IBT Staff Reporter

The small earthquakes that struck north central Arkansas could be from a combination of natural and human activity.

Former Wells Fargo & Co Chief Financial Officer Howard Atkins received zero shares under the bank's long-term stock bonus program for 2011, the company disclosed on Monday.

Mutual fund manager Bruce Berkowitz got a big victory in his quest to shake up money-losing Florida landowner St Joe Co , winning the resignation of its chief executive and gaining a majority on its board of directors.

Gold was little changed near $1,410 an ounce on Monday but notched its biggest monthly gain since August as chaos in Libya and rising tensions across the Middle East prompted investors to buy the metal as a safe haven. The US dollar lost its status and is at November lows.

Members of the music industry are calling on artists such as Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Usher and 50 Cent to donate to charity the money they made performing at private parties for members of Moammar Gaddafi's famil

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Libya was cut off from the Internet on the weekend of Feb. 19, but since then traffic in and out of the country is near normal.

Throughout history, gold has been a safe haven in times of political and economic crisis. Right now, gold's fundamentals are remarkably strong, says veteran commodities market analyst James DiGeorgia. In fact, gold is poised to boom-reaching, DiGeorgia predicts, as high as $2,500.

U.S. consumer spending barely edged up in January as households took advantage of tax cuts to rebuild their savings, suggesting spending would offer only a modest lift to the recovery in the first quarter.

A U.S. regulator charged three former directors of a military contractor with involvement in a massive accounting fraud, after a jury had convicted the company's founder of orchestrating the $190 million scheme.

East Asia's economy may need to slow to address inflationary pressures but the region will likely continue to lead the globe in economic activity, World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin said on Monday.

Charlie Sheen is making headlines again after appearing on television Monday morning to talk about his recent reckless behavior, his sobriety and his show Two and a Half Men being canceled for the season.

Bullish comments from Warren Buffett helped U.S. stocks end another good month on a high note on Monday, but uncertainty about oil prices could keep investors from pushing the market much higher.

New tablets before the end of 2011, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said today.

SeaMicro, a manufacturer of low energy data servers, is using Intel dual-core processors for its next major product.

Democracy activists in Saudi Arabia say the government is closely monitoring social media to nip in the bud any protests inspired by uprisings that swept Arab countries, toppling leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.

Bullish comments from Warren Buffett helped U.S. stocks end another good month on a high note on Monday, but uncertainty about oil prices could keep investors from pushing the market much higher.

Throughout the night, Hathaway wore a total of eight different outfits.

U.S. consumer spending barely edged up in January as households took advantage of tax cuts to rebuild their savings, suggesting spending would offer only a modest lift to the recovery in the first quarter.

Ford Motor Co's financial chief wants automakers in the European market to adopt rational behavior and put an end to incentive rates he sees as excessive.

CME Group Inc on Monday unveiled a cross-margining plan that would help customers trading both interest rate and Treasury futures, as the world's largest derivatives exchange prepares for more competition.

WestJet Airlines Ltd and American Airlines cemented closer ties on Monday, signing a code-share agreement that is designed to boost passengers on the Canadian and U.S. carriers.

The United States is taking financial action to block Lybia's leader and his family from using $30 billion-worth of assets in the country.

The company joins Target, Best Buy, and Staples as the latest company to sell Amazon's eReader.

Bank of America's global head of mergers and acquisitions Jeffrey Kaplan is leaving the bank to join hedge fund Appaloosa Management and will be replaced by Steven Baronoff who chairs that business, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Monday.

The new channel will be available in Europe and feature 30 hours of programming on repeat.

The uprising in Libya has cut its oil output by half, the International Energy Agency said on Monday, but Saudi Arabia's pledge to pump more helped to prevent a further surge in the price of oil.

Continental Airlines, recently bought by United Airlines to form United Continental Holdings Inc , has scrapped plans to launch new service to Cairo, because of declining travel demand to Egypt, which is grappling with political unrest.

Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP has struck a deal to buy nearly 600 U.S. strip malls and other properties from Australia's Centro Property Group for about $9.4 billion, people with direct knowledge of the transaction said on Monday.