IBT Staff Reporter

Officials take stock of the conditions that led up to the accident as the death toll continues to mount.

SINGAPORE/ZURICH - Nestle , the world's largest food company, is paying a hefty $1.7 billion for a 60 percent stake in candymaker Hsu Fu Chi International to move deeper into fast-growing markets in China.

The week has started off well for Arsenal as they confirmed the signing of Lille striker Gervinho, as manager Arsene Wenger expressed his confidence of holding on to the wantaway pair of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.

Highlights from William and Kate's California visit.

Victoria Beckham gave birth to a baby girl named Harper Seven over the weekend.

A teardown of HTC Thunderbolt by research firm HIS iSuppli reveals the 4G LTE wireless component within the phone added a $39.75 to the total bill of the material of the smartphone.

Wall Street stocks sank on Monday as fears about Europe's debt crisis and the global economy sent a shudder through markets and overshadowed the start of the U.S. earnings season.

Pictures from Kate and Williams trip to Los Angeles, California.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Italy must demonstrate it is undertaking the budget reforms required to restore confidence in the euro zone, and she was confident that it would do so.

Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a last batch of supplies to the orbiting outpost on the final flight of the U.S. shuttle program.

Health officials confirmed Friday the death of an Arizona man tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe a month after the United States Food and Drug Administration reported a five-state outbreak linked to sprouts.

Wall Street was set to skid more than 1 percent at the open on Monday as renewed jitters about Europe's debt crisis and the global economy overshadowed the start of earnings season.

European aircraft builder Airbus aims to win a large plane order from AMR Corp's American Airlines by offering $6 billion in preferential financing to woo the American carrier away from rival Boeing , according to the Wall Street Journal.

Germany's government has full confidence in Italy to take the necessary decisions regarding austerity measures and sees no need to expand the euro zone bailout mechanism, a government spokesman said on Monday.

China will probably not yield to demands to ease export restrictions on rare earths, unlike its flexibility in some previous trade disputes, even after the World Trade Organization ruled against it in a related case.

Europe needs to come up with a plan now to get private investors to contribute to a bailout for Greece and give Athens time to deal with its problems, the head of the OECD club of industrialized nations said on Monday.

An intensifying quarrel between Samsung and Apple is triggering expectations that some of the pairs' $5 billion-plus relationship may be up for grabs.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is rumored to be considering a move for Everton left-back Leighton Baines to resolve the problematic left-back area.

EU finance officials will discuss a range of options for Greece's intractable debt crisis on Monday, galvanized by the growing threat of contagion to Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy.

Stock index futures fell on Monday as renewed jitters about Europe's debt crisis and the global economy overshadowed the start of earnings season.

Britain asked on Monday for fresh regulatory advice over the bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to buy BSkyB, signaling it could be looking for a way out of approving the deal while a phone hacking scandal rages.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as renewed jitters about Europe's debt crisis and the global economy overshadowed the start of earnings season.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - New Zealand customers at an online shopping site were happily shocked when they got expensive televisions and iPods for free Monday after a computer glitch charged them only postage and handling.

She has been an incredible lady with 25 years talk show career which ended in May and now been counted as the most favorite host for the Oscars ceremony that going to be held in Feburary 2012.

Arsenal have confirmed their first major signing of the season with Lille striker Gervinho making the move to the Emirates.

China's premier and the country's central bank governor vowed on Monday to prevent stubbornly high inflation from upending the economy, reinforcing expectations for more increases in interest rates and bank reserve requirements.

The Transformer Actress ‘ Megan Fox denied the report that she had any botox treatment and in order to prove her statement she posted four pictures of her close facial, showing a range of facial expressions from a rumpled forehead to eyebrow furrowing to looks of scorn and shock , in her micro-blogging site .

The British government has asked the media regulator to reassess media baron Rupert Murdoch's takeover bid for broadcaster BSkyB in the light of a phone hacking scandal, a move that could provide a basis to block the multi-billion dollar buyout.

The British government has asked the media regulator to consider whether undertakings provided by News Corp to secure a buy out of BSkyB are still credible in light of a phone hacking scandal.