IBT Staff Reporter

The Latino population of the United States will break 50 million for the first time, according to analysts. The official US Census Bureau demographics data will be released later today.

An exoskeleton could end carpal tunnel syndrome as we know it.

Procter & Gamble Co and generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd are joining forces to sell over-the-counter medicines as both companies try to expand their reach, particularly in developing markets.

In its usual offensive and abrasive style, Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket Taylor's funeral over her work as an active and adamant AIDs advocate.

Fitch on Thursday cut Portugal's credit ratings by two notches, saying risks to the country's financing rose after parliament failed to pass fiscal austerity measures and the prime minister resigned.

AT&T Inc's $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile casts doubt on the U.S. government's ability to swiftly deliver policy to meet the booming demand for wireless services.

Gold hit its second new record high on the trot at the London Gold Fix on Thursday morning, hitting $1441.25 per ounce for US investors as the Dollar held flat on the forex market, and US crude oil rose.

While many details of Elizabeth Taylor's funerals have yet to be revealed, some specifics are slowly coming to light.

Oil prices dropped back on Thursday in a bout of profit-taking as investors paused after a hefty rally on supply worries amid the fighting in Libya and growing unrest in the Middle East.

New start-up Color introduces a unique photo sharing service; receives $41 million in venture capital.

Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would restart production of three hybrid models on Monday after a massive earthquake this month disrupted output across the industry.

Shortly before the release of the 3DS, Nintendo is hinting at a reduced 3D effort.

The U.S. Standard & Poor's 500 index will finish the year with double-digit gains, unfazed by Japan's nuclear crisis or unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, which is driving up oil prices, a Reuters poll found.

Grocery retailers' store-brand products are expected to double their share of the global packaged food market over the next 15 years to make up half the market, according to a report issued on Thursday.

A new study claims that religion may be on the way out in some parts of Europe, largely because it isn't as useful to adherents as it once was.

The Associated Press is reporting that singer Chris Brown apologized for his outburst during his appearance at Good Morning America earlier this week.

Jeremy Morlock, a U.S. soldier who admitted to the murders of three Afghan civilians in 2009 and 2010 and struck a plea deal to testify against other soldiers in his unit also accused of crimes, was sentenced on Wednesday by a military judge to 24 years in prison, with the opportunity for parole within 7 years.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell as expected last week, with the four-week moving average dropping to it lowest level in more than 2-1/2 years, showing the labor market healing was becoming entrenched.

ConAgra Foods Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it raised prices, but said inflation would reduce earnings for the current period.

China's ZTE Corp <0763.HK> is seeing higher prices for phone parts such as batteries, displays and radio filters due to supply shortages in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake.

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, helped by optimism about earnings and investors buying the quarter's high performers, while the S&P 500's push above a key level could signal further gains.

Brent crude oil prices edged back up on Thursday on news that a French fighter jet, part of a U.N. coalition enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, had destroyed a Libyan war plane, raising more worries of a longer supply outage from the strife-torn North African nation.

As news of the star's death spread a number of celebrities took to Twitter to post their reactions and condolences to Taylor's family.

Dutch navigation and digital map maker TomTom, which is struggling with competition from map offerings by Google and Nokia, is not looking to sell its mapping unit, denying a report it might consider a sale.

Stone Rose men's apparel company now has the hair on loan from Golden Palace and is hosting a picture day with Bieber's hair to raise money for tsunami victims in Japan.

An association representing companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft is speaking out against the potential merger between AT&T and T-Mobile.

Gwen Stefani is the latest celebrity reaching out to help Japan. OK! Magazine is reporting that the singer and fashion designer has donated $1 million to the country which was devastated after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami.

Google says the DUI checkpoint evasion apps in question do not appear to violate its app policies.

Amazon.com Inc is well-positioned to grab market share from Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp given its competitive pricing and wide assortment, analysts at William Blair & Co said, and upgraded Amazon to outperform.