IBT Staff Reporter

Oil recouped most of its deep losses in late trade on Thursday after reports of police firing on protesters in Saudi Arabia revived fears of further unrest in the world's top exporter.

Shares of private equity-backed hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc rose nearly 4 percent in early trading in a strong stock market debut on Thursday, even as the broad market sank.

Jurors for the first time heard the voices of accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam and some of his high-placed friends discussing stocks in wiretapped conversations that authorities argue show he traded illegally on company secrets.

China's growing capabilities in cyber-warfare and intelligence gathering are a formidable concern to the United States, the top intelligence official told a Senate panel on Thursday.

Fears about the economy and unrest in the Middle East sent indexes skidding below key technical levels on Thursday as the near-term outlook for stocks grew cloudy.

Jurors for the first time heard the voices of accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam and some of his high-placed friends discussing stocks in wiretapped conversations that authorities argue show he traded illegally on company secrets.

The S&P 500 fell on Thursday below its 50-day moving average for the first time since November 30, highlighting the benchmark's loss of upward momentum.

Lindsay Lohan was back in court today as she rejected a plea agreement offered by prosecutors in a grand theft case. The plea would have guaranteed Lohan's return to jail.

EU regulators are likely to take a long, hard look at Deutsche Boerse's planned takeover of NYSE Euronext, the EU's antitrust chief said, while a top NYSE executive said talks with authorities globally are so far going well.

Brent and U.S. crude oil futures pared losses on Thursday, beset by deeper geopolitical concerns on witness reports that police fired upon protesters in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province.

General Motors Co finance chief Chris Liddell, who was passed over for the top job at the automaker last year, is leaving the company.

Stocks extended losses on Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting session lows as traders cited anxiety over Saudi police firing on protesters.

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Facebook not only made household names out of its founders thanks to the movie The Social Network -- it has also minted the latest crop of the richest people on the planet.

Shares of private equity-backed hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc were up 4 percent on Thursday in a strong stock market debut, even as the broad market sank.

Brent crude oil futures climbed back to positive territory and U.S. crude pared losses Thursday after reports from Saudi Arabia said police had fired upon protesters, traders and other market sources said.

General Motors Co said on Thursday that Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell will leave a little more than a year after joining the U.S. automaker from software giant Microsoft Corp .

Police physically removed more than a dozen demonstrators at an entrance to the Assembly chamber in the Wisconsin capitol building on Thursday ahead of vote in that chamber of a bill that would remove collective bargaining rights from public state employee unions.

Zynga, the online game company behind the titles FarmVille and Mafia Wars, and one of the hottest U.S. Web start-ups, said it is starting a game development studio in India and plans to double its staff there this year.

Rovio, the Finnish developer behind the Angry Birds smartphone game, raised $42 million from investors and named Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstroem to its board.

Apple Inc will kick off online sales of its new iPad in the early hours on Friday ahead of its evening store launch of the tablet computer.

TMZ is reporting that Sheen may have caused a lot of damage to the company that made the shirts Sheen wore in Two and a Half Men.

Stocks slid more than 1 percent on Thursday and the S&P 500 fell through a key technical level amid global economic worries, suggesting more losses may be on the way.

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Data breaches are costing companies $7.2 million per year according to a study from Symantec.

TMZ is reporting that Sheen may have caused a lot of damage to the company that made the shirts Sheen wore in Two and a Half Men.

Oil prices tumbled on Thursday as the dollar strengthened on renewed Euro zone credit worries, though fears remained that prolonged conflict in Libya could do long-lasting damage its oil infrastructure.

Euro zone leaders will not decide much at Friday's summit on the bloc's debt crisis but a compromise deal is likely at the end of the month, a coalition ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

Macau gaming magnate Stanley Ho, chairman of the enclave's biggest casino operator SJM Holdings <0880.HK>, has resolved his dynastic tussle against his family members.