IBT Staff Reporter

Red Cross Australia made a blood donation ban due to the risk from chronic fatigue syndrome

Australian takeover target Macarthur Coal left the door open on Wednesday to pursue a new bid for smaller rival Gloucester Coal , while awaiting a formal offer from its U.S. suitor.

World No.2 TV maker LG Electronics warned that profits at its struggling mobile division would be slow to recover, but it expects this summer's soccer World Cup to drive TV sales and push up next quarter's earnings.

Australia's population in the next 25 years will have double cancer cases figures of people don't start a healthy simple lifestyle.

Fears that a planned rescue of Greece could stall and extend the financial crisis to other euro zone countries hit European markets on Wednesday as investors worried that Athens may default on its debt.

Doctors nowadays underestimates the seriousness of a fever of their children patients.

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said on Wednesday that negotiations on Greece's debt are well on track, and there is no question of restructuring it.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc continued a run of better-than-expected first-quarter profit rises by the big international oil companies on the back of higher oil prices, and boosted, in its case, by an unexpected return to production growth.

Greece's exploding debt crisis eclipsed all else on financial markets on Wednesday, knocking down global stocks and pushing the euro for a time to a one-year low against the dollar.

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it struck a licensing deal with phone handset maker HTC Corp, under which it will get royalty payments on HTC phones running Google Inc's Android operating system.

Honda Motor Co , Japan's No.2 automaker, forecast a 10 percent rise in operating profit this year as demand in its biggest and most profitable U.S. market recovers from a multi-decade low.

The euro tumbled to a one-year low against the dollar and Asian stocks fell as cuts in Greece and Portugal's credit ratings set off a flight to safety on fears that the euro zone's debt problems are spreading.

World No.2 TV maker LG Electronics said it aims to turn around its struggling mobile division with double-digit shipment growth in the second-quarter, adding strong TV sales would lead to better results in the period.

Honda Motor Co , Japan's No.2 automaker, forecast a 10 percent rise in operating profit this year as demand in its biggest and most profitable U.S. market recovers from a multi-decade low.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and NSW Premier Kristina Keneally signed new health reform deals to aid the state's hospitals.

Honda Motor Co , Japan's No.2 automaker, forecast a 10 percent rise in annual operating profit as demand in its biggest and most profitable U.S. market recovers from a multi-decade low.

The Federal Reserve is expected on Wednesday to repeat its vow to keep interest rates at rock bottom levels for an extended period while acknowledging that the U.S. economic recovery is getting stronger.

(Corrects 2nd paragraph to state that AliExpress was launched on Monday, not now in beta-testing.)

The masters of the universe were forced down to earth on Tuesday.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez opened a Twitter account on Tuesday, launching himself into the digital fray to combat opponents who have seized on the micro-blogging site to criticize his socialist government.

CSIRO researchers say a healthy diet with the recommended intake of wholegrains could be as potent at combating heart disease as medication.

The AUD has taken a dive overnight following announcements from credit rating agency Standard and Poors in relation to their credit ratings for both Portugal and Greece.

The masters of the universe were forced down to earth on Tuesday.

Silver-colored fillings, officially known as amalgam fillings, contain mercury and have been used by dentists for over a hundred years to treat cavities in teeth. They are known to last longer and less expensive.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a sweeping overhaul of banking rules for a second straight day as they sought to extract more concessions from Democrats eager to crack down on Wall Street.

Sirius XM Radio Inc shook off the threat of a Nasdaq delisting on Tuesday, vindicating the scores of retail investors who had bet on the satellite radio service when it was shunted by big institutional funds.

Approximately 30 million people in the United States suffer from migraine pain, which is often described as a throbbing pain in one area of the head and is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

The masters of the universe were forced down to earth on Tuesday.

The Australian Dollar opens lower against the greenback on Wednesday at 0.9150.