IBT Staff Reporter

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that Elizabeth Warren has the credentials needed to head the new Bureau of Consumer Protection set up as part of a landmark financial reform overhaul.

Facebook will sell stock in a IPO when the time is right, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an ABC TV interview, addressing persistent speculation about its stock market debut.

The Australian Dollar opens lower against the greenback at 0.8780.

Starbucks Corp's 2010 and 2011 earnings forecasts came in at the lower end of Wall Street's lofty expectations with commodity costs expected to rise next year, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday released former media baron Conrad Black from prison on $2 million bond, while she decides whether to throw out his 2007 conviction for defrauding shareholders.

Chinese Internet company Baidu Inc more than doubled its second-quarter profit, beating Wall Street expectations, as a surge in new advertising customers helped boost the company's revenue.

Internet commerce company eBay Inc's second-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal online payments unit and marketplace division sales in Europe.

eBay Inc beat Wall Street's quarterly profit estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal Web payments unit and strong marketplace sales in Europe.

The following are highlights from a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Wednesday with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifying on the U.S. economy and Fed policy.

U.S. airlines posted mixed results on Wednesday, with high fuel prices and the sputtering U.S. economy posing obstacles to a recovery boosted by rebounding demand and higher fares.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dour assessment of the U.S. recovery hit stocks on Wednesday, as his comment that the economy faced unusually uncertain prospects rattled investors.

Web commerce company eBay Inc beat Wall Street's quarterly profit estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal online payments unit and strong marketplace sales in Europe.

Drug company Genzyme will no longer provide drugs to prolong the lives of 14 patients suffering from the deadly and extremely rare Pompe disease when its $600,000 annual charity funding ceases later this year.

Connecticut's attorney general, who is leading a 37-state probe of Google Inc's collection of data from private Wi-Fi networks, asked the Internet search leader on Wednesday if it had tested the software before using it.

Starbucks Corp disappointed Wall Street with fiscal 2010 and 2011 profit forecasts on Wednesday that matched or lagged Wall Street's expectations, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dour assessment of the U.S. recovery hit stocks on Wednesday, as the Fed chief's comment on unusually uncertain economic prospects discouraged investors.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday the U.S. economy faces unusually uncertain prospects, and that the central bank was ready to take further steps to bolster growth if needed.

Starbucks Corp reported quarterly profit that matched Wall Street expectations, and shares slipped 2.7 percent after the low end of its fiscal 2010 profit forecast missed Wall Street's view.

The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's financial advisory firm has sued 43 new defendants affiliated with a hedge fund firm that fed money to the now-imprisoned swindler.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday released former media baron Conrad Black from prison on $2 million bond, while she decides whether to throw out his 2007 conviction for defrauding shareholders.

More than $14 billion in airplane orders from lessors and Asia-Pacific carriers dominated the third day of the Farnborough Airshow, as manufacturers stood ready to raise their forecasts for the year on the back of strong demand.

Wall Street analysts boosted their price targets on Apple Inc after it posted robust quarterly results, but the company's conservative margin forecast limited gains in the stock on Wednesday.

Three major manufacturers raised their profit targets for the rest of the year on Wednesday, saying they were confident a rebound in demand for industrial goods would hold.

President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday the most comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul since the Great Depression, vowing to stop risky behavior on Wall Street that imperiled the U.S. economy.

Has Morgan Stanley finally turned the corner? It's starting to look that way.

Three telecoms firms have subscribed to a new undersea cable linking Nigeria and West Africa to Europe, paving the way for a transformation in internet access in Africa's fastest-growing telecoms market.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as investors were discouraged after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy faces unusually uncertain prospects.

Kingaroy residents are demanding the shutdown of an experimental coal-seam gas plant in Queensland for allegedly contaminating underground water supplies.

(Corrects number of firm plane orders in bullet point, lead and 6th paragraph)