IBT Staff Reporter

U.S. healthcare industry executives are expected to be the most sought-after in the new year, according to a monthly survey of executive search professionals released on Monday.

AT&T Inc temporarily stopped selling the iPhone on its website to New York City residents over the weekend, raising fresh concerns about the wireless network's capacity in the Big Apple.

The Australian Dollar opens above 88 cents this morning as a continued lack of liquidity during the holiday period continues to keep the market subdued.

The Federal Reserve on Monday proposed the creation of a new mechanism it could use to withdraw money from the banking system when the time comes to tighten monetary policy.

U.S. stocks rose on Monday, sending indexes to fresh closing highs for 2009, as optimism about the economic recovery lifted shares of technology, energy and industrial companies, offsetting a drop in airline shares amid security worries.

New Year's resolutions: We make them, we break them, we make them again.

JPMorgan Chase & Co said it has sued a former private banking executive arrested last year in Argentina on criminal charges, accusing him of stealing $2.8 million from a customer's account.

The Cayman Islands are promising immigration incentives to keep foreign firms from quitting the Caribbean hedge fund hub, but locals want a bigger share of jobs in the lucrative financial sector.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEHMQ.PK) has sought bankruptcy court approval to hire Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC to help it sell asset-backed securities worth $180 million, court filings show.

Former supermodel Tyra Banks said on Monday she is ending her Emmy-award winning TV daytime talk show in the spring of 2010.

The 3-D extravaganza Avatar ruled the worldwide box office for a second weekend on Sunday, while the latest exploits of Alvin and the Chipmunks and Sherlock Holmes helped set a North American sales record.

Two advocacy groups asked U.S. antitrust regulators on Monday to block Google's purchase of AdMob, a provider of advertising services for mobile phones, on antitrust grounds and to address privacy issues raised by the deal.

U.S. stocks dipped on Monday as airline shares faltered amid security worries, while losses were limited by retail shopping data indicating improved consumer spending.

A British man convicted of smuggling drugs into China was told on Monday he would be executed in the next few hours, as his family made a last-minute plea for clemency, arguing he is mentally ill.

Actor Charlie Sheen, star of the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men, has been released from jail in the Colorado ski resort city of Aspen after his Christmas Day arrest on domestic violence charges, police said.

Oil rose on Monday to touch a five-week high over $79 a barrel as expectations of colder weather in the United States and signs of economic recovery boosted the outlook for fuel demand.

President Barack Obama will urge the United States to keep up pressure on its enemies in his first public reaction to the attempt to blow up a plane bound for Detroit, a White House spokesman said on Monday.

A regional wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane, saying it was to avenge U.S. attacks on the group in Yemen.

Debt-laden radio company Clear Channel on Monday said its outdoor unit completed raising $2.5 billion in the high-yield debt market, removing concerns about the company's short-term liquidity.

Iran arrested at least 10 leading opposition figures on Monday, a day after eight people were killed in anti-government protests that erupted during a Shi'ite Muslim religious festival, an opposition website said.

Stocks dipped on Monday as airline shares faltered amid security worries, while losses were limited by retail shopping data indicating improved consumer spending.

Amazon released its annual post-Christmas statement and announced that more Kindle books were sold than real books through Amazon on Christmas day.

The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said on Monday its Midwest manufacturing index rose in November to the highest in nearly a year in a broad-based expansion that covered all of the major industry sectors.

The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said on Monday its Midwest manufacturing index rose in November to the highest in nearly a year in a broad-based expansion that covered all of the major industry sectors.

Buying the popular Apple Inc iPhone has become more difficult for residents of the Big Apple.

Wall Street ticked higher on Monday as retailers' shares rose on data for the key holiday shopping season that indicated improved consumer spending while rising commodity prices lifted the natural resource sector.

Shares of 3PAR Inc rose 15 percent Monday on a report in Barron's that the data storage company is setting itself up as an attractive takeover target for larger tech companies.

Pumping beats, lively atmosphere and fine sand under your feet always set you in the mood for some partying on the beach. From Rio de Janeiro to Ibiza, these stunning beaches not only sizzle with heat during the day, but also dazzle you with bright lights and cocktails by night.

The fasten seat belt light goes on. Finally, you think, after nine hours of flying I'll be soon setting foot on ground in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Your legs started to hurt two hours ago, your ass is numb, you're tired and you're about to kill that little crying bastard in front of you. All you can think of is getting out of this damn airplane. The sooner the better.