IBT Staff Reporter

Texting or emailing while driving is more dangerous than previously thought, according to a new study of the behavior.

You may think you know everything there is to know about all the Beatles, but Martin Scorsese's documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World shows there's still much to learn, love and be inspired by when it comes to Harrison.

Following NBC's cancellation of The Playboy Club, Hank Azaria has taken to Twitter in hopes of rescuing his new comedy, Free Agents, from being the next show to exit the network.

A proposed update of the U.S. online privacy rule for children sparked debate at a congressional hearing on Wednesday over whether such protections should extend to teenagers.

Commodities trader and hip-hop promoter Tyrone Gilliams was arrested Wednesday on charges of running a $4 million investment scam, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors in New York.

New TV comedy 2 Broke Girls will be picked up for a full season, CBS said on Wednesday.The series, co-created by Whitney star Whitney Cummings, follows two young New York waitresses (Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs) from opposite ends of the class spectrum

Oh, theater owners are going to love this.Universal will release Tower Heist on video-on-demand some three weeks after it hits theaters, the studio announced on Wednesday.

Not to be confused with J. Crew, rapper J. Cole has gotten an awfully good start on building a catalog of his own.

European debt default poses a real threat to the U.S. economy, Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday, adding that he is confident that policy makers are working through solutions.

Jani Lane, the once energetic blond lead singer and songwriter for heavy metal band Warrant, died from alcohol poisoning, the Los Angeles County coroner said Wednesday.

A disgruntled worker opened fire on Wednesday at a Northern California cement plant and quarry, killing three people and injuring six others, four or five of them critically, police said.

A disgruntled worker opened fire on Wednesday at a Northern California cement plant and quarry, killing two people and injuring six, police said.

U.S. bank profits have been rising steadily for more than a year, but the recovery may be losing momentum due to weak loan demand and low lending rates.

Stocks rallied for a second day on Wednesday, as investors bid up materials and energy shares on rising commodity prices and poured into beaten-down tech names after days of selling.

Sprint Nextel plans to offer customers who buy the Apple Inc iPhone its unlimited data service for a flat monthly fee, potentially putting pressure on bigger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's designation this week of two Canadian banks as primary dealers comes at a crucial time in which rates markets need all the liquidity they can get, analysts said on Wednesday.

Sex, interns, politics and backstabbing are the highly combustible elements that form the backdrop for The Ides of March, the new political drama co-written and directed by George Clooney which opens in theaters on Friday.

It's official. Justin Bieber is getting under the mistletoe with Mariah Carey.

Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., the former president and chairman of the A.C. Nielsen Company, passed away Monday in the Chicago area, after struggling with Parkinson's disease, USA Today reports. He was 92.

A recording of an apparently drugged Michael Jackson was played on Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of the singer's doctor, with the King of Pop saying he wanted to help kids because he didn't have a childhood.

Fox's hit sitcom New Girl performed on a par with last week's strong showing and led the network to an overall win for the night, while ABC's Body of Proof showed significant gains and NBC's The Biggest Loser shed some ratings, according to preliminary numbers.

The motion picture academy has confirmed an agreement with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to locate a new museum in a former department store owned by LACMA.

Shares of Research In Motion surged on Wednesday on takeover speculation a day after the BlackBerry maker's stock fell below $20 for the first time in almost six years.

The toll from listeria-tainted cantaloupes has risen to 18 dead and 100 sickened, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Wednesday.

In less than one hour on Tuesday, the U.S. stock market surged by 4 percent -- for no apparent reason.

The two heads of the UBS division that caused a $2.3 billion loss stepped down on Wednesday as an internal investigation into the trading scandal showed risk systems had detected unauthorized activity but failed to respond.

Wal-Mart is taking cues from shoppers who have asked for more time to buy for the holiday season, albeit on tight budgets, as it tries to reinvigorate sales of toys and other goods.

As European banks seek state help and U.S. lenders shore up shaky balance sheets, Canada's well-performing banks have stepped up their efforts to poach talent from rivals around the world.

Siemens Enterprise Communications Inc, a provider of communications equipment and software to corporations, is seeing demand stabilize after a severe collapse in orders earlier this year, according to the company's chief executive officer.