IBT Staff Reporter

When it comes to holiday shopping, more people are phoning it in, forcing retailers to embrace new ways to connect or else lose sales.

World of Warcraft will be celebrating its seventh anniversary on Nov. 23, and players are being rewarded with gifts.

Wall Street is in for a volatile run this week as escalating problems in Europe's debt crisis continue to keep investors on their toes.

There were plenty of offensive fireworks in the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-1 thrashing of the Washington Capitals on Saturday but none of them off the stick of misfiring sniper Alexander Ovechkin.

Canada and Mexico won a trade case against a U.S. law on meat labeling at the World Trade Organization on Friday.

Defense chiefs from the United States and Canada said on Friday that budgetary pressures would not derail development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, saying there was no real alternative to what has become the Pentagon's costliest weapons program.

Greece's new prime minister headed to Brussels on Sunday to fight for the aid Athens needs to avoid bankruptcy, even as one of his coalition backers refused to give a written pledge to support reforms and a public-sector union readied itself for strikes.

When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and shattered the belief that U.S. money market funds would never break the buck, Washington rushed to limit the damage.

The highlight of this Premiership weekend comes with Liverpool's visit to Chelsea, a match sure to focus on one individual - Fernando Torres.

The highlight of this Premiership weekend comes with Liverpool's visit to Chelsea, a match sure to focus on one individual - Fernando Torres.

Newly installed Prime Minister Mario Monti got straight to work at the weekend, reviewing Italy's parlous finances before a round of meetings in coming days with European leaders to discuss the growing Eurozone debt crisis.

The strategy by the Swiss bank UBS to slash risky assets by almost half and pay its first dividend since the financial crisis has the full backing of Axel Weber, its newly crowned CEO Sergio Ermotti said in a Swiss newspaper on Sunday.

Swiss bank UBS's strategy to slash risky assets by almost half and pay its first dividend since the financial crisis has the full backing of Axel Weber, its newly-crowned Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said in a Swiss newspaper on Sunday.

Consumers, on average, are expected to spend around £300,000 a minute, which might push the sales to £424 million during the day.

Leaders Manchester City maintained the five point gap at the top with Man United after forcing on Newcastle their first league defeat of the season.

In Saturday's late kick-off in the Premiership, Manchester United secured a 1-0 win at Swansea to keep the gap with leaders Manchester City to five points.

A long-term global economic recession is certain to happen, and China must focus on domestic problems, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying at the weekend.

A long-term global recession is certain to happen and China must focus on domestic problems, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan has said.

Mestalla witnessed a thriller on Saturday, although much of the crowd went home unhappy, after Real Madrid defeated Valencia 3-2 in the Spanish Primera Division.

The Shenzhen-based joint venture of French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen and China Changan Automobile Group said on Sunday it plans to sell premium cars in China, the world's biggest auto market, and in some overseas markets.

Former Procter & Gamble chief executive John G. Smale, credited with transforming the two major international companies he led during his career, died on Saturday at age 84.

Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff, is stumping for his old boss in Iowa as the GOP candidates crisscross the state criticizing President Barack Obama.

Iraq believes Exxon Mobil has less interest in pursuing a disputed oil deal in the country's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region because it has much larger contract in southern Iraq, its oil minister said on Saturday.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been captured in Libya's southern desert, scared and with only a handful of supporters, by fighters who vow to hold him in the mountain town of Zintan until there is a government to hand him over to.

A raft of bidders including J.P. Morgan is lining up for failed brokerage MF Global's stake in the London Metals Exchange, two sources familiar with the situation said, providing some solace for creditors.

Wikipedia received a $500,000 donation from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, right after the free online encyclopedia started their eighth annual fundraising drive.

LivingSocial, an online-deals provider, is looking to raise nearly $200 million from new and old investors, The New York Times reported Friday.

LivingSocial, the online deal provider, is looking to raise nearly $200 million from new and old investors, the New York Times reported on Friday.

On top of fundraising, the daily-deals company is discussing plans for a credit facility of $100 million.