IBT Staff Reporter

General Motors Co said on Thursday it will offer consumers a 60-day, money-back guarantee on new vehicles and roll out a barrage of new advertising over the next year aimed at winning back American consumers who have abandoned its brands.

U.S. stocks edged down on Friday after five straight days of gains as the rally started to show signs of fatigue along with a drop in crude oil prices.

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German anatomists plan a new show dedicated solely to dead bodies having sex as part of the Body Worlds exhibitions.

Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis said his company is still in talks with U.S. officials on how to compensate the government for a prior loss-sharing agreement, according to a letter released by a watchdog lawmaker on Thursday.

Medtronic Inc said it is warning doctors about problems with 6,300 implantable heart devices because the batteries in the devices drain sooner than normal.

U.S. food giant Kraft will face a tough task in pitching a winning bid for Cadbury as the dollar's dip cuts the value of its initial offer and is set for further weakness, analysts said on Friday.

Meat eaters might happily chew on the findings of a new study out of Japan hinting that eating meat at least every two days during middle age may help maintain independent daily activities when older.

Closing schools at the start of an H1N1 flu outbreak can greatly slow its spread and buy time to build up drug stocks, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

President Barack Obama attended the 8th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday with about 500 people under rain-filled skies at the Pentagon.

Scientists have discovered how bacteria fend off a wide range of antibiotics, and blocking that defense mechanism could give existing antibiotics more power to fight dangerous infections.

Two studies published on Thursday confirmed that a single dose of swine flu vaccine can protect people from the new pandemic H1N1 virus -- welcome news to global health officials who had worried that people might need two doses.

The U.S. Coast Guard set off a security scare on Friday with a routine training exercise in the heart of the U.S. capital on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent.

China's Alibaba Group said on Friday it will launch an international business-to-business (B2B) platform in the United States by the end of the year, as the company seeks to globalize its brand.

A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent.

The Obama administration has notified Congress of a possible sale to Turkey of advanced Patriot PAC-3 antimissile systems and related gear valued at up to $7.8 billion.

Hacker Albert Gonzalez, accused of masterminding the massive data thefts at BJ's Wholesale Club, TJX and several other retailers, pleaded guilty to some of the largest identity-theft crimes on record on Friday while leaving the federal judge wondering how to compensate his millions of victims.

A museum dedicated to the September 11 attacks will display written quotations drawn from martyrdom videos made by the hijackers, along with witness testimonials that will be screened to prevent sympathizers from praising the perpetrators, museum officials said on Thursday.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said on Friday it was in talks with India's state-owned nuclear power body to build at least 6 nuclear reactors.

U.S. antitrust regulators have requested more documents in their probe of Microsoft Corp's deal to provide search engine technology to rival Yahoo Inc , the two companies said on Friday.

U.S. stocks fell modestly on Friday, snapping a five-day streak of gains, as declining crude oil prices offset positive economic data and a rosy outlook from shipping company FedEx Corp .

U.S. antitrust regulators have requested more documents in their probe of Microsoft Corp's deal to provide search engine technology to rival Yahoo Inc, the two companies said on Friday.

A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that General Motors made the right decision to sell a 55 percent stake in Opel to a group led by Canada's Magna.

Canadian retailer Dollarama Inc filed a preliminary prospectus with the country's securities regulatory authorities for an initial public offering.

U.S. lawmakers should not let climate change legislation delays hold up proposals to overhaul the nation's outdated electricity grid, a top energy regulator said Friday.

If there is anything Oscar voters love, it is a good drama. But as a key festival stop on the road to Hollywood awards got down to business on Friday, dramas were less on movie screens and more behind the scenes where the film genre is troubled.

U.S. private equity firm TPG plans to list Myer, Australia's largest department store chain, on the local stock exchange this year in a deal that could be worth up to $2.6 billion and test the market's faith in recovery.