IBT Staff Reporter

Pablo Picasso's most expensive ever painting, which was never revealed to the public for the last 50 years, will now go on display, the AFP has reported.

France's finance ministry was subject to a cyber attack in December targeting information related to its presidency of the Group of 20 nations, officials said on Monday.

After 19 months, the Iranian government restored access to YouTube, roughly coinciding with the anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa has generated a fear factor that drove up oil prices, and growth forecasts could be at risk if those gains are sustained, a top IMF official said on Monday.

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson is taking a break from her academics to focus on her acting career, People.com reports.

Charlie Sheen is hiring a social media intern for the Summer of 2011.

Genzyme Corp Chief Executive Henri Termeer is set to walk away with nearly $160 million when the sale of his company to French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is final -- and stands to earn considerably more should Genzyme's multiple sclerosis drug prove as successful as Termeer has predicted.

Technology stocks sold off on Monday, with the Nasdaq teetering on a key technical support level as uncertainty over higher oil prices looks set to drive volatility in the days ahead.

U.S. consumer credit rose for a fourth straight month in January as households splurged on motor vehicles, further evidence the economy was gaining traction.

U.S. airlines are raising fares and rolling out surcharges as runaway fuel prices threaten to eat into profits.

The singer, who was recently released from her treatment center, thanked her fans for the support they showed her during the darkest time in her life.

Brent crude prices reversed after jumping back above $118 a barrel on Monday, and U.S. oil pared gains after concerns about Libya's conflict and the threat of wider supply disruptions in the Middle East lifted it to the highest level since September 2008.

Bank of America Corp on Monday said that it has named Stuart Hendel, the global head of the prime brokerage business at rival Swiss bank UBS AG , as head of its own global prime brokerage division.

Human Genome Sciences Inc's lupus drug is poised to win clearance this week, offering patients the first approved treatment option in a half-century and setting the company up for blockbuster sales.

Technology stocks sold off after a brokerage downgrade on Monday, leading the market lower, while uncertainty over higher oil prices looked set to drive volatility in the days ahead.

Wells Fargo & Co will by mid-May hire more than 1,000 people for its retail banking operations in the mid-Atlantic region, ahead of a planned fall rebranding of its Wachovia locations.

Proud of its age-old traditions, Wimbledon has embraced the rapid changes in technology in recent years as smoothly as a Roger Federer forehand and now the world's most prestigious tennis tournament is going 3D.

Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley has stopped trading oil with Libya, a trade source said on Monday, in an early indication that U.S. sanctions could further hit exports from the north African producer.

Adobe takes its publishing software into the age of the tablet with its upcoming enterprise publishing suite release.

A Metrico study says that AT&T has the upper hand in data transfer speeds.

NEW YORK, March 7 - When the Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in an administrative proceeding -- rather than in federal court -- it signaled a possible new front in the SEC's pursuit of insider-trading cases.

Boeing Co said on Monday it began incorporating required changes to its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner to move the program toward certification this year by aviation authorities.

Isolated spikes of Internet activity showed up in Libya over the weekend, according to Google's Transparency Report, but it is intermittent and Libya is still largely cut off from the rest of the world.

Internet entrepreneur Art Norins was sick of the nonstop phone calls and e-mails from people seeking to buy shares of his company.

Municipal bond underwriters are under investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to see if firms are funding lavish entertainment for rating agency executives as well as public officials from towns and cities, FINRA Chief Executive Richard Ketchum said Monday.

The Federal Reserve's $600 billion bond purchase program will be completed as planned, top Fed officials signaled on Monday, though they saw heightened economic uncertainty from unrest in the Middle East.

Technology shares led U.S. stocks lower after a downgrade of semiconductors on Monday, helping push the sector below a key technical level, which could mean further losses.

Brent crude prices turned lower after pushing back above $118 a barrel on Monday, and U.S. oil pared gains after concerns about Libya's conflict and the threat of wider supply disruptions in the Middle East lifted it to the highest level since September 2008.

Shares of Atrinsic more than doubled after the company said its popular Kazaa digital music service could be accessed without an application, in a move that could help it skirt Apple Inc's plans to take a cut on revenue generated from sale of online subscriptions through its App Store.