IBT Staff Reporter

The launch of the Apple iPad could suffer some minor delays, predicted an analyst, adding to ever increasing contradictions over the release of the highly-anticipated product.

U.S. stocks inched higher at midday on Thursday, paring earlier gains, as lower energy prices and an unexpected fall in home sales offset optimism stirred by retailers' better-than-expected monthly sales.

The preliminary study results from a Sydney-based Michael Davies, a deputy director of Heart Research Institute has found a link to suggest that paracetamol, has protective effects against heart diseases

Viacom Inc's Comedy Central is withdrawing its popular comedy shows The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report from online video service Hulu, a Hulu executive said on Tuesday.

The latest findings of a research which was based at the University of New South Wales published in the journal Australasian Science found that a state of melancholy might actually be desirable as they get people moving in the direction where they are able to reach the desired peak performance.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine showed that the native lemon grass used by Indigenous Australians has the potential effect of curing headaches and migraines.

The latest findings of a recent Australian study regarding the act of sitting down particularly at work and while watching TV show that it can be bad for your health.

The latest overhaul of food labeling laws may require wine and beer to carry a health-warning labels equivalent to the labels on cigarette boxes.

With Yemen's oil revenues plunging, the government's push into the gas market seemed like an economic saving grace for a state wracked by poverty and terrorism, but analysts warn more thought should be given to carving out the country's post-petroleum era. The infamous Christmas Day bomber's attempts to blow up a jet approaching Detroit - which Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for - has drawn unwanted attention to the country's vulnerability to terrorist movem...

The official supervising the government's bailout investment in Citigroup said Thursday that the government intends to sell its holdings in the bank in a responsible manner within the next year.

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc , the third-largest U.S. fast-food restaurant operator, issued a 2010 earnings growth forecast below Wall Street's view, sending its shares down 1.6 percent.

The number of U.S. workers filing for jobless benefits fell last week, but a surprise decline in January pending home sales contracts to a 10-month low underscored the slow nature of the economic recovery.

The European Central Bank took a small step toward unwinding its extraordinary support for the euro zone economy Thursday, but it forecast a fragile recovery and left much of its cash buffer for banks in place.

The U.S. stock market erased morning gains to trade negative for the day, despite declining unemployment claims, better than expected sales from retailers, and Greece's successful auction of its 10-year bonds.

Stocks pared early gains on Thursday, hurt as weaker-than-expected energy demand hit the oil and gas sector, offsetting solid February retail sales figures.

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer said Windows 7 has sold 90 million licenses since its October 2009 launch.

Members of the UK government struck down part of its controversial Digital Economy Bill on Wednesday, but opted for legislation which may be equally contentious.

Little-known brokerage firm Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co has long toiled in the shadows of Wall Street, but the boutique suddenly has been thrust into the limelight because of an ideas dinner it sponsored last month for a group of about 18 hedge fund traders.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co set a better-than-expected baseline for profits in 2013 as it provided investors their first glimpse of life after Plavix, the second-largest selling drug in the world.

U.S. stocks turned negative on Thursday, pulled lower by energy shares as the price of oil fell nearly $1 to $79.94 a barrel.

Google announced a new search application for its Android mobile operating system, designed to boost user productivity, but has Android users outside of the U.S. upset as it is only available in the U.S. market.

An air-traffic controler at New York's JFK airport and a supervisor were suspended and are likely to be fired after allowing two 9-year old kids to direct planes at the airport, the New York Daily News reports.

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc , the No. 3 U.S. fast-food chain, reported a stronger-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday.

Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il plans to visit China in mid-March, Kyodo news agency said on Thursday, as Washington sees signs that Pyongyang may end a year-long boycott of international nuclear disarmament talks.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Western powers were trying to widen differences between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Four Islamist militants who admitted planning a monstrous bloodbath with foiled car bomb attacks on U.S. targets in Germany were convicted on Thursday of conspiracy to murder.

Afghanistan will block Internet sites with sexual or violent content, a minister said on Thursday, but the government denied the ban was another attempt at censorship or would include the Taliban's website.

The party of President Viktor Yanukovich pushed for a change in the law on Thursday to ease the creation of a new ruling coalition, essential if Ukraine is to dig itself out of economic crisis and avoid elections.