IBM Predicts Holographic Calls, Air-Breathing Batteries by 2015

The predictions are part of an annual tradition for the Armonk, New York-based company, which surveys its 3,000 researchers to find five ideas expected to take root in the next five years...

The End? Fed to purchase Billions in Securities....

The Fed said it will purchase roughly $75 billion a month in U.S. Treasury securities...

Auto sales down in September from August

Auto sales slipped in September from August, initial data from major carmakers showed, adding to evidence that the market remains stuck in a slow-motion...

Fed's Bernanke, Pianalto say recovery disappointing

The economic recovery remains disappointingly slow with unemployment too high, two top Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday...

Wall Street slips as it puts September rally on "pause"

Wall Street took a breather from a month-long rally on Wednesday, with investors bracing for higher volatility going forward as the best quarter in a year...

Wall Street slips as investors pause after 4-week rally

Stocks slipped on Monday as investors took a break from a four-week rally, but they remained optimistic the advance would resume as a flurry of deals suggested companies were seeing value in the market....

Israeli settlement slowdown to end at midnight

Happy Jewish settlers released balloons and broke ground on a kindergarten as the last hours of a 10-month construction slowdown ticked away Sunday...

Bernanke hopes U.S. not relegated to slow recovery

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday it was unclear whether the U.S. economy would be relegated to the type of slow recovery that typically follows....

Oracle lifts Nasdaq as options expiration arrives

The Nasdaq rose on Friday after reassuring earnings and an upbeat outlook from Oracle, with the broader market flat as the traditional trading volatility...

Global stocks try third week of gains

Global stock markets were on their way to a third week of gains on Friday, with emerging markets favored, while the threat of Japanese intervention kept the yen close to its lows for the month....

Yen drifts up as Japan silent and Asia stocks down

The yen drifted higher on Thursday, though the threat of Japan selling more of its currency loomed, while Asian stocks slipped from a near five-month...

Markets edge higher, though energy a drag

Wall Street rose but was trapped in a tight trading range on Wednesday as investors, without a positive catalyst, hesitated after a recent run-up....

Asia stocks keep global rally alive

Asian stocks edged up while the yen rose to a 15-year high on Tuesday ahead of a decisive vote in Japan...

BP sees oil spill claims below $20 billion: analysts

BP believes compensation claims related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be less than the $20 billion the oil giant has put into an independent claims fund...

Dubai World to repay interest, then loan installments: repo

Dubai World will repay interest on loans to creditors and then the loans themselves in installments, a government official was quoted as saying..

Investors, prepare for volatility

Investors are using options to brace for big swings next week as Wall Street enters the peak of the most volatile month for stocks historically...

Stock futures inch higher as rally continues

Stock futures inched higher Friday as investors bet the economy will continue to grow, albeit slowly....

BP points fingers in oil spill blame game

BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role...

Asian shares slip as rising yen hits Nikkei

Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, with Japan's big exporters among the heaviest losers...

Asia stocks near 1-month high; euro dips after WSJ

Asian stocks hovered near one-month highs on Tuesday as investors awaited Chinese data, while the euro took a hit after a newspaper...

Oracle, ex-HP CEO Hurd in talks for job

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is in talks to take a top executive job at Oracle Corp., the database software maker run by his friend Larry Ellison...

Spending cuts before 2011 could hurt recovery: IMF, ILO

The IMF and the UN labor agency are urging advanced economies not to cut government spending before 2011..

Report: Blackwater created shell companies

The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company....

Gates Lands in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders.....

Stocks enjoy best day in 8 weeks

Wall Street posted its best day in eight weeks on Wednesday as investor mood brightened...

Oil creeps above $72 after big fall on weak demand

Oil prices rose slightly to above $72 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a steep drop the previous day...

Stocks fall in year's lightest volume

Stocks fell in the year's lightest volume on Monday as worries about the pace of economic recovery...

Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors

Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors..
President Barack Obama said Sunday he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim....

Economy edges closer to stalling, government says

The economy turns out to be weaker than we thought, and the outlook for the rest of the year is now looking dimmer....

Bernanke speech shows effort to find Fed consensus

Ben Bernanke is struggling to build consensus among Federal Reserve officials about what steps are needed - if any - to give the economy a boost...

Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker

The government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse. The Commerce Department on Friday will...

Wal-Mart wants women's class-action suit tossed

Wal-Mart asked the Supreme Court to throw out a gender discrimination class-action lawsuit against it...

Stocks drop after sharp fall in July home sales

Stocks fell for a fourth day after another disappointing report on housing deepened worries that the economic recovery could be fading.....

Guilty plea in NY in Disney insider trading scheme

A man charged with selling secrets about finances at Walt Disney Co. pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to wire fraud charges and conspiracy......

Fed Split on Move to Bolster Economy

At least seven of 17 Fed officials spoke against or expressed reservations on a plan...

Apple Exec Pleads Not Guilty in $1M Kickback Scheme

The Apple executive accused of taking $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers...

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Key Mexican drug cartel suspect extradited to U.S.

A drug cartel responsible for killing thousands of people in Mexico's border cities has been dealt another law enforcement setback...

Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Deficit

Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis...

Google Offices Raided In Street View Probe

According to a police official, a cyber crime unit is investigating Google Korea for possibly violating communications and privacy laws...

FHA Gets Tougher on Mortgages

Consumers looking for home loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration will face tougher hurdles...

Wall Street Tries to Sort Through Economic Reports

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The economic reports, on business inventories, retail sales and the Consumer Price Index, were in much the same vein as those that Wall Street....

Repossession threat as Government reduces home owner support

More families will lose their homes, charities warn, as the Government prepares to reduce the amount of financial support it provides to borrowers...

Economic Fears Fuel Market Swoon

Investors dumped stocks, commodities and riskier currencies in a world-wide flight...

Afghan civilian deaths spike in 2010: UN

An Afghan youth carries a bundle of hay on his back as U.S. Army soldiers pass by during a patrol in Kolack, a village in northeastern Afghanistan.

Google Agonizes on Privacy as Rivals Emerge

A confidential, Google "vision statement" shows the company in a deep round of soul-searching ..

Some Companies Struggle to Fill Jobs

A 9.5% jobless rate has left many employers inundated with applicants...

Saudi Arabia, RIM Reach Agreement

Saudi Arabia has reached a preliminary agreement with Research In Motion over the handling of BlackBerry data that...

Busted Russian Spy Wants Old Life Back

A Russian spy wants to go back to his fake identity of Juan Lazaro....

Pentagon demands Wikileaks files

The Pentagon has demanded that the whistle-blower website Wikileaks hand over all classified US military documents it has not yet published...

Intel Settles Antitrust Case

Intel Corp. agreed to a series of restrictions as part of an antitrust settlement with U.S. regulators to resolve charges the Silicon Valley giant engaged in...

Saudi Ban Rains On RIM's Party

Saudi Arabia ordered a ban on BlackBerry services starting Friday...

Probes Spotlight Dual Roles in Housing Deals

Probes of the collapsed mortgage-bond boom are shedding light on how Wall Street firms...

Goldman Details Its Valuations with AIG

Two years after collateral demands from Goldman helped spark a cash crunch at AIG..