IBT Staff Reporter

Marseille and Manchester United played out a drab encounter at the Stade Velodrome in the Champions League last-16 round, which ended 0-0 while a late Gomez strike sealed Bayern Munich's revenge on Inter Milan.

The following is a transcript of a nearly 20 minute conversation on February 22, 2011 between Ian Murphy, a columnist for the website known as The Buffalo Beast, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Murphy was posing as conservative activist David Koch.

With multiple Android tablets on the horizon, The Daily inches away from Apple.

Citing its intent to protect user experience, Facebook blocked the app early Wednesday morning.

In gathering parts of Social Security numbers from children for a contest, Google's data gathering has come under fire again.

A teardown by the electronics blog iFixit gave the Motorola Atrix high marks for the ease of repair.

Merger and acquisitions activity in the global mining sector is expected to accelerate in 2011, fueled by strong commodity prices and repaired balance sheets, advisory and accountancy firm Ernst & Young said on Wednesday.

The Weekly Standard blog posted a video today of a camel in Madison, Wisconsin. According to the blog, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brought a camel to the protests in Wisconsin, apparently to poke fun at the Cairo/Madison comparisons.

NASA is readying the Discovery Shuttle for its final mission into space.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - jointly the world's biggest oil producer alongside Russia, and so far immune to the civil unrest sweeping North Africa and the Middle East - returned from hospital treatment abroad to announce a near US$38 billion package of new housing projects, a 15% pay-rise across the board, and the kingdom's first-ever unemployment insurance.

This is one of the authors and books who correctly forecasted the financial crisis, and told investors exactly how to profit from the consequences. People who followed the simple advice of investing in Gold and hard assets years ago, when this book first appeared in 2004, could multiply their fortune.

There's no doubt that at every live awards show there are always some mishaps. The Academy Awards has had its fair share of weird, awkward and uncomfortable moments

Apple reigns supreme in product placement; but others are catching up, according to a recent report.

President Barack Obama and his administration have called unconstitutional a part of the 1996 federal law that calls the government to define marriage to be a legal union between one man and one woman. The administration will not defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in two pending legal cases, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, said on Wednesday.

Apple shareholders voted down a proposal to force management to adopt a written succession plan for the company, according to a report from Venturebeat.

In Wednesday's round of Champions League fixtures, Marseille host Manchester United while Inter Milan and Bayern Munich play out a repeat of last season's final.

Throughout the ages, many things have been used as currency: livestock, grains, spices, shells, beads, and now paper. But only two things have ever been money: gold and silver. When paper money becomes too abundant, and thus loses its value, man always turns back to precious metals. During these times there is always an enormous wealth transfer, and it is within your power to transfer that wealth away from you or toward you. --Michael Maloney, precious metals investment expert

The first update for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 has rendered certain phone models to become inoperable.

After the Canadian teen sensation, Justin Bieber, broke thousands of Beliebers' hearts by losing his signature floppy hair, the FRIENDS star Jennifer Aniston sported a brand new hairdo on her 42th birthday.

South African government bonds fell to three-month lows on Wednesday but the rand firmed over 1.0 percent after the finance ministry projected a higher- than-expected budget deficit for the 2011/2012 financial year.

Saudi King Abdullah returned home on Wednesday after a three-month medical absence and unveiled benefits for Saudis worth some $37 billion (23 billion pounds) in an apparent bid to insulate the world's top oil exporter from an Arab protest wave.

At least 100,000 trade unionists marched through the Indian capital on Wednesday in a protest against high food prices and unemployment, piling pressure on an administration under fire over corruption scandals.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Defence Minister admitted in parliament on Wednesday flaws in his doctoral dissertation that is at the centre of a plagiarism affair weighing on her government.

Greek police clashed with protesters Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament in protest at austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis.

Hundreds of foreign rescuers will join exhausted New Zealand teams Thursday in an increasingly desperate search of quake-shattered buildings in central Christchurch as time runs out to find survivors buried under rubble.

Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power.

Zimbabwe on Wednesday filed treason charges against dozens of political activists accused of plotting anti-government protests similar to those that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.

EA gives details on its upcoming first person shooter, Battlefield 3, a sequel six years in the making.

Namibia's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 6.0 percent on Wednesday, but said economic growth is likely to be better than previously expected as the economy recovers from a downturn.