International Business News http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/us/tech.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/us/tech.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif U.S. and European regulators approved Google Inc's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility on Monday and said they would keep a sharp eye on the web search giant to ensure patents critical to the telecom industry would be licensed at fair prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/google-gets-approval-to-buy-motorola-mobility.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275620-people-ride-their-bikes-past-google-inc.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/google-gets-approval-to-buy-motorola-mobility.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/google-gets-approval-to-buy-motorola-mobility.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:40:07 EST Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, in an about face, proposed on Monday extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers without offsetting spending cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/republicans-propose-not-paying-for-payroll-tax-cut.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/republicans-propose-not-paying-for-payroll-tax-cut.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:16:03 EST The White House on Monday proposed big budget boosts for U.S. financial market regulators, which are months behind in finalizing Dodd-Frank reforms and are under pressure to more vigorously police markets in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/obama-proposes-large-budget-boosts-for-sec-cftc.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/obama-proposes-large-budget-boosts-for-sec-cftc.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:16:02 EST Half of American adults know someone who found love online, and while the Internet plays a more important role than before in starting relationships it is also a forum for cheating and lies that ends them, according to a survey released on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/plenty-find-love-online-where-lies-abound-study.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275617-red-roses-are-pictured-inflower-shop-in.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/plenty-find-love-online-where-lies-abound-study.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/plenty-find-love-online-where-lies-abound-study.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:08:06 EST Google Inc received U.S. antitrust approval to buy Motorola Mobility, a deal aimed at building up an arsenal of patents, and an Apple-led consortium also received the go-ahead to purchase a trove of patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel Networks, the Justice Department said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/uclears-google-motorola-deal-nortel-patent-sale.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275619-signage-for-motorola-is-displayed-outside-their.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/uclears-google-motorola-deal-nortel-patent-sale.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/uclears-google-motorola-deal-nortel-patent-sale.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:08:04 EST Ratings agencies Fitch lowered its ratings on four big Spanish banks while Standard & Poor's cut its rating for the industry as a whole on Monday following recent sovereign downgrades and on concerns of funding difficulties and a weak economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/fitchp-downgrade-spanish-banks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275618-a-spanish-flag-flutters-over-the-bank.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/fitchp-downgrade-spanish-banks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/fitchp-downgrade-spanish-banks.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:32:17 EST Big U.S. manufacturers moved their production out of the country too quickly over the past decades and now see a competitive advantage in building up their footprints back home, top executives said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/after-lemming-exodus-manufacturers-look-tos.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275608-pedestrian-walks-past-boeing-world-headquarters-office.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/after-lemming-exodus-manufacturers-look-tos.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/after-lemming-exodus-manufacturers-look-tos.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:05 EST General Electric Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt on Monday defended the U.S. Export-Import Bank against charges the export-facilitating lender is "corporate welfare" and should be shut down. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/ueximbank-not-corporate-welfare-ges-immelt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/ueximbank-not-corporate-welfare-ges-immelt.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:16:03 EST Facebook diminishes shareholder rights with its dual-class share structure and limits the accountability of its board of directors to investors, proxy advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/proxy-adviser-iss-slams-facebook-share-structure.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275607-people-walk-past-the-facebook-wall-inside.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/proxy-adviser-iss-slams-facebook-share-structure.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/proxy-adviser-iss-slams-facebook-share-structure.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:32:05 EST Stocks rose on Monday, led by bank shares after Greece's parliament approved reforms needed to qualify for a cash disbursement and avoid an unruly default. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-st-up-on-greece-nears-resistance.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-st-up-on-greece-nears-resistance.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:16:04 EST Stocks extended gains on Monday, with the Nasdaq rising one percent on strength in large-cap tech shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-st-extends-gains-nasdaq-up-one-percent.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-st-extends-gains-nasdaq-up-one-percent.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:11 EST Two former Bear Stearns fund managers, who were acquitted of criminal charges over the demise of their mortgage-laden hedge funds, agreed on Monday to pay more than $1 million to resolve a civil lawsuit brought by market regulators. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/two-former-bear-stearns-managers-settle-sec-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275616-combination-photo-of-bear-stearns-ralph-cioffi.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/two-former-bear-stearns-managers-settle-sec-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/two-former-bear-stearns-managers-settle-sec-case.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:56:06 EST A long, standing ovation greeted Italy's Mario Monti when he entered the packed Card Room on the seventh floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-street-likes-monti-but-still-wary-of-italy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275615-italianpm-monti-looks-on-duringmeeting-with-secretary.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-street-likes-monti-but-still-wary-of-italy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/wall-street-likes-monti-but-still-wary-of-italy.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:40:04 EST Google Inc won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of mobile handset maker Motorola Mobility. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/google-wins-eu-okay-for-motorola-buy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275612-people-ride-their-bikes-past-google-inc.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/google-wins-eu-okay-for-motorola-buy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/google-wins-eu-okay-for-motorola-buy.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:24:07 EST Financial market regulators, months behind in writing rules to implement the Dodd-Frank reforms and under pressure to probe the collapse of broker MF Global more vigorously, would get a big budget boost in the coming fiscal year from the spending plan that the White House proposed on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/obama-proposes-large-budgets-boosts-for-sec-and-cftc.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275614-a-general-exterior-view-of-thes-securities.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/obama-proposes-large-budgets-boosts-for-sec-and-cftc.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/obama-proposes-large-budgets-boosts-for-sec-and-cftc.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:24:05 EST A young Saudi blogger and columnist has been deported to his homeland to face trial soon after fleeing from death threats triggered by comments on the social network Twitter seen as blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/saudi-writer-may-face-trial-over-prophet-mohammad.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/saudi-writer-may-face-trial-over-prophet-mohammad.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:08:04 EST Feb 13 - The confluence of widespread deleveraging among European banks and a significant wall of debt maturities that must be refinanced is creating a rising tide of distressed credit opportunities for U.S. alternative investors. However, the pace of activity is developing more slowly than anticipated, according to credit investors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/european-distressed-debt-opportunities-loom-large.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/european-distressed-debt-opportunities-loom-large.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:05 EST A U.S. government report on Monday showed farmers in the United States will plant the largest area with corn this spring since World War Two, which could double the razor-thin stocks of this year and help defray costs to consumers and food companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/usda-sees-corn-stocks-double-next-year.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275613-vermeulen-measures-the-growth-ofcorn-stalk-inpioneer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/usda-sees-corn-stocks-double-next-year.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/usda-sees-corn-stocks-double-next-year.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:48:04 EST Apple Inc said on Monday that a U.S. non-profit labor group has begun an "unprecedented" inspection of working conditions at its main contract manufacturers, including Foxconn's plants in southern China, as the maker of the IPhone continues to grapple with persistent image problems there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/apple-subjects-foxconn-partners-to-labor-scrutiny.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/275611-customers-buy-apple-products-inside-the-newest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/apple-subjects-foxconn-partners-to-labor-scrutiny.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/apple-subjects-foxconn-partners-to-labor-scrutiny.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:32:13 EST Stocks rose Monday, led by banks after Greece's parliament approved strict financial reforms needed to obtain an international bailout package. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/banks-lead-wall-st-higher-after-greek-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120213/banks-lead-wall-st-higher-after-greek-deal.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:24:07 EST