Mitt Romney's campaign sought to temper any fallout from a planned advertisement attacking President Obama's former pastor, releasing a statement that deplored attempts at character assassination.
Jeremy White
May 17, 2012
Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI), the world's fourth largest gold miner, said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 70 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations. But the Johannesburg, South Africa-based miner also said its extraction capacity in 2012 will be at the lower end of its previously stated range.
Eleazar David Meléndez
May 17, 2012
Mitt Romney's campaign has nearly matched President Obama's skyrocketing fund-raising efforts by bringing in over $40 million in April, largely helped by that fact that Republicans are coalescing around the presumed Republican presidential nominee.
Sara Dover
May 17, 2012
Brazilian oil company Petrobras, which helps U.S.-based Chevron develop offshore oil fields in Brazil, said regulators there are not likely to shut down Chevron's operations in the Frade oil field in the wake of oil spills.
Pierre Bertrand
May 17, 2012
Tim Tebow's attorneys aren't happy with a Tebow-inspired t-shirt.
John Talty
May 17, 2012
A federal judge has ruled that provisions of a new law authorizing the U.S. government to indefinitely detain citizens violate the First and Fifth amendments, undercutting the Obama administration's claim that the measures are constitutional.
Jeremy White
May 17, 2012
Jersey Shore superstar Nicole Snooki Polizzi might have gotten hit in the face - again! Video has surfaced that shows a woman who resembles Snooki at a Rockfest concert in Kansas City, MO.
Carey Vanderborg
May 17, 2012
String Cheese Incident is fed up with the fees Ticketmaster charges when completing transactions, so the jam rock band has decided to be proactive in their battle with the ticket-service provider by purchasing 400 tickets in protest of fees.
Nadine DeNinno
May 17, 2012
Someone?s going up to bat for Kim Kardashian.
Cristina Merrill
May 17, 2012
Michael Vick will marry his long-time fiancée Kijafa Frink on June 30 at the Fountainbleau Miami Beach hotel.
Joseph Orovic
May 17, 2012
A military court in Somaliland sentenced 17 civilians to death for attacking army officers in the capital of Hargeisa.
Daniel Tovrov
May 17, 2012
Mark David Chapman, the killer of legendary Beatle John Lennon, was reportedly moved from his prison, shifting from the Attica Correctional Facility to the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden near Buffalo, N.Y.
Nadine DeNinno
May 17, 2012
China has been nudging North Korea to shelve the plans for a third nuclear test, though it remains unclear how North may react to the pressure, sources aware of the secretive discussions between the two nations have said.
Amrutha Gayathri
May 17, 2012
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Thursday are: Millennial Media, Herbalife, Ctrip.com International, Cameco Corp, J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart Stores, Wal-Mart Stores, Limited Brands and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Satya Nagendra Padala
May 17, 2012
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, was found dead in her Mount Kisco, N.Y., home on in an apparent suicide by hanging, ABC News reported. The 52-year-old's body was found on Wednesday afternoon. RadarOnline.com reported that Mary Kennedy was depressed and despondent before her death.
Cavan Sieczkowski
May 16, 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to soften her stand on Greece Wednesday night, saying she was ready to discuss stimulus programs to get the Greek economy growing again and that she was committed to keeping Greece in the euro zone.
Eric Linton
May 16, 2012
J.C. Penney Co Inc shares plunged nearly 20 percent on Wednesday, their worst decline ever, wiping away $1.43 billion in market value a day after the retailer shocked Wall Street with a much worse-than-expected drop in sales and by scrapping its dividend.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 16, 2012
A group of retired Chinese Communist Party members have called for the resignation of Zhou Yongkang, the head of China's Public Security Ministry.
Jacey Fortin
May 16, 2012
The state of Vermont became on Wednesday the first in the United States to ban the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
Pierre Bertrand
May 16, 2012
As the city invests in tech, Councilwoman Leticia James wishes that Mayor Bloomberg would to more to make sure Brooklyn doesn't get left out
Sara Dover
May 16, 2012
Bruno Iksil, the trader behind the $2-billion-and-counting loss at New York-based banking giant JPMorgan Chase and Co. (NYSE: JPM) that has been the talk of New York and Washington for the past few days, will be leaving the bank within the year, the New York Times' Dealbook blog reported Wednesday.
Eleazar David Meléndez
May 16, 2012
As Google rolls out more new changes to their search engine, the Menlo Park, Calif. based company has released the details to their latest search innovation -- Knowledge Graph. The new Google search feature will reportedly work with its users to fully understand what they mean by their search entry, according to Mashable.
Carey Vanderborg
May 16, 2012
