IBT Staff Reporter

Microsoft announced on Thursday its Bing search engine, a decision engine that will replace live.com worldwide as of June 3. If successful, it is excepted to change the face of search engineer market, said Forrester analyst Shar VanBoskirck.

Jeremy came to me with a very average résumé not unlike many others I see on a daily basis. While his résumé presented an overview of his jobs with accomplishments scattered throughout, it lacked the appeal to make the most of the 7 seconds his résumé would get in front of the hiring manager.

The World Bank plans to offer up to $3-3.5 billion in zero-interest loans to Vietnam from next year through 2012 after it received positive assessments of the efficiency of WB-funded projects in the country.

Nokia expanded its global research laboratories of with the opening of Nokia Research Center, Berkeley on Thursday, advancing closer to its mobile devices research.

Stocks climbed on Thursday as rising oil prices drove up energy shares and data on orders for durable goods signaled the economy was stabilizing.

Oil surged past $65 a barrel on Thursday to a fresh six-month high after OPEC decided to keep output unchanged and government data showed a steep drop in U.S. crude inventories.

Verizon Wireless plans to offer the Palm Pre on its telecom network in about six months, Verizon executive Lowell McAdam said during an investor conference Webcast on Thursday.

Shares of Moody's Corp fell sharply on Thursday after hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who correctly questioned the health of Lehman Brothers four months before its collapse, disclosed he was shorting the venerable ratings agency.

Target Corp shareholders reelected its four incumbent directors, the retailer said on Thursday, dealing a defeat to activist investor William Ackman, who launched a heated proxy contest seeking five seats on its board.

A Susan Boyle spokesperson said Thursday that the Scottish singing sensation and Britain's Got Talent finalist lost her cool after being harassed by journalists at a London hotel.

Bank of America Corp said on Thursday it may swap 200 million common shares for existing preferred stock, moving it more than $2 billion closer to plugging a $33.9 billion capital shortfall.

With unemployment rising to its highest level in more than a quarter century, more Americans are confronting the double crisis of losing both their jobs and their employer-sponsored insurance, which covers 177 million people.

The melting ice sheet this century in Greenland is a bigger threat to major U.S. coastal cities than previously believed, according to a new government study.

Stocks rose on Thursday as energy and commodity shares climbed on higher oil prices and after results of a Treasury bond auction eased any fresh worries over demand for government debt.

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a redesigned site of its Live search engine in the coming days called Bing which the company hopes it will lure Web surfers away from its competitors.

General Motors Corp appeared to clear a major hurdle on its way to filing the kind of bankruptcy it favors on Thursday by persuading major bondholders to accept a sweetened deal -- even as talks over the carmaker's Opel unit stalled.

A new study demonstrates why parents need to know how their teenage girls present themselves online.

U.S. auto parts makers Visteon Corp and Metaldyne Corp filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, becoming the latest casualties of the global auto industry crisis and adding to the pressure on cash-strapped automakers.

The health sector can play a leadership role in reducing the magnitude and consequences of global warming by reducing its climate footprint. These efforts, some of which are already underway, can greatly reduce the serious health threats posed by global warming and set an example for other sectors.

Bill Ackman, the biggest shareholder in bankrupt mall operator General Growth Properties Inc , said he could gain 13 times his investment in a company he called high quality after it is reorganized.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will discuss with top Chinese officials how to boost global economic growth as well as the importance of flexible exchange rates for smoothing imbalances, a senior U.S. Treasury Department official said on Thursday.

Microsoft Corp is revamping its search engine to counter the dominance of Google Inc in the Web search and related advertising business.

Russian police have taken into care a 5-year-old girl who has been shut up in a flat in the company of cats and dogs for her entire life, police said on Wednesday.

Star chefs are ditching foie gras and foam for tacos and French fries. From Los Angeles to Lyon, here’s where to sample their delicious cheap eats.

General Motors Corp said on Thursday it had reached a deal with major bondholders that would give them a bigger stake in a reorganized and effectively nationalized automaker and could pave the way for a fast-track bankruptcy by GM within days.

Stocks rose on Thursday as a surge in crude oil prices lifted energy shares, sending the benchmark S&P 500 to a session high.

AT&T Inc's Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said on Wednesday that the No. 2 U.S. mobile service would be keen to sell Palm Inc's high-profile Pre phone at some point in the future.

AT&T Inc's Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said on Wednesday that the No. 2 U.S. mobile service would be keen to sell Palm Inc's high-profile Pre phone at some point in the future.

Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Palm Inc's Pre and a new version of the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm in about six months, the top executive for the venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc said on Thursday.