IBT Staff Reporter

The Miami Marlins made their third major free-agency signing of the offseason by agreeing to terms on a four-year, $58 million deal with four-time All-Star pitcher Mark Buehrle, MLB.com reported on Wednesday.

A former broker who alleged that a firm made false statements to lure him to work there is entitled to $500,000 in punitive damages, an arbitration panel ruled.

The United Auto Workers union has decided it will not identify an organizing target among foreign automakers with U.S. operations, a shift in strategy in a campaign that union leadership sees as central to its survival.

Anthony Borgese, a character actor best known for playing criminal roles in Goodfellas and The Sopranos, has been sentenced to six months of house arrest for his role in arranging for a mob beating.

Brooke Mueller, the ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen, has hired a defense lawyer who will ask prosecutors to drop recent cocaine and assault charges filed against her in Colorado, her spokesman said on Wednesday.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe was named Entertainment Weekly's Entertainer of the Year on Wednesday, capping a successful 2011 for the young actor.

Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys were among this year's inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the hall announced on Wednesday.

Video on demand supplier Gravitas Ventures is expanding its international operation with an eye toward Asia.

Snooki swinging a bat at The Situation, The Situation threatening to reveal yet another secret to her boyfriend, and a cast member packing up and moving out of the beach house -- these are but a few of the storylines teased in MTV's new Jersey Shore season five trailer.

TNT has given the go-ahead to a pilot by Boston Legal creator David E. Kelley and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

To borrow an opening line from Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding: Is it worth it?

Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's biggest supplier, on Wednesday said it had detected a previously unknown vulnerability in the Adobe Reader software, but its information systems were never breached.

THQ Inc cut its fiscal third-quarter sales forecast by 25 percent as the game maker said one of its products was not selling as well as expected, and its shares fell in after-hours trading.

Nokia is to sell its luxury subsidiary Vertu, as the Finnish handset manufacturer overhauls its business in an effort to compete with other smartphone makers, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

BP was hit with five more safety citations from the U.S. government on Wednesday, while it also received the latest legal salvo from a major contractor, as it continues to deal with fallout from last year's massive oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

Private equity firms, facing shrinking asset values and tough financing conditions, are trimming staff in mature markets, but are also looking to hire in growth areas so that they deliver the returns investors seek.

France and Germany are to sound out conservative European leaders on Thursday about their plan to defuse the euro zone's debt crisis, eager to rally support before a high-stakes EU summit.

The United States is looking into allegations that the electronic book industry has violated antitrust law, a top Justice Department official said on Wednesday.

The Obama administration said on Wednesday it will keep the pressure on two big U.S. banks to help more troubled borrowers from losing their homes by withholding payments to the banks under a foreclosure-prevention program for the third straight quarter.

Pessimistic comments from EU paymaster Germany and new figures exposing deepening stress among Europe's banks dented financial market hopes of a turning point in the euro zone's debt crisis at a summit this week.

The United States and Canada have agreed to speed up food and other cargo shipments across their border and to sync some regulations related to drugs and cars, U.S. and Canadian officials said on Wednesday.

Some members of the G20 group of major economies are jointly urging European policy makers to resolve the region's sovereign debt crisis as quickly as possible, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.

Canadian imams plan to condemn the misguided notion of so-called honor killings in their Friday sermons this week, responding to the high-profile trial of a father accused of murdering his three teenage daughters, allegedly because they shamed his Afghan family.

Media companies McClatchy Co and Media General Inc, which are seeing their focus on online content starting to pay off, are speeding up their investments in digital media.

Hopes the euro zone will figure out a solution to its ongoing debt crisis inspired enough buying to push stocks to a third day of gains on Wednesday in light trading.

The Obama administration said on Wednesday it will keep the pressure on two big banks to help ease the foreclosure crisis, withholding payments to them under a foreclosure relief program.

There will be no Google Wallet on Verizon’s upcoming smartphone Galaxy Nexus as the largest U.S. wireless service provider has blocked the mobile-payment application because of the security concerns.

Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Monti, trying to push through a tough austerity package he says is vital for the country's financial salvation, faced two calls for national strikes and saw a dip in his public support on Wednesday.

Members of Boeing Co's biggest labor union began voting on Wednesday on a four-year contract extension, which if ratified could end the planemaker's dispute with the National Labor Relations Board and ensure the upcoming version of the best-selling 737 narrowbody will be built in Washington state.