IBT Staff Reporter

More Americans will be traveling to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, all thanks to improving economic scenario in the country.

The employee who was sacked by Google for divulging information regarding employee salary hike and bonus, happens to be Randy Wigginton, a former number six at Apple.

Car lovers can now buy a new Kia car over the internet. As Kia Motors America and eBay Motors have joined hands together to sell new cars online.

CODA Automotive, a California-based electric car and battery company, and The Hertz Corporation, the world's largest general use airport car rental brand, entered into a partnership making 100% all-electric CODA sedans available at select Southern California Hertz locations.

Nissan Motors Co would be the world's first hybrid to come equipped with standard pedestrian warning sounds for its new 2012 Infiniti M35h, when it goes on sale at Infiniti retailers nationwide in early 2011, the carmaker said in a statement.

Saudi tycoon prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud, has invested $500 million in General Motors' initial public offering.

Bihar, India’s third most populous state voted Janata Dal (United)’s-Bharatiya Janata Party combine to power with a thumping majority to give Nitish Kumar a second term as chief minister of the state, giving a drubbing to the rival combine of Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan, decimating the Congress.

Pessimistic outlook about unemployment from the U.S. Federal Reserve overshadowed reports stating the economy grew faster in the third quarter. The Fed expects unemployment to remain high over the next couple of years, hovering around 8.9 percent to 9.1 percent next year. It had previously forecast unemployment rate between 8.3 percent and 8.7 percent.

Amazon leaks Black Friday deal, previous generation Kindle available for $89.

UK-based water supplier United Utilities Group reported interim results slightly ahead of its expectations, following the recent regulatory price review.

British chemicals company Johnson Matthey Plc reported a rise in profits for the first half as revenue grew 28 percent on increased levels of activity in all of its major markets and higher platinum group metal prices. The group lifted its interim dividend by 13 percent to 12.5 pence.

Real Madrid mauled Ajax 4-0 at the Amsterdam Arena, with goals from Benzema, Arbeloa and a Cristiano Ronaldo brace, in Match-day 5 of the UEFA Champions League

Sen. Franken says Comcast may be gun-jumping with its impending merger with NBC Universal and thus violating antitrust laws.

In the midst of bankruptcy, TerreStar has unveiled its new handset.

SpaceX, which aims to be the first private company to launch manned space vehicles, reached another milestone with its Federal Aviation Administration License for re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.

Game match between Ajax Amsterdam and Real Madrid real-time update - as it happened

Supporters of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act may be looking at the measure’s last best chance of becoming law.

Copia, a maker of e-reader systems, has unveiled a social networking platform.

The United Stated said Tuesday it was in close and continuing talks with South Korea after a North Korean artillery attack killed two South Korean marines.

Popular geolocation services such as Facebook Places, Foursquare, Gowalla and Loopt could easily reveal the position of US armed forces to the enemy, U.S. Air Force has warned.

Existing home sales in the U.S. dropped in October after two months of strong increases, the National Association of Realtors said in a statement.

Google's ubiquitous email service Gmail will be under judicial scanner as a Texas citizen filed a lawsuit against it stating the service acted in contravention of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986.

Real Madrid need a point to secure top spot in Group G in their visit to Amsterdam to face Ajax, in match day 5 of the UEFA Champions League.

Indian media is now running for cover. The 2G spectrum scam, which has snowballed into a major controversy involving Indian politicians and businessmen has now become hotter for journalists to handle as it allegedly involves two of their senior members.

The U.S. economy grew a little more than expected in the third quarter, helped by a sharp drop in imports and a rise in private inventory investment, according to the second estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Web pioneer Google, which effectively weaned people off newspapers and everything that was 'old guard', has surprisingly come back to the print medium. The tech giant has been publishing newspaper advertisements on Google Chrome as well as its newly launched Web guidebook.

In what looks like a setback for the Obama administration in matter of trial of terrorism suspects in civil court, the first suspect transferred from Guantanamo military prison to face a U.S. civilian trial was found not guilty by a Manhattan federal court jury on all but one charge in the 1998 African embassy bombings.

Microsoft has announced price changes to Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) which will be effective from January 2011.

Researchers in the United States have developed a new biosensor from plasmonic nanohole arrays to detect dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The tool could be used in developing nations, airports and other places where natural or man-made outbreaks could erupt.