Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion surged as much as 11 percent Tuesday after speculation Samsung Electronics might mount a takeover bid.
Two new smartphones with the largest screen sizes available are coming soon to AT&T, and the HTC Titan II and Samsung Galaxy Note will stand out for more than just their size. Both will join AT&T's growing corps of 4G LTE-enabled devices, Titan II runs the Microsoft system and the Note includes a stylus.
An Italian judge Tuesday placed Francesco Schettino, the captain of the sinking cruise ship Costa Concordia, under house arrest.
The most buzzed about items at the 2012 International CES were undoubtedly OLED televisions - namely Samsung's and LG's - but questions remain whether the items are more than just another hyped, yet useless gadget.
When it comes to hydraulic fracturing New York stands at a crossroads, by the end of this year the state's Department of Environmental Conservation could start granting drilling permits for horizontal natural gas drilling.
Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust (D_u.TO: Quote) will buy Whiterock REIT (WRK_u.TO: Quote) for about C$580 million ($572 million) in a cash-and-stock deal to strengthen its position in the office property space.
O. J. Simpson, the former football star who gained notoriety during a 1995 murder trial, is facing foreclosure on his Florida home.
British government officials are determined to expel Qatada from the country.
L.L. Bean celebrated its 100-year anniversary on Tuesday with a giant mobile replica of its original boot, dubbed the Bootmobile. In honor of the 100-year anniversary, here’s a look at some of the best L.L. Bean products of all time, plus Leon Leonwood Bean's original patent sketch of the Duck Boots.
Two individuals working on an exploration well off the coast of Nigeria are still unaccounted for following a fire that took place on one of the company's rigs.
Citigroup Inc fourth-quarter profit fell 11 percent and missed Wall Street estimates as the European debt crisis battered capital markets trading and discouraged clients from doing deals.
Samsung Electronics Co plans to merge its own 'bada' mobile phone operating software with an open-source Tizen platform as the world's biggest smartphone maker seeks alternatives to Google's Android in its devices.
According to the latest reports, iPhone 4S has been successfully jailbroken. It was previously reported that untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.1 and 5.0 was making a good progress and Pod2g had also announced that he had achieved some milestones on the iPhone 4S jailbreak issue.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the country's top carmaker, raised prices of all its models on Tuesday, sending its shares up as much as 11 percent as investors rallied behind the company after months of falling sales appeared to have levelled in December.
Republican Congressman and presidential frontrunner, Ron Paul, along with former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee - Barney Frank, has previously campaigned for a bill to end marijuana prohibition.
Samsung’s new 4G smartphone, Galaxy S Blaze, which was showcased by the T-Mobile at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, is all set to give tough competition to the HTC EVO Design 4G. Check out all the smart features of both these smartphones that will declare 4G battle soon as Samsung releases its 4G smartphone Galaxy S Blaze.
Samsung Group, which includes Samsung Electronics Co, said on Tuesday it is raising its 2012 investment to a record $41.4 billion, as the South Korean conglomerate seeks to consolidate its leading position in mobile chips and flat screens.
Facebook is expected to introduce its much anticipated public offering in May this year.
Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, says that there are ways in which Android has progressed ahead of Apple.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley plans to tell employees this week that bonuses will drop, with cash payouts capped for now at $125,000, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Sunday named Neil Ashe as the new president and chief executive of its global eCommerce business as the world's largest retailer in a move to bolster its online presence.
Accounting groups KPMG and Ernst & Young have been cleared of responsibility for a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp, one of the nation's worst corporate scandals, in a report issued on Tuesday by a company-appointed panel of lawyers.
Accounting groups KPMG and Ernst & Young have been cleared of any responsibility for a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp, one of the nation's worst corporate scandals, in a report issued on Tuesday by a panel of lawyers appointed by the company.
Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Sunday his country intends to exit the World Bank's arbitration hearing against ExxonMobil.
More than a dozen of the biggest technology companies including IBM, Cisco Systems and SAP formally announced a new standards-setting committee for the emerging sector of cloud computing.
Despite the bankruptcy of Hostess Bakeries, the Twinkie brand still has enormous equity and could be a valuable asset to a new Hostess or an acquirer, venerable brand expert Clive Chajet told International Business Times.
Tablet computer makers have had a hard time keeping up with Apple's iPad 2, but now Apple will try to outdo itself with the iPad 3 this March. Apple hasn't announced anything yet, but reports out of China show Apple's component suppliers are producing new parts for a March release.
Pembina Pipeline Corp (PPL.TO: Quote) agreed on Monday to buy Provident Energy Ltd (PVE.TO: Quote) for C$3.24 billion ($3.16 billion) in an all-stock deal that will create one of Canada's biggest pipeline and natural gas processing companies.
WestJet Airlines Ltd may launch a short-haul airline as early as next year to serve smaller cities and towns in Canada, a challenge to its main rival Air Canada in a market that analysts say has room for a competitor.
ConocoPhillips is said to be in talks with the sub-continent oil company, and could sell some of its land leases in South Texas.
