IBT Staff Reporter

John Beck named starting quarterback for the Washington Redskins game this week.

Amazon.com Inc may enter the Japanese e-book market this year and launch its Kindle readers in the market, the Nikkei business daily reported.

C Spire Wireless, a privately held regional U.S. mobile phone network operator, will become the fourth U.S. operator to sell the Apple Inc iPhone in coming weeks beating much bigger rival T-Mobile USA to a Apple deal.

Apple Inc closed its stores across the United States on Wednesday for several hours to commemorate co-founder Steve Jobs, who died on October 5.

Morgan Stanley posted a surprisingly strong profit during a rough-and-tumble third quarter for Wall Street, helped by a large accounting gain and an increase in stock-trading revenue.

Morgan Stanley generated higher revenue from commodities in the third quarter by piling on more trading risks than rival Wall Street banks as oil, metals and grains prices swung wildly.

Weep not for Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and the rest of the candidates vying for the GOP nomination.

Zachary Quinto, who made headlines this week when he said he was gay, is best known for playing Spock in the 2009's Star Trek and for his role as the evil Sylar on the recent TV series Heroes.

Q'Viva! The Chosen, the upcoming talent-search series from Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, has secured network deals in its first three countries, it was announced Wednesday.

Here's one way to cure fan addiction: Make 'em wait eight years between releases, then return with an album as competent and forgettable as The Great Escape Artist, the long-in-coming latest from Jane's Addiction.

For decades, American workers and their machines advanced in tandem. As companies invested in technology, more workers were needed to operate machines.

Germany's government launched its own channel on the video sharing website YouTube on Wednesday in its latest effort to reach new audiences.

The Chicago-based company will keep its diversified medical products division under the Abbott name and spin off its research-based pharmaceuticals unit.

ABC's Man Up bowed to lukewarm ratings Tuesday night, while ABC's Last Man Standing and Dancing With the Stars took significant dips, and The X Factor pushed Fox to an overall win for the evening, according to preliminary numbers.

Yahoo Inc lived up to lackluster third-quarter expectations, but the struggling Internet portal was tight-lipped about efforts to find a new Chief Executive or explore a sale.

Arsenal travel to the Stade Velodrome to face Marseille in their Group F Uefa Champions League match.

China's financial regulators have asked the world's biggest audit firms to urgently review their work on U.S.-listed Chinese companies and give details on information they may have provided to overseas regulators, two sources told Reuters.

United Parcel Service Inc and FedEx Corp , which have long been undercut by the U.S. Postal Service's low prices for package delivery, could have much to gain as the agency faces a painful restructuring.

Arsenal travel to the Stade Velodrome to face Marseille in their Group F Uefa Champions League match.

The Nasdaq fell on Wednesday, weighed down by technology heavyweight Apple's profit miss, but gains in chipmaker Intel and insurer Travelers kept the S&P near the unchanged mark.

As Occupy Wall Street has grown to be one-month-old national and international movement, the movement's economic impact has been undeniable - at least in the form of donations.

As Occupy Wall Street has grown to be one-month-old national and international movement, the movement's economic impact has been undeniable - at least in the form of donations.

Regional Federal Reserve banks' heavy reliance on directors linked to the financial industry can suggest conflicts of interest and the process of excluding officials from certain decisions should be clearer, a congressional study released on Wednesday found.

U.S. housing starts surged in September at their fastest annual pace in 17 months on a big increase in groundbreaking for multi-family units, while permits for future construction fell.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced Wednesday that NJ TRANSIT was partnering with Google Wallet, allowing customers to pay fares with a smartphone.

Under the proposed terms of the settlement -- which could total $25 billion -- banks would get a broader relief from potential state civil lawsuits in exchange for refinancing underwater loans, those mortgages where borrowers owe more than their homes are worth, sources said.

A 48-hour general strike against new austerity measures has shut down airports and the travel industry in Greece.

AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by high fuel costs and a strong dollar.

Boeing is raising output of its Next-Generation 737s to 35 airplanes a month as part of a series of production increases planned for the next three years.