IBT Staff Reporter

Artists, designers, entertainers and philanthropists are joining forces for the second annual green auction, which last year raised over $2 million for environmental groups.

Wendy's/Arby's Group plans to sell its struggling Arby's roast beef sandwich chain to focus on the Wendy's hamburger chain, which its top shareholder expects to be the company's engine of growth.

UnitedHealth Group Inc posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, helped by moderating use of medical services by its members and enrollment growth across its health plans.

Facebook's global reach has been the envy of many companies, as about 70 percent of its 500 million users are from outside US and now Facebook has launched an app for feature phones to further bolster its march.

Amazon.Com is to buy the 58 percent of British DVD and games rental firm Lovefilm it does not already own for an undisclosed price, it said on Thursday.

The companies that reported earnings before the markets open on Thursday are: Morgan Stanley, Union Pacific, UnitedHealth Group Inc., Johnson Controls, Parker Hannifin, Southwest Airlines, Rockwell Collins and Huntington Bancshares.

On a blustery and drizzly December afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, about 20 airplanes sat engineless and inert near the runway at a Boeing manufacturing plant. Huge, yellow blocks hung from the wings of some planes to substitute for the weight of absent engines.

Everything old is new again for one Japanese manufacturer, which has unveiled an electronic version of a rickshaw.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, currently in U.S. custody for alleged acts of terrorism, is responsible for the death of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, CNN reported, citing a report released by the Pentagon.

Michelle Obama asks American students to study in China, stressing the need for competitiveness and cooperation

Stock index futures fell on Thursday after stronger-than-expected economic growth data from China heightened concerns that Beijing may further tighten monetary policy to tackle inflation.

Stock index futures fell on Thursday after stronger-than-expected economic growth data from China heightened concerns the government may further tighten monetary policy.

Former child star Jodie Sweetin, who was a part of the Full House girl gang, has got engaged to Morty Coyle.

While the LivingSocial deal offering a $20 Amazon gift card for $10 was too good for many, there were several secret angels working behind the marketing and promotion of the gift cards - celebrities such as Snooki, Paris Hilton among others

Warner Bros eager to get Lethal Weapon 5 started

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.03 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.03 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.06 percent at 4:40 a.m. EST.

Sophos reported that cyber attacks on social networking sites nearly doubled in 2010, a clear sign that the threat continues to grow at an alarming rate. A study by the IT security and control firm reveals dramatic increase in malware, phishing and spam through social networks, most prominently Facebook.

iPhone maker Apple was criticized by Chinese green groups for lax corporate oversight of its suppliers in China, leading to poor environmental and work safety standards that poisoned dozens of factory workers.

China finished 2010 with a bang, its growth soaring past forecasts and inflation slowing less than expected, numbers that could prod the government to intensify its easy-does-it approach to tightening.

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Thursday posted lower-than-expected profit and sales during its key year-end quarter and said it expects only modest growth in the handset market this year.

At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741.

Two blasts took place simultaneously in the eastern Ukrainian town of Makiyivka early on Thursday but no one was hurt by the explosions, a local police spokesman said.

World’s most populous nation China is also the largest net savvy population in the world now as more than a third of its population were hooked on to the Internet at the end of 2010, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.

HTC missed the CES 2011tablet mania but that does mean it has no tablet plans, in fact it is due to launch not one but three tablets in the first half of 2011

President Hu Jintao on Thursday will try to persuade often hostile U.S. lawmakers that China is a threat-free engine of growth, after a White House summit sought to narrow rifts between the world's top two economies.

Judges Jennifer Lopez and Steve Tyler carry the nice tag pretty well

InkSure Technologies has launched CarSure, a forensic-level reader that can read taggants (optical coses) and authenticate documents through car windows.

Stronger-than-expected Chinese growth data spurred concern on Thursday about tighter monetary policy, prompting a sell-off in equities led by emerging markets.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.03 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.03 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.06 percent at 4:40 a.m. EST.