IBT Staff Reporter

As debate rages on how to reform the U.S. healthcare system, many of the one in six Americans now without medical insurance are hoping that reform brings at least one thing -- affordable coverage.

World equities rose on Wednesday to new 11-month highs, after upbeat U.S. data boosted faith in an economic recovery, persuading more investors to sell their low-yield dollars to buy growth-oriented stocks and commodities.

The U.S. economy will emerge from recession by growing more than 2 percent in the current and fourth quarters on a dramatic reversal in inventories, but growth next year will be tepid, a UCLA Anderson Forecast said on Wednesday.

The world's top mobile browser maker, Norway's Opera Software, released on Wednesday a test version of its mobile browser, Mini 5, promising new features, easier usage and new design.

Oil shed early losses and hovered near $71 on Wednesday as the dollar's fall to one-year lows and Asian equities' climb to 2009 highs drew investors back to risky assets on brightening signs of a U.S. economic recovery.

Asian shares swept to their highest levels for 2009 on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. economic news boosted riskier assets leveraged to global growth, while the U.S. dollar slipped to a one-year low.

Asian shares hit their highest levels for 2009 on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. economic news gave riskier assets leveraged to global growth a boost, while the U.S. dollar slipped to a one-year low.

SEC's Options Tough; Adobe's Gamble; Lehman's Complaint

New York cable TV operator Cablevision Systems Corp said on Tuesday it is rolling out a service to enable subscribers to interact with commercials by clicking on their remote controls.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said on Tuesday that Barclays Capital Inc got a $8.2 billion windfall profit from excess assets it took control of in the fire sale of Lehman's U.S. brokerage business a year ago.

Stung by a federal judge's rejection of settlement efforts with Bank of America Corp, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a few ways to proceed in the case. None is good.

Oracle Corp has ended a high-profile computer-building partnership with Hewlett-Packard Co as Oracle prepares to acquire Sun Microsystems Inc, a rival of HP.

Many people outside of China have never played the online video games operated by Shanda Games.

Adobe Systems Inc plans to pay $1.8 billion for fast-growing business software maker Omniture Inc as the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat looks to turn around declining sales.

The 63rd International Motor Show (IAA 2009) will officially opened by German Chancellor Merkel on September 17 and last for ten days amid the global economic downturn that has hit the automotive industry hard.

The Australian Dollar opens higher today at 0.8625 and is buoyed by improved risk sentiment after the release of stronger than expected U.S. economic data overnight.

Facebook said the company has become free cash flow positive ahead of schedule and that the world's largest social networking site now has 300 million users.

Facebook said the company has become free cash flow positive ahead of schedule and that the social networking site now has 300 million users.

China has started investigation procedures on auto and chicken products originally produced in the United States, Yao Jian, spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), told a press conference on Tuesday, adding to a string of trade disputes with Washington including a recent decision to raise tariffs on Chinese-made tires.

The European Commission may force Lloyds Banking Group to sell off all or part of its Halifax branch network as compensation for the billions of pounds of state aid the group has received, the London Times reported.

Citibank NA and Citigroup Funding Inc, units of Citigroup Inc, on Tuesday jointly sold $5.0 billion of debt in a three-part sale, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.

Macquarie Group Ltd, the Australian investment bank best known for privatizing public roads and airports, is making a big investment in Wall Street.

Private equity giant Blackstone Group is starting to see attractive opportunities in real estate again, after waiting on the sidelines for deals since 2007, its chief operating officer Tony James said on Tuesday.

Stocks rose on Tuesday to 2009 highs after stronger manufacturing and retail sales data boosted commodity prices and shares of materials companies.

President Barack Obama called Kanye West a jackass for what he did to country singer Taylor Swift at the VMA awards on Sunday.

Adobe Systems Inc announced a $1.8 billion deal to buy business software maker Omniture Inc on Tuesday as it looks to counter falling sales from its Photoshop and Acrobat programs.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday that the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression was probably over, but the recovery would be slow and it would take time to create new jobs.

Chipmaker Silicon Laboratories Inc raised its outlook for the third quarter, citing better-than-expected demand for both its broadcast audio and microcontroller unit (MCU) products.

Stanley Furniture Co Inc expects a sequentially wider loss in its third quarter, hurt by lower sales and disruption caused by shifting its Young America products from off-shore sourcing to its own domestic manufacturing facilities.