IBT Staff Reporter

Dining out is a big part of most people's lives. Maybe you have to eat out frequently because you entertain clients at restaurants.

You see them all over the place these days... nutrition bars that claim to be healthy and good for weight loss or muscle building, but when you read the label, you see an endless list of chemicals, sugars, processed trans fats, and other harmful overly processed ingredients

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the yen's sudden rise against the dollar had become a concern and he would continue to watch it carefully, Japanese media reported on Saturday.

Crude oil prices slumped below $80 a barrel again this week as the Federal Reserve and other official forecasters took a dimmer view of the economic recovery. Friday's closing price for the benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures contract of $75.39 a barrel marked a retreat from the contract's short-lived foray outside the $70 to $80 a barrel range it has been trapped in for months. Prices fell nearly 7% from last Friday's close of $80.70 a barrel.

NEW YORK - If you're looking to buy the classic Pink Floyd albums The Wall or Animals as digital downloads, you're out of luck.

The Federal Reserve is undertaking a dangerous gamble by keeping rates at near zero for so long, and it must start raising rates or risk damaging the nascent U.S. recovery, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday.

U.S. stock investors will brace for further signs of weakness in the U.S. recovery next week as earnings from key retailers are expected.

U.S. stock investors will brace for further signs of weakness in the U.S. recovery next week as earnings from key retailers are expected.

Oracle Corp sued Google Inc, alleging patent and copyright infringement in the development of the popular Android smartphone software.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Friday said several top company officials, including Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, exercised stock options this week and obtained millions of dollars of profits by selling the resulting shares, regulatory filings show.

Retail sales rebounded in July but showed hints of lingering economic softness, as did inflation data showing underlying price pressures stuck at their lowest level since the 1960s.

According to the official web site, I-Doser is a brainwave synchronizer that emulates the use of prescription drug. The site sells iDoses that range from a price of $US2.75 for a standard heroin track to a price of $US199 for the Gates of Hades that comes with an enticing combo of Smoke and torment. Weeping and gnashing of teeth. Destruction.

The arrival of Victoria's supercomputer at the University of Melbourne marks a significant time for hundreds of thousands of Australian with glaucoma as they get to access a much more accurate data about their worsening sight.

According to the study findings gathered by medical research group Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, four out of five women ages ranging from 45 to 64 presented to their GP with dangerously high levels of bad cholesterol - LDL.

Research In Motion has promised India a technical solution for decoding encrypted BlackBerry data, a senior official said on Friday, a step that could allay Indian security concerns about the smartphone and avert a shutdown.

U.S. stocks closed out their worst week in six with a whimper on Friday, slumping toward the close as economic data gave little reason to reverse a string of sell-offs.

According to Brenda Green, researcher from the Menzies School of Health in Darwin, a startling high rate of Indigenous Australians die young due to rheumatic heart disease.

J.C. Penney Co Inc forecast a profit for the year below Wall Street expectations, taking a cautious view that is gaining ground in the retail sector.

Sandra was kind enough to contact me to let me know she was successful-and extremely excited-about being offered a job with one of her target employers-one of the region's largest healthcare systems.

General Motors Co has delayed its IPO filing until early next week as it updates its prospectus with the recent CEO change and a management risk factor, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.

Stocks were little changed on Friday, with all three indexes on track for their worst week in six weeks as mixed economic data did little to convince investors of the recovery's strength.

Bill Simon could not have picked a better time to take over as chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc's key U.S. discount store unit.

Blockbuster Inc has won its second debt-payment deadline extension in as many months, but the struggling video rental chain reported a wider loss and warned it might have to liquidate, sending its shares plummeting more than 20 percent on Friday.

European economic growth accelerated sharply in the second quarter of 2010 as Germany's best performance since reunification more than made up for the struggles of Spain, Ireland and recession-ravaged Greece.

J.C. Penney Co Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by tighter cost controls and its expansion of exclusive brands, and forecast improving sales in its current quarter.

Many workers and financial companies talk about retirement as if it's a day on which everything changes. The day you retire is the day you need X amount in the bank, an annuity, a Social Security check and an old person's portfolio, they suggest. It's the day you're done: with work, with commuting, with consuming and more.

Russia is keen to create a national potash mining champion via the merger of its two biggest companies in the sector and may allow a small stake to be bought by an overseas player, analysts said on Friday.

Stocks edged lower on Friday, building on three days of losses as data showed consumers saw little improvement ahead for the economy.

Blockbuster Inc said it had extended a debt-payment deadline to the end of September, but reported a wider loss and warned it might have to liquidate, sending its shares down 20 percent.