IBT Staff Reporter

A report from The Royal Academy of Engineering says developed nations have become too reliant on global navigation satellite systems.

Was America founded as a Christian nation? A novel - titled The Secret Treaty - by Wayne Josephson claims to answer the most hotly debated question in U.S. history.

A young woman from Mexico who took on the top police chief role last year in a small Mexican border town has fled to the United States with her entire family apparently after receiving death threats and is formally seeking asylum, according to reports.

China's wary government is a world champion in internet censorship, but Communist Party leaders now want to master the trickier feat of actively shaping online opinion.

The price of gold may touch $5,000 an ounce in the next 4 to 5 years, California-based Capital Gold Group Inc. says.

Nokia Oyj reinforced its commitment to its legacy Symbian smartphone platform on Wednesday, sending its shares higher.

Stocks were poised for a lower open on Wednesday, with oil prices edging higher on continued turmoil in Libya, and as a bond auction in Portugal failed to ease concerns the country would need a bailout.

A post-revolution stir is burning through Egyptian capital Cairo as feminists were sexually assaulted, and Muslims-Christians clashed on Tuesday, after anti-Mubarak protesters face fury of armed men on Sunday.

Toyota Motor Corp will rely more on emerging markets for sales and launch about 10 new hybrid models under a long-term strategy aimed at nearly doubling profits before 2015, its president said on Wednesday.

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The company is looking to create supercomputers with 1,000 times more power than today's machines.

Internet marketing start-up HubSpot Inc. said it has raised $32 million from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE:CRM) in its fourth round of funding. To date, the five-year old company has raised $65 million.

Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as oil prices held steady after an OPEC official said the group saw no need for a meeting to discuss raising output even as turmoil in Libya continued.

Oil rose over $1 on Wednesday as fighting intensified in Libya, and an OPEC delegate said it saw no need to hold an emergency meeting to ease supply fears.

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The biggest Wall Street insider trading criminal case in a generation goes to trial on Wednesday, when prosecutors open their case against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam whose arrest 16 months ago shook the hedge fund world.

Public spending cuts forced by Congress would be a serious brake on U.S. economic growth, hitting jobs and demand, billionaire investor George Soros said on Wednesday.

Toyota Motor Corp will rely more on emerging markets for sales and launch about 10 new hybrid models under a long-term strategy aimed at nearly doubling profits before 2015, its president said on Wednesday.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as oil prices held steady after an OPEC official said the group saw no need for an emergency meeting to discuss raising its output even as turmoil in Libya continued.

Oil rose over $1 on Wednesday to trade at more than $114 a barrel as fighting intensified in Libya, and an OPEC delegate said it saw no need to hold an emergency meeting to ease supply fears.

Prudential said it would pay a bigger-than-expected dividend from forecast-beating 2010 profits, hoping to finally dispel lingering investor resentment over its bungled and costly bid for Asian rival AIA last year.

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Oil rose over $1 on Wednesday to trade at over $114 a barrel as fighting intensified in Libya, and OPEC said it saw no need to hold an emergency meeting to ease supply fears.

The oldest known wild bird in the United States - a Laysan albatross estimated to be at least 60 years old - is a new mother, officials said.

Prudential , Britain's biggest insurer, beat forecasts with a 24 percent increase in its 2010 profit, helped by continued strong growth in Asia, and hiked its dividend by a fifth.

Wall Street was set to edge higher on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq flat to 0.2 percent higher at 1020 GMT.

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion will release its long-awaited PlayBook tablet computer with Britain's 7digital music store, the companies said on Wednesday.

European aerospace group EADS forecast higher revenue and stable core operating profit as it boosts development spending this year, after bouncing back to profit with a record cash pile in 2010.

Insurer Prudential will pay out a bigger-than-expected dividend on forecast-beating 2010 results, as it seeks to dispel lingering shareholder resentment over the group's bungled and costly bid for rival AIA last year.