IBT Staff Reporter

Eastman Kodak Co said Friday it will sell its business that developed super-thin OLED screen technology to LG Electronics Inc and said the companies will share patents, ending a long-standing dispute.

Cisco Systems Inc's veteran dealmakers may have learnt some new lessons from their drawn-out pursuit of Norway's Tandberg ASA, the video conferencing leader.

Oracle Corp denied a newspaper report that Chief Executive Larry Ellison is backing down in a dispute with the European Union over the terms of the software company's $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc.

American International Group Inc is soliciting bids for its International Lease Finance Corp after a group led by the unit's chief offered to buy a small portion of the aircraft lessor's fleet, according to sources familiar with the matter.

U.S. stocks climbed on Friday after data showed the economy shed far fewer jobs than forecast last month and factory orders unexpectedly rose.

By leaving a small white board with the words I Am scribed on its surface KiptonART catches on camera answers from a diverse group of the city's partygoers, artists and patrons.

Miner Rio Tinto has restructured its investments in carbon capture and storage, it said on Friday, with the sale to partner BP Plc of its interest in an Abu Dhabi hydrogen-fueled power generation project that uses gas as the original feedstock.

U.S. stocks futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Friday after the government said employers cut far fewer jobs than expected in November, signaling a strengthening labor market.

Technophiles and developers seeking the next tech breakthrough were drawn to the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Friday to hear augmented reality promoted as a way of changing their view of the world.

Germany and Spain will provide Europe's biggest growth in windpower over the next decade but Britain and Italy might give the best returns on investment, the head of the European Wind Energy Association said on Friday.

Prices for utility permits to emit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the U.S. East fell in the sixth quarterly auction of the allowances, states in the regional market said on Friday.

(Corrects month in 2nd paragraph to November, instead of December)

Closeout retailer Big Lots Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, aided by lower freight costs, and raised its outlook for the holiday fourth quarter, sending its shares up more than 14 percent.

Dear Sam: I am 57 years old and was downsized in February after almost 9 years on the job. I suspect the lack of interviews I have received relates directly to my résumé. My previous income was $70K with a $7K car allowance and all of my gas paid for.

German Q-Cells will continue its wafer supply contract with China's LDK after the two companies agreed to drop legal action over the agreement, which Q-Cells had declared as ended last month.

U.S. stocks jumped at the open on Friday, with all three major indexes up more than 1 percent, after the government said employers cut far fewer jobs than expected in November, signaling a strengthening labor market.

A Sydney-based New York artist will show for the first time a series of paintings about guns in a sensual feminine way.

Just a day after Bing rolled out an array of changes and updates including its new Bing Maps, Microsoft had to apologize after its search engine went offline on Thursday evening. Bing users were unable to access the site between 6:30pm to 7:00pm PST. At first, the site was simply unresponsive or returned partial search results. The page then turned into an error page explaining that the site was unavailable.

A U.N.-led drive to raise cash to help poor nations cope with global warming is looking fairly encouraging, three days before a 190-nation climate conference, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Friday.

Director Jason Reitman's Up in the Air was chosen the best film of 2009 and Clint Eastwood was named best director by the National Board of Review on Thursday in the first big awards of Hollywood's Oscar season.

In a sharp move three days after replacing Chief Executive Fritz Henderson, General Motors Co Chairman and acting CEO Ed Whitacre announced a broad shake-up of the automakers senior leadership on Friday.

After two years of work, and 12 years after their last attempt, 190 nations gather in Copenhagen from Monday to try to avert dramatic climate change -- what one minister called the most difficult talks ever embarked upon by humanity.

Hollywood has finally realized that Tobey Maguire has grown up. The actor who gained fame as a teenager in the Spider-Man movies has embraced fatherhood and a new role as a soldier whose family is torn apart by war.

Sony Pictures on Thursday said global ticket sales for its movies have neared $3.4 billion, beating a studio record with a range of films such as Michael Jackson's This Is It, which raked in more than $250 million worldwide.

Following are the negotiating positions of major nations before a 190-nation U.N. conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18 which will try to work out a new pact to combat climate change.

Jocks get new respect in a large Swedish study that suggests physically active teen boys may be smarter than their couch-potato counterparts.

Shiny-nosed Rudolph proved the biggest draw on U.S. television Wednesday night as the 1964 animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer beat Grammy nominees Black Eyed Peas and Aretha Franklin at New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting.

European Union carbon emissions futures eased slightly on Friday on the back of sliding oil and gas prices, with utilities shedding some of their length, traders said.

U.S. military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan face an increased risk for developing respiratory symptoms, including persistent or recurring cough and shortness of breath, a large-scale military study has shown.