IBT Staff Reporter

It's been suggested that gum disease raises the risk of preterm birth in pregnant women and it was thought that getting rid of gum disease may potentially reduce the risk of preterm delivery.

Carmakers Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) and Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) plan short working hours at plants in Germany later this year, abandoning hopes that a year-long sales swoon could reverse quickly.

U.S. yogis are being asked to regulate more than their breathing -- and they are fighting back.

General Motors Co [GM.UL] will end a three-month stoppage at its Venezuela plants next week after reaching an agreement with the government of President Hugo Chavez to free up foreign currency to import parts.

The contraction in the U.S. services sector eased last month, with a gauge of activity hitting its highest point in nearly a year, a further suggestion that a modest economic recovery was under way.

Taking on corporate giants can feel like tilting at windmills, but John Kopchinski's six-year legal battle against Pfizer Inc just made him a rich man.

Stocks rose slightly on Thursday as investors focused on stronger-than-expected sales by key retailers in August, offsetting weak labor-market data.

New applications for jobless benefits in the United States fell last week, while activity in the services sector was at its strongest in nearly a year in August, suggesting a modest recovery from recession had started.

Sprint Nextel Corp plans to sell HTC Corp's Hero cell phone based on Google Inc's Android operating system, intensifying competition in the crowded U.S. smartphone market dominated by Apple Inc's iPhone.

Sony's Walkman digital music player outsold the Apple iPod in Japan last week - the first that has happened in more than four years, according to Bloomberg, citing data from Tokyo-based research firm BCN.

Someday the Kodak moment may be called the Facebook or Twitpic moment, but old-school photo management services are fighting to stay in the picture.

The blog People of Walmart is gaining extreme popularity on the web showcasing odd photos of all kinds of people seen shopping at Wal-Mart .

World Trade Organization judges will rule on Friday for the first time on whether the European Union handed out illegal subsidies to Airbus in a verdict that could affect planemakers worldwide.

European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe on Thursday into Oracle's $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems on concerns the deal could dent competition in the database market.

Someday the Kodak moment may be called the Facebook or Twitpic moment, but old-school photo management services are fighting to stay in the picture.

A company called uSocial has been offering a service that sells Twitter followers to people at a set rate, and announced Thursday that it will start selling friends on Facebook.

Author Cormac McCarthy's haunting vision of a desolate, post-apocalyptic world in

The Obama administration will spend an additional $2.7 billion to buy swine flu drugs and vaccines, just days after White House science advisers called the pandemic

The U.S. services sector shrank again in August, but an index measuring activity was at its highest in nearly a year, according to an industry report released on Thursday.

Drugmaker Novartis AG said on Thursday a single dose of its swine flu vaccine might protect against the virus, boosting hopes that potentially tight supplies could go further when mass immunization starts this month.

U.S. antitrust officials on Thursday approved plans by General Motors Co GM.UL to acquire certain assets of bankrupt Delphi Corp (DPHIQ.PK).

U.S. network equipment maker Ciena Corp reported a quarterly loss on Thursday on weaker technology spending by phone companies, but the results were better than expected and its shares rose 5.7 percent.

Stocks edged higher on Thursday as better than-expected-sales from key retailers in August offset continued weakness in the labor market.

The remainder of Chris Brown's interview on Larry King live was aired last night where the star spoke about his assault on Rihanna describing himself as feeling,

A French government scheme to encourage drivers to buy new cars might be extended beyond December, when it is due to expire, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Tuesday.

A proposal to allow Norway's Telenor to raise its stake beyond 50 percent in India's Unitech Wireless, a unit of realty firm Unitech, has been sent to the Indian cabinet for approval.

Two of Canada's regional banks, Canadian Western Bank and Laurentian Bank, reported better-than-expected quarterly profits on Thursday, sending their shares higher.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi plans to price a five-year dollar-denominated benchmark bond later on Thursday after securing commitments in excess of $2 billion, a senior official of the bank said.

Ashley Dupre, the high-priced prostitute hired by former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, said Thursday she is tired of people looking down on her and told women who love to judge her that she is no worse than them.