IBT Staff Reporter

While Katy Perry's video for E.T. featuring Kanye West won't premiere until Thursday night on television, the pop star already posted a link to the video online via her Twitter account.

A Memphis county official has opened an online museum of case files, personal correspondence and little-seen black-and-white images chronicling the jail time of James Earl Ray, who killed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. 43 years ago this Monday.

Microsoft Corp stepped up its rivalry with Google Inc, claiming in its first-ever complaint to antitrust regulators that Google systematically thwarts Internet search competition.

Billboard is reporting that Rob Patterson is producing a track for Charlie Sheen's upcoming one-man-show tour and that rapper Snoop Dogg will guest on the track.

Actor Burt Reynolds’ former Beverly Hills home is on the market for $10.9 million.

Even as Tokyo Electric Power Company acknowledged that it will decommission four of the six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, there is still the problem of a massive cleanup.

The U.S. futures regulator must swallow its pride and ask Congress for a delay in implementing derivatives regulations, some lawmakers and businesses said on Thursday as they criticized the agency for moving too fast.

The company is hoping that Taiwanese firms can fill the void left by Japanese companies.

Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci steps down from his role; wanted to focus on tablets, Acer board wants to stick with PCs.

Former Berkshire Hathaway executive David Sokol on Thursday said he has invested in companies he then recommended for acquisition in the past, a day after Berkshire disclosed Sokol pushed Lubrizol Corp to Warren Buffett after investing in it.

Ireland said its four remaining banks require another 24 billion euros ($34.1 billion) to enable them to withstand potential losses from a worsening of the economy.

Ford Motor Co was the top automaker in 2010 as measured by U.S. customer loyalty, overtaking General Motors Co , the 2009 leader, market consultancy Polk said on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday released the names of banks that borrowed from its main emergency lending facility during the financial crisis after having run out of legal appeals to block publication.

Britney Spears, after several years of absence from the music scene is making her comeback.

U.S. stocks edged higher on Thursday as a modest reading on jobless claims failed to topple upbeat expectations about Friday's U.S. payrolls report for March as the quarter quietly draws to a close.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp faces an injury crisis for the crunch Champions League quarter-final tie against Real Madrid, and could be left with only two fit central defenders against one of the strongest attacks in world football.

American International Group reorganized Chartis, its largest unit, and named Peter Hancock as head of the property and casualty division.

The European Central Bank will not unveil medium-term funding support for Irish banks on Thursday, sources told Reuters, spoiling Ireland's grand plan for nailing its banking crisis before it is even unveiled.

So much for Warren Buffett's philosophy of leaving his managers alone.

Ireland tried to draw a line under its financial crisis on Thursday by saying its banks need a further 24 billion euros ($34.11 billion) to withstand further economic shocks.

Ford Motor Co was the top automaker in 2010 as measured by U.S. customer loyalty, overtaking General Motors Co , the 2009 leader, market consultancy Polk said on Thursday.

U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday as a middling reading on jobless claims failed to dent expectations about Friday's U.S. payrolls report for March as the quarter quietly draws to a close.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, further evidence of material improvement in the labor market.

Manchester United are, reportedly, in talks with highly rated Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea for a move as a replacement for the retiring veteran Edwin van der Sar.

Oil prices rose on Thursday on the last day of the quarter, with Brent heading for its second biggest quarterly rise as Middle East protests and unrest and Libya's conflict kept threats to supply in focus.

Google has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission in regards to its privacy practices.

Charlie Sheen is kicking off his Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option tour and the world is preparing to see what antics he has hiding up his sleeve.

Portugal's budget deficit ballooned above target last year and a disagreement at the European Central Bank threatened to undermine Ireland's plans for finally resolving its bank crisis.

Kraft Foods Inc Chief Executive Officer Irene Rosenfeld took a sharp pay cut in 2010 after the largest North American food company failed to meet revenue and profit targets.