IBT Staff Reporter

U.S. regulators are formally investigating whether Avon broke bribery laws overseas, and the cosmetics company said it was again reassessing its strategy after quarterly profit fell far short of expectations.

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British chip designer ARM has unveiled details of its first 64-bit architecture, which it said would expand its reach into enterprise applications such as servers currently dominated by Intel.

All Americans will have broadband access to Internet and telephone services by the end of the decade under new rules adopted by U.S. regulators.

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Hershey Co said sales and earnings growth would slow next year, as costs for ingredients remain high, sending its shares down 4 percent.

Justin Timberlake may be riding a new wave of movie stardom as his new film, In Time, sees its release in theaters on Friday, but the singer-dancer-actor still thinks he's an ordinary man.

Bad news: Eddie Murphy says Beverly Hills Cop IV isn't happening. Good news: The actor and comedian is working on a TV series adaptation of the Cop movies.

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Aided by Modern Family and strong growth in Happy Endings and Revenge -- not to mention the rain postponement of Game 6 of the World Series on rival Fox -- ABC had an overall win in the ratings Wednesday night and enjoyed several series highs, according to preliminary numbers.

Chaz Bono may have been booted off Dancing With the Stars this week, but he will be back on television next month in a second documentary on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) about his life as a transgender man.

Rick Perry said he might skip some debates moving forward. Is that a good idea?

Steven A. Cohen, who built one of the world's biggest and most successful hedge funds, is branching out and plans to set up his own reinsurance firm, two people familiar with the matter said.

Stocks surged 3 percent in a broad rally on Thursday as a long-awaited agreement by European leaders to boost the region's bailout fund promised to remove a major headwind for the market.

'Nextdoor,' a new social network launched today, is less about old friends from high school and more about new friends in the neighborhood.

Stocks surged 3 percent in a broad rally on Thursday as a long-awaited agreement by European leaders to boost the region's bailout fund promised to remove a major headwind for the market.

John Edwards won't get the charges dropped in the campaign finance case against him.

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Fiat-Chrysler's third-quarter trading profit was well above forecasts at 851 million euros, with U.S. automaker Chrysler contributing as much as two-thirds of it and helping offset weak European sales.

Regulators are formally investigating whether Avon broke bribery laws overseas, and the cosmetics company said it was again reassessing its strategy after quarterly profit fell far short of expectations.

U.S. stocks surged more than 2 percent on Thursday after European leaders reached a long-awaited agreement to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal on Greek bonds, which promised to remove a major headwind for the market.

German drugs and plastics maker Bayer confirmed its full-year outlook and posted better than-expected quarterly earnings on strong growth in emerging markets.

Financial swindler Bernard Madoff said that he is happier in prison than he was on the outside because he no longer lives in fear of being arrested and knows he will die in prison, TV journalist Barbara Walters said on Thursday.

U.S. stocks surged more than 2 percent on Thursday after European leaders reached a long-awaited agreement to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal on Greek bonds, which promised to remove a major headwind for the market.

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United Continental Holdings Inc and its rival US Airways Group Inc said on Thursday their quarterly profits were battered by soaring fuel costs, but travel demand appears to be robust despite gathering economic threats.

United Continental Holdings and its rival US Airways Group on Thursday said their quarterly profits were battered by soaring fuel costs, but travel demand appears to be robust, undeterred by gathering economic threats.

Deutsche Boerse AG sought to convince EU regulators to judge its bid for NYSE Euronext by assessing over-the-counter derivatives trading and not only its impact on the smaller exchange-listed market, in its bid to win clearance for the deal.

U.S. regulators are formally investigating whether Avon broke bribery laws overseas, and the cosmetics company said it was again reassessing its strategy after quarterly profit fell far short of expectations.