheen and Lady Gaga tough competition on Twitter. A twitter account created by an anonymous user under the name BronxZoosCobra had more than 120,000 followers by early Wednesday.

Early 3DS owners have reported software, hardware issues

Acer has thrown in the gauntlet in the tablet war as it has announced that its dual-screen tablet Iconia TouchBook will be available for pre-sale in U.S.

Crisis management expert Caroline Sapriel has plenty of experience of the colossal pressure on corporate chiefs such as Tokyo Electric's Masataka Shimizu, hospitalized as his firm battles nuclear catastrophe.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as merger and acquisition activity lifted sentiment before data expected to show another month of private-sector job creation.

Tokyo Electric Power warned on Wednesday that a $24 billion bank loan was not enough to keep it afloat and pay for Japan's worst nuclear disaster, adding to expectations the government will step in to bail out the stricken company.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as merger and acquisition activity lifted sentiment before data expected to show private-sector job creation.

U.S. chemicals group DuPont extended its $6 billion takeover bid for Danisco by four weeks after holders of only 6 percent of the Danish company's shares had accepted the offer.