IBT Staff Reporter

The United States announced a massive order for Boeing jets from Indonesia's largest domestic airline, Lion Air, to be showcased as U.S. President Barack Obama winds up an Asia-Pacific tour.

Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc posted a quarterly net loss as its marketing and sales costs increased, and it forecast current-quarter earnings broadly in line with Wall Street estimates.

Long-time Rambus investors licked their wounds and pondered their loyalty on Thursday after a crushing legal defeat that underscores the risks companies face when they rely heavily on litigation.

Kate Middleton has been pregnant for about six weeks with Prince William's first baby, the celebrity gossip magazine In Touch reported.

Italy's new government has announced far-reaching reforms in response to a European debt crisis that on Thursday pushed borrowing costs for France and Spain sharply higher, and brought tens of thousands of Greeks onto the streets of Athens.

Groupon Inc opened the IPO window a crack earlier this month and now companies, including Yelp Inc, Angie's List and even social-gaming giant Zynga, are climbing through it, too.

Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc forecast current-quarter earnings broadly in line with Wall Street estimates and posted a quarterly net loss as its marketing and sales costs increased sharply.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd posted a 24 percent slide in third-quarter net profit and warned on Thursday that widespread flooding in Thailand may hurt demand for hard-drive controllers.

Clayton Kershaw joined Major League Baseball's elite on Thursday by winning the top pitching award but the Los Angeles Dodger said he still had a long way to go before he could be considered one of the team's greats.

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators blocked a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, snarling traffic on surrounding freeways before police moved in and arrested 23 people.

Chip-design software maker Mentor Graphics Corp posted better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by higher bookings, but forecast a fourth-quarter profit below market expectations.

Blue Coat Systems Inc posted quarterly results that whizzed past Wall Street estimates and forecast a strong third quarter, sending the Internet-monitoring gear maker's shares up 17 percent in extended trade.

First impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus are beginning to trickle in. Samsung's newest flagship device is also the first phone to come preloaded with Ice Cream Sandwich, Android's 4.0.1 version of its operating system. Early reports are extremely positive, saying the device is light, with a gorgeous large screen with deep blacks and bright colors, thanks to advanced AMOLED technology.

Green tea, taken in a capsule or drunk in a cup, may shave a few points off bad cholesterol readings, according to a U.S. study involving more than a thousand people.

California-based electric motorcycle maker Zero Motorcycles recently unveiled their 2012 line of bikes, boasting five models, a new powertrain and a battery pack that they claim will last the life of the bike.

General Electric Co plans to hire about 400 people to work in a new software development center it intends to open in San Ramon, California, next year, the largest U.S. conglomerate said on Thursday.

California's Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for supporters of the state's same-sex marriage ban to defend it in federal court, a crucial ruling that allows the pitched battle to decide if gay marriage is a U.S. right to go forward.

Tyler Perry has caught no small amount of flak for casting reality TV star Kim Kardashian in his upcoming movie The Marriage Counselor.

Happy Feet Two may be set in Antarctica, but it's only a lukewarm effort.

Sexy tennis star Anna Kournikova and her boyfriend, pop singer Enrique Iglesias, are enjoying their happy life in the warm Miami weather with a boat ride on Thursday morning.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive is slightly less popular with shareholders than he was last year, despite notching record profits in the past 12 months.

Rancor in Washington is good for the networks, and the election year of 2012 is going to be a banner year for us.

The Senate will take up cybersecurity legislation next year to fight online fraud, espionage and intellectual property theft whether or not Republicans and Democrats reach agreement on a comprehensive bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote on Wednesday.

Cutbacks and fiscal belt-tightening have killed a cherished New York ritual that gave celebrities an out from jury duty, TheWrap has learned.

Fox has settled its suit against a New York woman it accused of uploading its copyrighted scripts.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sued Fox Sports on Wednesday to stop the broadcaster of the baseball team's games from interfering with plans to auction the bankrupt franchise.

For 70 raw, revealing minutes -- a year before his comeback at Apple -- Steve Jobs was captured on tape ... wry, emotional and bitter.

Charles Tex Watson, jailed for his role in the Manson family Tate-LaBianca killings of 1969, appeared before a parole board on Wednesday to seek release after being denied over a dozen times before, officials said.

Bruce Rosenblum has been voted in as the new chairman and CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Academy announced Wednesday.