IBT Staff Reporter

Video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc said on Tuesday for the first time it may need to file for bankruptcy protection after years of struggling to lessen its debt load.

NASA scientists were very surprised at the discovery of a shrimp-like creature living at deep beneath an Antarctic ice sheet.

For the first time, Facebook replaced Google as the most visited Web site in the U.S. for a full week.

Wall Street's biggest banks could be broken up by the Congress in the coming year in an eventual reckoning over the financial meltdown of 2008, Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis said on Tuesday.

Communications regulators submitted to Congress a national broadband plan that aims to expand access, increase Internet speeds and shift airwaves to mobile services.

Canadian lawmakers accused Toyota Motor Corp executives on Tuesday of waiting too long to inform the government of problems with faulty accelerators in some of the company's vehicles.

The stock market closed with a modest gain Tuesday following an afternoon rally as investors breathed a sigh of relief that the Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates low “for an extended period of time” and Standard & Poor's affirmed Greece's debt rating.

Microsoft today unveiled a public sneak preview of its newest browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) which is aimed at Web developers.

How many times have you picked up a magazine while waiting for an appointment and flipped through the hundreds of pages of articles? How long did it take you to decide whether or not to turn the page?

Intel Corp shares jumped 4 percent on Tuesday on speculation that the world's top chip maker is preparing to release a positive estimate of its current-quarter earnings.

Stocks rose to a fresh 17-month high on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero and maintained its pledge to keep them low for an extended period.

Carlos Castejon greets us wearing a cowboy hat, a red flannel shirt, jeans and cowboy boots. For him, it's just another day at Finca el Cisne, his 2,000-acre ranch outside of Copan Ruinas, Honduras. But for us, it will be a day filled with tasting local produce, horseback riding and learning about how coffee beans are grown and harvested.

The new financial reform bill introduced in the Senate will likely be approved at the committee level next week, but its shape could change substantially once it comes before the full Senate and winning Republican support comes into play, analysts said on Tuesday.

U.S. housing starts fell last month as winter storms disrupted construction, and another drop in building permits suggested the weakness would linger.

After two rocky years and a severe global financial crisis, General Electric Co expects its profit and dividend to rise in 2011, the largest U.S. conglomerate's chief financial officer said.

Stocks rose on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero and renewed its pledge to keep them exceptionally low for an extended period.

The U.S. stock market held on to gains in the afternoon session as the Federal Reserve pledged to keep the federal funds rate low for an extended period, calming fears the Fed Reserve would take a more hawkish stance.

Stocks rose on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero and renewed its pledge to keep them exceptionally low for an extended period.

Members of Congress on Tuesday threatened Beijing with duties on some of its exports if it fails to revalue its currency, pressuring the Obama administration to label China a currency manipulator.

The Federal Reserve held benchmark rates near zero on Tuesday and renewed a promise to keep them exceptionally low for an extended period while pointing to increased momentum in the economy's recovery.

Intel Corp released its newest server chips on Tuesday, as it seeks to maintain its dominance over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc , and prepare for an expected rise in demand.

Harley-Davidson Inc shares jumped 5.7 percent on Tuesday amid speculation the motorcycle maker could be the target of a leveraged buyout.

Kraft Foods came under heavy fire from UK parliamentarians on Tuesday for raising false hopes about the future of a Cadbury plant as it battled to win control of the British chocolatier.

International oil majors have mostly lost interest in investing in Venezuela, Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Tuesday.

Australia's Arrow Energy said on Tuesday it was in active discussions with Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina over their joint $3 billion takeover offer, prompting analyst talk of a sweetened deal.

The risk of a single scan inducing a fatal cancer in children is 70 times greater than the risk of dying from a general anesthetic, warned a radiology expert, urging physicians to request a formal written consent from parents, before ordering their children's CT scan.

According to Queensland's Chief Health Officer, Jeannette Young, about 12 new cases are added in the list of HIV affected people last year who were under the category of persons in the age of 25 to 34 years of age.

According to latest findings released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), those living in country and remote areas are more likely to die or need hospital care for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

The number of misbehaving doctors at Australia rises to 300%