IBT Staff Reporter

President Barack Obama has received the most unrelentingly negative media coverage of any presidential candidate in the past five months, according to a Pew Research Center study released Monday.

The flash sales business has lost some of its flash, forcing online luxury clothing merchants such as Gilt Groupe, Ideeli and Rue La La to radically change their business models.

PepsiCo Inc expects healthier products to make up as much as 30 percent of its portfolio in 10 years, as the company expands its range of juice, dairy and grain products.

With his wife still working and the couple’s finances under control, Davey figures that he has the ideal plan in place. All that remains is to land a part-time job with another library to put the icing on the cake. But after submitting close to 20 resumes, Davey hasn’t fielded a single interview.

Hundreds of friends and family of Elizabeth Taylor gathered on a Hollywood movie studio lot on Sunday for a memorial celebration of the screen star, who died earlier this year at the age of 79.

Conservative agitator Pat Buchanan’s new book says America might not survive until 2025; it’s called “The Suicide of a Superpower.” Even less alarmist observers are suddenly sounding a lot like Buchanan, as economists now predict that China may surpass the United States as the world’s largest economy a lot sooner than we thought, and important conferences are convened to deal with what Fareed Zakaria memorably dubbed “the post-American world.”

Michael Sitrick is the biggest name in crisis management, but the public relations guru is grappling with plunging earnings and a stream of executive defections that have set tongues wagging.

The cancellation of the first two weeks of games in the National Basketball League (NBA) has left Europe's Euroleague, albeit temporarily, as the world's top club competition promising an exciting season.

The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a federal law making it a crime to lie about being awarded a military medal or decoration violated free-speech rights.

Web.com Group, a provider of Web design, email, marketing and advertising services to local businesses, said it expected to save far more than the $30 million it previously predicted from buying bigger rival Network Solutions.

Wall Street stocks fell more than 1 percent on Monday as Germany's finance minister dimmed hopes an upcoming summit would result in a breakthrough in Europe's debt crisis.

Alternative finance firms, from credit unions to online and pawn lenders, are gaining traction as banks turn off the tap for easy cash and start charging fees for services that customers have had for free.

Chinese Internet firm Shanda Interactive said it received a cash offer of about $2.33 billion from its chief executive and key shareholder Tianqiao Chen to take the company private.

A new Web site, iflybags.com, is hoping to take the guesswork out of the ever-changing and confusing checked luggage policies.

Canada's Research In Motion Ltd will offer free premium apps worth more than $100 to appease BlackBerry customers frustrated by last week's global disruption of smartphone service.

For the first time in its history, luxury conglomerate LVMH has provided a peek into its exclusive workshops, design showrooms and wine cellars -- to reveal the hundreds of hands and delicate workmanship behind its expensive brands.

Citigroup Inc reported higher third-quarter earnings on Monday, helped by rising income from Asia and an accounting gain banks can take in turbulent markets.

European leaders are running out of time to prevent euro zone debt problems turning into a full-blown global crisis, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday after Germany warned a breakthrough was unlikely at a summit this weekend.

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell more than 5 percent in morning trade on Monday after the company sought to appease disgruntled customers by offering free apps and technical support.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday that it had filed for sales bans on Apple Inc's iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan, escalating a legal battle with its archrival and biggest client.

Harold Camping now says the world will end on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

Halliburton Co , the world's second-largest oilfield services company, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday as more drillers tapped its expertise in extracting gas from U.S. shale rock.

Citigroup Inc reported higher third-quarter earnings on Monday, helped by rising income from Asia and an accounting gain banks can take in turbulent markets.

Wall Street stocks fell more than 1 percent on Monday as Germany's finance minister dampened expectations an upcoming summit would produce a breakthrough in Europe's debt crisis.

The U.S. economy needs its mojo back -- not just consumer confidence but a greater willingness to compete for business -- in the eyes of General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt.

Danica Patrick ended her IndyCar racing career on Sunday, the same day that Dan Wheldon was killed in a horrific crash. She plans to compete full-time in NASCAR.

British security firm G4S Plc will buy ISS in a 5.2 billion pounds ($8.2 billion) deal pulled off by the Danish company's private equity owners after a failed IPO and against the backdrop of a slump in global takeover activity.

A tourist bus overturned in Southern China Sunday afternoon, killing 10 people and injuring 33.

The iPhone 4S doesn't seem to have half as much charm as it should have had; the iPhone 5, it seemed, was what all the buzz should have been about! However, if that was the case, then what was the overcrowding outside stores all about?