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Stock index futures rose on Thursday after well-received European sovereign debt auctions encouraged investors ahead of job market and retail sales data expected to show the economy is steadily recovering.

Luxury brand Mont Blanc has unveiled an exclusive collection for Princess Grace Kelly, comprising beautifully designed writing instruments, fine jewelry and exquisite timepieces.

Nokia Lumia 710, the first phone powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, has been released in the U.S. market via T-Mobile on Wednesday. Nokia is betting a lot on Lumia 710 as the Finnish mobile phone maker is desperate of regaining the market share it lost to major competitors such as Apple, Samsung, HTC and LG.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday after well-received European sovereign debt auctions encouraged investors ahead of job market and retail sales data expected to show the U.S. economy is steadily recovering.

A California teen has called for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because the organization admitted a 7-year-old child to a Colorado troop last year. Cookie sales raise funds for the Girl Scouts programs and activities.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday after well-received European sovereign debt auctions encouraged investors ahead of job market and retail sales data expected to show the U.S. economy is steadily recovering.

Gold prices, which already this week broke above a key resistance level, barreled on Thursday toward a one-month high.

An impressive second place win in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary has cemented the Ron Paul Revolution. The mainstream media, which has so far cold-shouldered the Ron Paul 2012 campaign, will find it difficult to avoid him in future. With this performance, Ron Paul and his brigade have proved that they are no more on the fringes.

The PlayStation Vita is set to arrive in North America on Feb. 22

Belgian supermarket group Delhaize plans to cut 5,000 jobs after fourth-quarter sales fell just short of expectations in its key United States and Belgium markets, due to the weak consumer sentiment and price competition.

AT&T is the exclusive provider of mobile 3G data service for the forthcoming Sony handheld.

Asif Ali Zardari, under threat from a memo seeking U.S. help in preventing a coup by Pakistan's powerful generals, has never managed to dispel the notion he is an accidental president.

The number of U.S. homes that received a foreclosure filing fell to a four-year low in 2011 as a slowdown in processing hit the market, RealtyTrac said in a report on Thursday.

ASUS has revealed a new version of the Transformer Prime - the TF700T - with improvements over the original models.

Supermarket operator Delhaize America said it will close 113 underperforming Food Lion stores mainly in markets in which the company has the least store density and will cut 4,900 jobs to focus on markets with high density.

The U.S. Government needs to keep shifting more of its $80 billion annual technology budget to the cloud, reflecting President Obama’s priorities, U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel told International Business Times.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's dismissal of defence secretary increases tension between civilian government and military.

Marines to investigate video showing what seems to be American soldiers in Afghanistan urinating on corpses of Taliban fighters.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would temporarily halt all imports of foreign orange juice because of fears of carbendazim traces found in oranges, especially those from Brazil. The import ban will last until the FDA has finished conducting a thorough investigation of carbendazim levels.

A recent rise in loans to businesses is spurring hope that U.S. bank earnings reports, which begin on Friday, will show the outlook for this economically critical industry is better than battered stock prices and weak investment banking volumes suggest.

Damien Hirst may have slowed down since bursting onto the scene as unofficial leader of the Young British Artist movement in the 1990s, but he remains one of the most divisive figures in the art world today.