IBT Staff Reporter

From major automakers to niche manufacturers, the race is on to get green cars on the road in the coming years, but one question lingers: after many false starts, are drivers finally ready for them?

Executives at the Frankfurt Motor Show predicted a bumpy road to a car market recovery as they showcased their latest green technology, which they hope will transform the industry.

The cause of death of Yale University graduate student was on Wednesday announced by the chief state's medical examiner as traumatic asphyxiation.

Oil prices broke above $72 a barrel on Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed a bigger-than-expected decline in crude inventories.

Stocks rose for a third straight day on Wednesday as weakness in the dollar lifted commodity and industrial shares while data underscored optimism that the economy was improving.

Commercial mortgage backed securities got a lift on Wednesday from new U.S. Internal Revenue Service rules that make it easier to modify securitized mortgages without tax penalties.

U.S. stocks rose 1 percent on Wednesday, helped by weakness in the dollar and data showing a rise in industrial output.

Most of the U.S. commercial real estate industry is expected to remain in recession through 2011 with an industry-wide recovery not expected to begin until 2012, according to a quarterly survey commissioned by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The singer Beyonce Knowles has been sued by Abercrombie & Fitch Co over her intent to use its Fierce trademark on a fragrance to be launched in early 2010.

General Motors GM.UL is examining ways to ramp up production of four newer models that are selling well above its expectations, a GM spokesman said on Wednesday.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment rose in September to its highest level since May 2008, the National Association of Home Builders said on Wednesday, bolstering the view that the battered housing market is stabilizing.

Britain plans to update laws on defamation dating back to the 19th century to make them more suitable for the Internet age, the ministry of justice said on Wednesday.

U.S. stocks rose 1 percent on Wednesday, helped by weakness in the dollar and data showing a rise in industrial output.

Venture capitalists searching for the next big green idea to invest in are being more cautious in their due diligence but are still more than willing to place risky bets in the emerging sector.

Boeing Co's long-delayed and hotly anticipated 787 Dreamliner is a case study in the growing pains that can accompany engineering innovation.

A solar-powered house built by a group of Texas students offers a blueprint for recession-hit U.S. families to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions and their electricity bills without busting their budget.

An Iranian attempt to ban attacks on nuclear sites suffered a setback on Wednesday when fellow developing nations declined as a bloc to endorse a draft resolution, diplomats said.

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Richard Parsons, the chairman of Citigroup Inc , is joining Providence Equity Partners as a senior adviser, the Rhode Island-based private equity firm said on Wednesday.

Microsoft's new Bing search portal is the fastest-growing U.S. search engine among the top 10, according to a Nielsen report released Monday.

Yale university lab technician, Raymond Clark, was released by police being questioned in connection to the slaying of graduate student who worked in the same lab.

Lawyers for Bank of America Corp and former Merrill Lynch & Co brokerage chief Robert McCann were in talks Wednesday to resolve his lawsuit accusing the bank of blocking him from taking a job with a rival.

A weak U.S. labor market led to bigger bank writedowns of credit card debt in August as a record-high jobless rate left consumers struggling to pay their bills.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both jumped 1 percent on Wednesday as increased industrial production and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions reinforced hopes the economy was gaining speed.

Comeback singer, Whitney Houston, on Tuesday in an interview with Oprah talked about her cocaine addiction, her marriage with Bobby Brown and her struggle to get out.

Fritz Henderson, the chief executive of General Motors GM.UL, expects that a deal to sell a majority in Opel to a Russian-backed consortium around Magna (MGa.TO) can be signed by the beginning of next month.

Luxury sports carmaker Ferrari thinks it could take 2-3 years for sales to return to levels seen in 2008, its chief executive, Amedeo Felisa said in an interview with Reuters TV.

Opel's chairman warned that turning around the unprofitable automaker in the next few years would not be an easy road as the sale of the European carmaker to Canada's Magna (MGa.TO) drew a political storm.

Honeywell's (HON.N) car parts business expects to post profits in 2009 and 2010, unlike many of its rivals, thanks to a growing demand for its efficiency-increasing turbo chargers, the unit's head told Reuters.