IBT Staff Reporter

Scientists smashed sub-atomic particles into each other with record energy on Tuesday, aiming to recreate conditions just after the Big Bang that gave rise to the universe 13.7 billion years ago.

(Makes clear in paragraph five that a teravolt or TeV is a million million electron volts, not a billion billion. The error was first made in Update 2)

Lenders to the bankrupt Philadelphia Newspapers LLC have appealed a court decision preventing them from bidding what they are owed in an auction of the publisher's business.

Clapham released an opinion article in a newspaper from Jakarta that points out to smoking as good for the health.

U.S. stocks barely budged on Tuesday as persisting worries about overseas fiscal problems offset optimism over data that underscored the view the economy was stabilizing.

Kylie Minogue, a breast cancer survivor, posed for a breast cancer campaign

Nissan Motor Co priced its battery-powered Leaf hatchback at more than twice the cost of a similarly sized gasoline car, counting on government subsidies to drive demand for the emissions-free vehicles.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lower-court ruling that made it harder for individual shareholders to sue a mutual fund investment adviser for excessive fees.

Chrysler Group LLC is on track to break even on an operating basis in 2010 and holds more than $5 billion in cash at the current time, said Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne on Tuesday.

U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they will tap the expertise of the country's top space and aeronautics experts to analyze Toyota Motor Corp's electronic throttles to see if they are behind the reports of unintended acceleration that have hounded the automaker.

U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in March, helped by a slight increase in optimism about the labor market, according to a private report released

U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in March, while home prices rose in January for the eighth straight month according to a closely watched housing index, bolstering hopes for a sustainable economic recovery.

The 'cloud' of data which is becoming the heart of the Internet is creating an all too real cloud of pollution as Facebook, Apple and others build data centers powered by coal, according to a new Greenpeace report.

Does what you wear to an interview really make a difference in the hiring process?

U.S. manufacturing executives have a brighter outlook on the economic recovery than do their colleagues in the European Union or the service sector, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Following a court's decision to send four of steel giant Rio Tinto's employees to jail for accepting bribe, the world is waiting with bated breath to see how the steel firm reacts to the Chinese government's move. The verdict has cast a cloud over China as a destination for global firms to do business. After the verdict, the Australian government and media had expressed concerns over the trial and the conviction of Rio's four employees, including its China head.

Facing enormous energy shortage, Vietnam on Tuesday signed an agreement with the US to boost nuclear energy production in the country. According to Vietnam's energy ministry, the deal will help the country to meet growing energy demand as it allows U.S. firms to help build nuclear plants in the country.

At a time when everything the world is running on EMIs, why can't people buy gold jewellery by paying in instalments? And if you get some bonus for doing that why would anybody think twice? This is the unique way Tata Group's Tanishq, the renowned jewellery brand, thought before launching its 'Golden Harvest Saving Scheme'. The scheme is highly popular among middle class people who wanted to buy jewellery on some particular occasions like wedding or festivals. The scheme allows you to save Rs 50...

Sustained inflation has rised the denomination values of US coins over the years, according to National Inflation Association which has launched 'Coin Melt Values' as a new feature in its website http://inflation.us/coins. It is updated daily with the latest melt values of U.S. coins that are currently in circulation or were previously in circulation. The purpose of NIA's new feature is to demonstrate how over time, inflation makes U.S. coins worth more than their denomination values, a NIA pres...

Will South Africa increase its stake in platinum group metals (PGM) industry following a green signal from an advisory body? A totally black-owned company KIO Advisory Services recently said that the country should raise its involvement in the PGM industry in order to achieve transformation. And, if that happens, there is a chance of big changes in South Africa's mining sector. Even gold, and platinum and other precious metals' prices may also see some changes following this.

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as consumer confidence and housing data reaffirmed the view that the economy was stabilizing, and Apple Inc's move to develop a new iPhone boosted telecom and chipmaker shares.

Apple Inc shares shot to a record high on Tuesday, rising about 2 percent after a report the company is developing a new iPhone that would work on Verizon Communications Inc's mobile network.

Google Inc said its mobile services have been partially blocked in China for two days, while searches on its Chinese-language site became erratic, about a week after the company shut its mainland Chinese portal and rerouted Web searches to a Hong Kong site.

(Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama costs too much and expands the government's role too far, according to a poll published on Tuesday.

An international drive to impose new regulations in the wake of the financial crisis is fading and global cooperation is diminishing, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Easter eggs may be good for you, but only if you eat small ones made from cocoa-rich dark chocolate, according to the latest in a string of scientific studies to show potential health benefits of chocolate.

Prices of single-family homes rose in January for the eighth straight month and the annual rate moved the closest it has been to an increase in three years, Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes showed on Tuesday.

Swiss bank UBS expects first-quarter revenue in its rebuilt fixed income business to be slightly below $2.3 billion, it said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters ) - Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, did not get around to having his own genes analyzed until last summer. And he was surprised by what he learned.