IBT Staff Reporter

Citigroup, BNP Paribas and UBS all announced job reductions in this week.

Greece's creditors failed on Saturday to persuade the leader of the main conservative party to drop his refusal to sign a pledge that he will back austerity measures under a bailout deal aimed at saving the country from financial ruin.

The Illinois congressional map, drawn in accordance with the new census data, has been challenged by the Republican party, who say it is bad for Latino voters.

The Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times newspapers, has filed a third reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware as the media company attempts to address concerns raised by the court last month.

Tribune Co , the owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune newspapers, has filed a third reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware as the media company attempts to address concerns raised by the court last month.

Poking fun at the success of young-adult novels like Twilight and The Hunger Games that publishers keep unloading on America seems easy enough, but it figures the creative team behind The Simpsons would go the extra mile by hiring author Neil Gaiman to play himself in The Book Job, an episode that airs on Fox Sunday. In fact, Gaiman told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette during a conference call Friday that he got more than he bargained for when he became involved with ...

McDonald's has stopped buying eggs from the company Sparboe Farms following a video that was released showing animal cruelty and a lack of attention to food safety rules.

A raft of bidders -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. among them -- is lining up for failed brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s stake in the London Metals Exchange, two sources familiar with the situation said, providing some solace for creditors.

TMZ on Thursday published a text, which was allegedly sent by the young mother on this Wednesday to one of her friends, showed she knows another man named Robbie who may have fathered her son. The San Diego 20-something mother Mariah Yeater withdrew a lawsuit earlier this week, which claims the pop sensation Justin Bieber had fathered her child Tristyn. Even as Bieber is scheduled to take paternity test on Friday to clear the air, there are very strong clues to prove Yeater lied.

When California's Proposition 8 has its day in court, any judge who respects the U.S. Constitution will strike it down as a violation of the 14th Amendment, because civil rights cannot be subject to popular vote.

European Union negotiators agreed to a two percent rise in the bloc's budget for next year to 129 billion euros ($174 billion), following more than fifteen hours of talks which ended in the early hours of Saturday morning.

European Union negotiators agreed to a two percent rise in the bloc's budget for next year to 129 billion euros ($174 billion), following more than fifteen hours of talks which ended in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Asia needs to consider further steps to avoid a financial crisis as the euro zone's debt problems could spill into the region.

Switzerland could see a deal within the next three to six months to end a long-simmering dispute over how it will hand over data to the United States on wealthy Americans suspected of dodging taxes, Julius Baer CEO Boris Collardi said on Saturday.

Switzerland could see a deal within the next three to six months to end a long-simmering dispute over how it will hand over data to the United States on wealthy Americans suspected of dodging taxes, Julius Baer Chief Executive Boris Collardi said on Saturday.

Greece's creditors failed on Saturday to persuade the leader of the main conservative party to drop his refusal to sign a pledge that he will back austerity measures under a bailout deal aimed at saving the country from financial ruin.

China will make the yuan more flexible in either direction and its recent reforms to make the currency more market-oriented have begun to achieve some results, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has come out in support of under-pressure striker Fernando Torres, insisting he wouldn't think twice about paying £50 million for the Spaniard, again.

Manchester United will travel to South Wales for Saturday's late kick-off against Swansea in the Premiership.

George Clooney, who will no doubt be receiving his share of honors this awards season for his work on both The Descendants and The Ides of March, has been named recipient of the Chairman's Award at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Homicide detectives who have reopened an investigation into the death of Natalie Wood after three decades said on Friday that the film star's husband, actor Robert Wagner, was not considered a suspect.

The Bluths are back.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. has run into serious turbulence.

ABC announced its midseason premiere schedule Friday, revealing that the new series GCB (short for Good Christian Belles, originally Good Christian Bitches) will occupy the slot following Desperate Housewives, debuting Sunday, March 4 at 10 p.m.

With a leading role in a hit television series and an Emmy under his belt, actor Peter Dinklage returns to his indie movie roots in the dark comedy Pete Smalls Is Dead.

As attention in the Olympus accounting scandal turns to whether funds used to cover up losses were funneled to criminal groups, scrutiny is set to increase on deals not yet in the spotlight, including an ill-fated $780 million investment in technology firm ITX.

Fox Sports asked a bankruptcy court late Friday to dismiss the Los Angeles Dodgers' bankruptcy cases, saying they fail the test of good faith and are nothing more than an attempt to extract more money from deals to the baseball club's telecast rights.

The United States plans to supply 24 refurbished F-16C/D fighter aircraft to Indonesia, the presidents of the two countries announced in Bali on Friday on the fringes of an Asia-Pacific summit.

The United States plans to supply 24 refurbished F-16C/D fighter aircraft to Indonesia, the presidents of the two countries announced in Bali on Friday on the fringes of an Asia-Pacific summit.