IBT Staff Reporter

According to the Heart Foundation, chocolate consumption or wine drinking does not offer any real cardiovascular health benefit.

The increase in the number of commercial breast imaging services, along with marketing tactics to promote them as non-invasive, safe and comfortable have raised concerns of the West Australian Cancer Council.

Microsoft Corp launches an updated version of its Office software on Wednesday, aiming to keep its grip on the hugely profitable business application market while countering the challenge of free online alternatives from Google Inc.

The WA Country Health Service is now investigating the breach of infection control procedure by an anaesthetist who treated 250 patients at hospitals across the state's north west.

Mental health has been called to be put highest priority in the national health and political agenda, by one of Australia's largest churches, Wesley Mission, following the findings of recent research stating 77 per cent of people in NSW have either experienced mental illness or knew someone who had.

The Department for Child Protection - under the new radical government policy - will seize babies from unfit mothers before they are even born.

Intel Corp expects annual earnings growth to double over the next few years, bolstered by an expected 15 percent to 16 percent expansion in the global personal computer market.

The largest U.S. banks would have to come up with plans for regulators to dismantle them in times of severe distress, under a new rule proposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Tuesday.

Fat finger has company.The initial theory that an errant trader caused Thursday's mysterious stock market plunge isn't the only dubious hypothesis making the rounds.

The Australian dollar rallied against the US during Asia despite data showing a decline in business confidence and job advertisements.

Balanced U.S. financial reform will likely prevail, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co's investment bank Chief Executive Jes Staley.

The top U.S. securities regulator said markets failed many investors when they suddenly fell nearly 1,000 points last Thursday afternoon and vowed to rectify the situation quickly.

Top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj revamped its management team for the second time in seven months, placing veterans in two key roles to revive its core business units and fend off rivals like Apple Inc.

Being an only child had its perks. I'd sprawl out across the backseat and go wherever the road brought us. We'd drive from Rhinebeck, New York down the east coast to the Jersey Shore, North Carolina or Florida for family vacations.

Investors soothed by the stock market rebound should not get too comfortable in U.S. homebuilder shares. Last week's sell-off in that sector was no mere blip triggered by unrest on Greek streets far from placid U.S. suburbs.

It is unclear how much U.S. taxpayers will eventually have to shell out to help mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the regulator of the two companies said on Tuesday.

So you've decided to come to London to see a musical or a play. You want to have a great night out watching one of the big shows like Oliver, Sister Act or Avenue Q, but you also want to keep the costs down as much as possible. The first thing to consider is where you're going to stay.

The Dow and the S&P 500 fell in a volatile session on Tuesday as fears that a $1 trillion bailout for Europe won't solve the region's deep-seated problems blunted an improving U.S. economic picture.

The top U.S. securities regulator said no single event had been found to explain Thursday's mysterious market plunge, but the shocking drop was unacceptable and additional safeguards were coming.

It is unclear how much U.S. taxpayers will eventually have to shell out to help mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the regulator of the two companies said on Tuesday.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued a Bank of New York Mellon Corp unit and two former senior officers on Tuesday, claiming they kept clients in the dark about investing with Bernard Madoff.

Apple Inc on Tuesday questioned recent data showing smartphones using Google's Android operating system surpassing iPhone sales in the United States, and said there are no signs that the competition is gaining in the smartphone market.

AIG is in talks with Prudential Plc to restructure a $35.5 billion deal to sell its Asian life insurance unit to the British insurer, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

U.S. stocks extended gains on Tuesday, boosted by Intel Corp, Apple Inc and biotechnology shares, with the Nasdaq Composite briefly up 1 percent.

The top U.S. securities regulator said no single event had been found to explain Thursday's mysterious market plunge but the events were unacceptable and additional safeguards were coming.

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as investors turned their attention back to the strong earnings picture in the United States and fears of a wave of euro-zone debt defaults ebbed.

The top U.S. securities regulator said no single event had been found to explain Thursday's mysterious market plunge but the events were unacceptable and additional safeguards were coming.

The Senate rejected an amendment on Tuesday that would have exposed the Federal Reserve to broader scrutiny by Congress, which critics said would extend to monetary policy decisions.

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, recovering from early losses on strength in the biotech sector after Gilead Sciences unveiled a large stock-buyback program, as well as in large-cap tech firms.