IBT Staff Reporter

The Dow industrials and S&P 500 fell on Wednesday on renewed worries over Greece's financing woes and ahead of an auction of Treasury notes that could further drive up yields and hurt a fragile housing recovery.

Monsanto Co reported results falling below Wall Street expectations on Wednesday as the agricultural seed company warned that competitive pressures would make it difficult to meet previously announced financial targets.

(Reuters) - Scientists have found two genetic regions that affect a baby's size at birth and say one of them is also linked with developing diabetes in later life.

General Motors Co posted on Wednesday a $4.3 billion net loss from the time of its emergence from bankruptcy in July through the end of the year and said it believes a profit is possible in 2010.

Renault , Nissan and Daimler will swap stakes and jointly develop cars in a tie-up that could lead to combined savings of 4 billion euros ($5.35 billion) over five years.

Family Dollar Stores reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, and forecast earnings that should top Wall Street estimates, as the discount retailer benefited from extended hours and more profitable private label items.

The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia, is working on its own tablet computer, scheduled to reach stores later this year, a technology sector analyst said on Tuesday.

Hideo Kojima, one of the world's most famous video game creators, sees a future for digital entertainment outside the box -- outside any box.

U.S. mortgage rates spiked last week, slashing refinancing demand, while requests for home purchase loans held steady amid a final rush for federal tax credits, Mortgage Bankers Association data showed on Wednesday.

Family Dollar Stores reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, and forecast earnings that should top Wall Street estimates, as the discount retailer got a lift from extended hours, more profitable private label items and higher acceptance of food stamps.

Google Inc is expected to be sued by photographers, illustrators and other visual artists who claim the company is infringing their rights by scanning and displaying their work without compensation.

Wall Street was set to open lower on Wednesday on worries over Greece's ongoing financing woes and ahead of an auction of 10-year Treasury notes coming amid concerns about rising yields.

Manhattan commercial real estate leasing and sales activity surged in the first quarter, as companies and investors sought to lock in good deals on falling rents and lower prices ahead of a recovery.

Vacancy rates at U.S. shopping centers and malls rose to the highest levels in at least 10 years in the first quarter, accompanied by a drop in rents that wiped out years of growth, research firm Reis Inc said on Wednesday.

British mobile telecoms group Vodafone said it will launch the Opera Mini browser on low-cost handsets so its millions of users in emerging markets can easily access the Internet, lifting Opera's shares.

Stocks indexes futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors were cautious ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and an auction of 10-year Treasury notes amid concerns about rising yields.

Greek banks, hit by a series of credit rating downgrades linked to the country's debt crisis, have asked the government for more financial support, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said on Wednesday.

(Corrects third bullet point, third paragraph to show Renault holds 43.4 percent, not 43.2 percent of Nissan after deal)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it did not intentionally bet against securities in the mortgage market during the financial crisis, dismissing suggestions that it unfairly made money by placing bets against its clients.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.3 percent, Dow Jones down 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 down 0.2 percent at 5:15 a.m. EDT.

Asian stocks neared 22-month highs on Wednesday as regional investors largely shrugged off festering worries about fiscal problems in Europe and focused on a recovery in the world economy.

Asian stocks neared 22-month highs on Wednesday as regional investors largely shrugged off festering worries about fiscal problems in Europe and focused on a recovery in the world economy.

Scientists have figured out how to vaccinate a person without using a needle, potentially giving the public one less excuse to avoid getting immunized.

He told ABC Local Brisbane he has spoken with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, which is a charity to protect children from violence.

A new treatment has been discovered to help treat erectile dysfunction, however, the men might wince at the thought of this idea. Researchers from Israel have reported promising preliminary results from using low-intensity shock wave therapy to help treat vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (ED).

Carmakers Renault , Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Daimler on Wednesday said they would swap stakes and jointly develop cars as part of partnership plans aimed at gaining scale and sharing costs.

U.S. securities regulator may formulate a plan to improve oversight of high-frequency trading by keeping track of executed transactions, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Lawyers at a U.S. regulator plan to recommend that the government try to block Google's proposed acquisition of mobile advertising firm AdMob on antitrust grounds, a source familiar with the matter said.

Real estate Web site Trulia.com launched an online rental listing service on Tuesday, hoping it will help increase annual revenue to $100 million within the next few years.