IBT Staff Reporter

Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he applauds companies that have quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over disagreement with the business group's climate change policy.

President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform gathered steam on Thursday as a Senate panel scheduled a key vote and Democrats in the House of Representatives moved closer to hatching a bill.

Oil prices rose to settle above $71 a barrel on Thursday, supported by better-than-expected economic data and a weaker U.S. dollar.

The Canadian and Alberta governments have promised C$865 million ($823 million) to help oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc develop carbon capture and storage at its oil sands processing plant in an effort to help meet goals to curb global warming.

A top U.S. labor group on Thursday asked the Obama administration's pay czar to stop any retirement payments to Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis.

The hotel industry is facing challenges as the economy discourages personal and business travelers.

President's Cup 2009 kicks off Thursday October 8 at Harding Park Gold Course in San Francisco.

With U.S. mortgage rates back below 5 percent and still dropping, homeowners are once again looking to refinance loans and cut monthly payments.

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Almost a month after Apple launched the iPhone 3.1 update, Apple today released the iPhone 3.1.2 update for iPhone and iPod Touch users.

Ben's Chili Bowl Restaurant, a famous diner in Washington for politicians and celebrities, has lost its founder Ben Ali who died Wednesday of natural causes, the restaurant said on its website.

Few U.S. small businesses have adopted social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter for business uses, according to research released on Thursday.

UBS AG, which suffered asset outflows in the second quarter, hired former Merrill Lynch's brokerage head Robert McCann to lead its wealth management business in the Americas, CNBC said on Thursday.

A German-brokered deal to rescue Opel will not collapse due to a lack of support from other European countries hosting the carmaker's plants, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman was quoted as saying on Thursday.

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as a surprising quarterly profit from Alcoa Inc got third-quarter earnings off to a strong start and data pointed to a stabilizing labor market.

Alcoa Inc shares rose on Thursday after the aluminum producer reported its first profit in a year, in what Wall Street viewed as a bellwether of how industrial companies are recovering from the recession.

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Microsoft has no plans to develop a digital book reader to compete with the fast-growing popularity of Amazon's Kindle or a device that rival Apple is reportedly developing.

Making the current FHA loan limits permanent would ensure liquidity in the housing market and make mortgages more affordable for qualified buyers at a time when the market is showing signs of a fragile recovery, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® testified to the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity today.

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Since last Wednesday, September 30, natural gas prices rose across the board, with increases ranging between 37 cents and $1.32 per million Btu (MMBtu).

David Otunga Jr., Jennifer Hudson's baby, was officially introduced to the public on Thursday after his first photos were published on People Magazine.

One by one the Kiddieland amusement park's 27 rides were shut down forever on Sunday, giving the highest bidders in an online auction a final spin, splash or crash on their favorites.

Two months ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, the world body's telecoms arm urged governments and companies to use information technology to fight global warming.

A doubling of wind-generated electric capacity anticipated in Texas by 2015 will alter operations of every power plant in the state, industry sources said on Wednesday.

A top U.S. labor group on Thursday asked the Obama administration's pay czar to stop any retirement payments to Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis.

The long-awaited smart grid for U.S. power could play a major role in rolling out renewable energy like wind and solar, the top U.S. power regulator said on Wednesday.

The world needs to invest $83 billion a year in agriculture in developing countries to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday.