IBT Staff Reporter

Chelsea face fellow Premier League side Aston Villa in the Barclays Asia Cup final on Saturday, but by then, they'll know whether they have been successful in their pursuit of Palermo star Javier Pastore.

Jul 29, 2011

Will 'Snow White' manage to break Kristen Stewart's Bella stereotype?

Jul 29, 2011

Lacklustre lending activity in Japan's earthquake-ravaged economy and a shrinking retail investment business capped earnings of the country's top banks and brokerages in the fiscal first quarter, raising pressure on them to take more risks and find revenue sources overseas.

Jul 29, 2011

Project Runway Season 9 [PHOTOS]

Jul 29, 2011

A NY auto mechanic survived for nearly 18 hours adrift Lake Huron without a life jacket after his small two-seat Cessna crashed 17 miles from the Michigan shoreline.

Jul 29, 2011

comScore Media Metrix released its list of top 50 web properties for June with Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft sites assuming top positions. However social networking sites like Facebook, online luxury magazines like Glam Media, sports and entertainment sites like Turner Digital and Viacom seem to be gaining in popularity. American web users show a marked trend towards networking, shopping, sports and entertainment.

Jul 29, 2011

French and Italian oil majors Total SA and Eni SpA reported lower second-quarter profits on Friday due to a weak dollar and the fighting in Libya which shut down fields.

Jul 29, 2011

Actor Christopher ?Chip? Mayer, who played Vance Duke on The Dukes Of Hazzard TV show, died July 23 in Sherman Oaks. He was 57.

Jul 29, 2011

The heirs to the creators of these character wanted rights over these comic icons

Jul 29, 2011

France's Total posted lower quarterly earnings on Friday as higher crude prices failed to make up for unfavorable exchange rates, production losses in the North Sea and Libya, and a weak refining business.

Jul 29, 2011

German auto parts and tire maker Continental AG raised its full-year sales forecast on Friday as price increases helped it offset a sharp rise in raw material costs.

Jul 29, 2011

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker opening for equities on Wall Street on Friday after U.S. lawmakers delayed a vote on a Republican proposal to raise the U.S. government's debt limit.

Jul 29, 2011

The complete series of ?Jackass? movies can be rented directly on facebook.

Jul 29, 2011

Libyan Eman al-Obeidy, the alleged rape victim who grabbed worldwide media attention on March 26 after accusing Muammar Gaddafi's forces of gang-raping her, has come to the United States to stay for good.

Jul 29, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co is relying on the smartphone market to boost group profits after its flat screen unit reported a second quarter of losses and the mainstay chip business struggled.

Jul 29, 2011

Japan's biggest banks reported lackluster quarterly lending activity in the earthquake-ravaged economy, raising pressure on them to take more risks and find revenue sources overseas.

Jul 29, 2011

Nintendo Co Ltd's shares plunged as much as 20 percent after the company swung to a quarterly loss and slashed its annual profit target, hit by anemic sales of its five-month-old 3D capable games device.

Jul 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Glee creator Ryan Murphy revealed that three characters from the serial, Lea Michele , Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith would be leaving Glee after Season 3, only to have fellow executive producer, Brad Falchuk deny the same at the ComicCon.

Jul 29, 2011

Contrasting reports have emerged on Arsenal's pursuit of Valencia star Juan Mata.

Jul 29, 2011

French tire manufacturer Michelin hiked its 2011 sales volume target after a rise in sales and profitability in the first half, and said its price increases were offsetting raw material price rises. The group said it would target a 2011 increase in sales volumes of about 8 percent, versus an earlier target of at least 6.5 percent, with market growth in the second half set to return...

Jul 29, 2011

A new comic based on Prince Harry's life will be released in August.

Jul 29, 2011

All over the world Germany has been cited as the European country where elderly care is been taken very seriously.

Jul 29, 2011

As Norwegian police ended on Thursday a six-day search for bodies on Utoya island, they were increasingly convinced that Anders Behring Breivik alone was responsible for the terror attacks, leaving 76 dead. As a week has passed after the worst nightmare in the history of Norway since World War II, heartwrenching stories of victims are shared by friends and family of the victims.

Jul 29, 2011

South Korea forecasts even more rain as emergency workers are still entrenched in a battle against floods and landslides that have killed at least 41 people.

Jul 29, 2011

The Green Bay team was just coming off a Super Bowl win over the Pittsburgh Steelers when the contract dispute between National Football League owners and players resulted in a lockout, putting the start of the next season in question.

Jul 29, 2011

Chad Ochocinco was traded off from the Cincinnati Bengals to the New England Patriots, the National Football League's website reported on Thursday.

Jul 29, 2011

Nintendo Co Ltd's shares plunged on Friday, wiping off as much as $5 billion of the videogame maker's market value, after it slashed its full-year profit forecast to the lowest level in 27 years.

Jul 29, 2011

Japan on Friday escalated its warning to financial markets against testing the yen's upside further, with the finance ministry signaling that Tokyo may not wait for too long with action if the currency keeps climbing.

Jul 29, 2011

Astronomers discovered a twisted ring of gas that looks like an "infinity symbol", stretching past 600 light-years across the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Jul 29, 2011