IBT Staff Reporter

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Fan Wenbao swears he is not in the business of speculating on property. Already the owner of one home in Xinyang, a grimy city in the poor central province of Henan, he bought two more there last year.

Nasa has published the first images from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) which has been scanning the skies since early January.

Wall Street was poised to open lower on Thursday as an increase in jobless claims and a stronger-than-expected inflation growth added concerns after a weak outlook from retail giant Wal-Mart.

German carmaker Daimler scrapped its dividend for the first time in 14 years after it swung to a worse-than-expected 2009 net loss, sending shares down to their lowest level in five months.

U.S. President Barack Obama meets Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday, a move that has been denounced by China.

Amazon.com said on Thursday it is launching a new free Kindle application that will give customers access to over 420,000 books on a range of BlackBerry devices.

Stock index futures edged lower on Thursday as unemployment claims were higher than expected and Wal-Mart reported disappointing U.S. sales.

The San Francisco-based company announced last week that it raised a $5 million round of Series A financing from New Enterprise Associates.

Hollywood director J.J. Abrams has gone where man has gone before, with his 2009 Star Trek movie blasting the sci-fi franchise back into the spotlight and online, uniting new and older generation fans.

Ties between China and the United States will be tested this year by many issues: currency, trade, Internet censorship, human rights, U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's meeting on Thursday with the Dalai Lama.

It's only been six days since NATO launched a major assault against the Taliban and some Afghans are already asking Marines when they can reopen their shops.

The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly surged last week, a government report showed on Thursday, dealing a setback to hopes the economy was on the verge of job growth.

China's No. 2 telecoms carrier China Unicom on Thursday denied any involvement in a $2.5 billion bid for Nigeria's former state telecoms monopoly.

The S&P 500 and Dow index futures were lower on Thursday as weaker-than-expected results from Wal-Mart raised concerns about the state of consumers expectations ahead of data on jobs and inflation.

Uncertainty is growing over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the first legally binding treaty to cut greenhouse gases blamed for heating up the planet.

Societe Generale expects results to recover in 2010 with lower bad risk write-downs after posting weak fourth-quarter results and rattling markets last month with a profit warning.

Efforts to extend the Kyoto climate pact framework risk collapse in a setback to years of diplomatic bargains, as chances fade that the United States will join other rich nations in capping emissions.

The composition of the vaccine, announced at the end of a closed-door four-day meeting of influenza experts that is closely followed by the world's vaccine makers, means governments that have stockpiled doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine may now use them for part of the seasonal flu vaccine mix.

U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer will step down to join a consultancy group as an adviser, he said on Thursday, two months after a Copenhagen summit failed to support a legally binding climate pact.

Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, reported fourth quarter adjusted earnings of $1.17 per share Thursday morning.

Flu vaccine makers anxiously await the decision, scheduled to be announced at 5 a.m. EST/1000 GMT, because they need this guidance to start formulating vaccines for the Northern Hemisphere's fall vaccine mix.

Once a merger offer has been made, shareholders might as well get used to the idea of a deal since history shows investors have limited success rates.

The S&P 500 index futures fell on Thursday on weaker-than-expected results from Wal-Mart and as investors closely eyed jobs and inflation data.

U.S. researchers said their observational study was the first to show an independent relationship between positive emotions and coronary heart disease, but stressed that more work was needed before any treatment recommendations could be made.

U.S. homeowner confidence shrank in the fourth quarter as attitudes moved more in line with actual market prices, real estate website Zillow.com said on Thursday.

A second recall of Toyota Motor Corp's flagship Corolla model in the United States, this time potentially to address complaints about the steering, would cost very little on paper but risks further damaging its brand.

U.S. real estate continued its dismal run in 2009 with all-property capital values and total returns doubling their rate of decline, and yields softening further, quarterly data showed on Wednesday.

Should Germany ride to Greece's rescue if it can't even provide for its own?