IBT Staff Reporter

The complexity fills everybody with such appalling fear. ... The honest answer is that, like everybody else, you try and contingency plan for any breakup of the eurozone.

When Novo Nordisk's chief financial officer met marketing colleagues last Friday the conversation moved far beyond the usual discussion of sales and performance. Jesper Brandgaard asked a simple, far-reaching question: how would the firm set prices for two pivotal new insulin products if the euro collapsed?

U.S. group Hewlett-Packard has rolled out its first software using technology gained from its $12 billion acquisition of British group Autonomy, eight weeks after the deal closed.

U.S. group Hewlett-Packard has rolled out its first software using technology gained from its $12 billion acquisition of British group Autonomy, eight weeks after the deal closed.

Several big banks are in talks to reach a settlement with bond insurer MBIA Inc that could end a legal battle over billions of dollars in losses triggered by the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Considering that a clip from Dirty Boy Video that appears to show two California men having sex in an Occupy Oakland tent is making headlines everywhere from Fox Nation to The Huffington Post since it went online Nov. 17, it figures porn producer Andy Fair would tell IBTimes Monday that he's been happy with his site's traffic lately.

About $200 million in customer funds missing at MF Global may have surfaced at JP Morgan Chase in Britain, the New York Times said, citing people briefed on the matter.

Asian shares and the euro extended a rally into a second day Tuesday as investors were buoyed by expectations that European policy makers will outline details of how they will leverage a bailout fund to avert contagion in sovereign debt markets.

Asian shares and the euro extended a rally into a second day on Tuesday, as investors were buoyed by expectations that European policy makers will outline details of how they will leverage a bailout fund so as to avert contagion in sovereign debt markets.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is seeking to cash in as companies switch to rival smartphones with a new tool that offers some of its important security features for sexier devices like the iPhone.

Police in riot gear closed in before dawn on Monday on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles who defied a midnight deadline to vacate a camp outside City Hall, but stopped short of clearing the encampment.

Police in riot gear closed in before dawn on Monday on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles who defied a midnight deadline to vacate a camp outside City Hall, but stopped short of clearing the encampment.

If you were watching the American Music Awards and went huh? when Hot Chelle Rae got the award for New Artist of the Year, rest easy, because you probably won't have to bone up on the band too much to stay current on the next set of Grammy winners.

Martin Scorsese's first effort at a family film, big-budget 3D movie Hugo, now has a big hill to climb at the box office.

Dick Clark Productions' legal woes continue to mount.

Facebook, the world's largest Internet social network, is preparing for a initial public stock offering next year, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Cyber Monday was on course to set another record for retail sales on Monday, as the strong start to the holiday shopping season continued online.

Thomas H. Lee Partners is interested in buying the U.S. operations of Yahoo Inc, breaking away from other bidders that are for now eyeing either a minority stake or teaming up with the Internet giant's partners in Asia, sources familiar with the matter said.

Euro zone finance ministers are to agree on Tuesday on details of leveraging their EFSF bailout fund so it can help Italy or Spain should they need aid, and are likely to approve the next tranche of emergency loans for Greece and Ireland.

Brazilian filmmaker Oscar Maron Filho suffered a fatal heart attack while addressing a forum at a film festival in India Sunday afternoon.

Millennium Films has acquired the rights to the Chris Baldi comedy Guys Night and has slated a spring production start date.

Break out the Kleenex: Bethenny Frankel will not be coming to the daytime talk-show circuit anytime soon. At least not as a host.

Yes, the fictional paper brand Dunder Mifflin, the company that once thought Michael Scott was fit to run one of its branches, is now available for purchase.

Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition dream-builder Ty Pennington will officially throw their hats into the crowded daytime talk-show ring Monday, January 16 at 2 p.m. ET, with the premiere of The Revolution, ABC announced Monday.

Tobey Maguire has decided to fold in a lawsuit against him over high-stakes -- and questionably legal -- poker games.

He's not exactly a Little Monster, but Tony Bennett may be one of Lady Gaga's biggest fans.

Sure, he's got that mirror ball trophy, but J.R. Martinez is continuing to reap even bigger rewards from winning the 13th season of Dancing With the Stars.

Rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday announced six new dates beginning in January for the North American leg of their I'm With You world tour.

Two of Hollywood's leading independent studios, Lionsgate and Summit, have started merger discussions, according to an individual with knowledge of the talks.