IBT Staff Reporter

Nokia has again pushed back the launch of its gaming service N-gage due to delays in software testing, a spokesman said on Thursday, in the latest blow to the Internet services ambitions of the world's top cell phone maker.

Anyone with dreams of being a talk radio star -- ranting about sports and politics, chatting with callers, sharing recipes or car-buying tips -- can play host on their own show, right on the Web.

Billionaire Joseph Lewis disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that he has increased his stake in hard-hit investment bank Bear Stearns Cos to 9.57 percent.

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by a suicide bomber on Thursday, plunging the nuclear-armed country into chaos ahead of a general election she hoped to win.

U.S. stock index futures were pointing to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, as investors awaited data that could shed more light on the health of the economy.

U.S. hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion (1.16 billion pounds) fortune to charity.That wealth includes $1.2 billion Barron Hilton stands to earn from both the recent sale of Hilton Hotels Corp. -- started by his father Conrad in 1919 when he bou...

Apple Inc and News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow consumers to rent movies through Apple's digital iTunes Store, media reports said on Thursday.

Nicolas Cage's adventure sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets raced to $65 million during its first five days of release across North America, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said on Tuesday.

Oil rose to a one-month high above $96 a barrel on Wednesday ahead of a U.S. government report expected to show crude inventories in the world's top consumer fell for a sixth straight week.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate headed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said on Tuesday it planned to buy 60 percent of manufacturing and services group Marmon Holdings Inc. for $4.5 billion.

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U.S. stocks jumped the most in three weeks on Friday,

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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until December 29, the parliament speaker said on Friday, the tenth delay to the vote.

The software company co-founded by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates nearly two years ago is seeing the benefits of more stringent intellectual property policies in China, with a decline in piracy rates and improved results at its mainstay Windows division.

U.S. Stocks gained the most in two weeks, after news of a possible foreign investment in Merrill Lynch and a government report that consumer spending increased in November by the most in two years.

Consumer spending rose in November, beating forecasts and easing concerns of an economic recession, while inflation raised its fastest pace in two years, the Commerce Department said on Friday.

A Chinese appeal court upheld an earlier music piracy ruling on Thursday, that found Yahoo China guilty of allowing mass copyright infringement through music downloads from its Website, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said.

U.S. shoppers, come out, come out, wherever you are. Super Saturday, the last Saturday before Christmas, is often the biggest shopping day of the holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation.

President Vladimir Putin may become the next chairman of Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom when he steps down following a presidential election in March, Vedomosti business daily reported on Friday.

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime says he isn't too excited about retailers forcing buyers to get bundles which include its Wii game system together with other products such as games and accessories.

Tribune Company said Thursday that it has completed its deal to go private with real estate magnage Samuel Zell taking over as chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

Red Hat, a distributor of the Linux Operating System, named former Delta Airlines Chief Operating Officer James Whitehurst as its new chief executive officer on Thursday.

Microsoft has signed a deal to share detailed information about its Windows software with a free software group, marking one of the first concrete results of the European Commission's anti-trust sanctions meted against the software giant.

Campbell Soup Co., the world’s largest soupmaker, said on Thursday it has agreed to sell its Godiva Chocolatier unit to Yildiz Holding A.Z. for $850 million. Yildiz, the owner of the Ulker Group, is the largest consumer goods company in Turkish food industry with biscuits, chocolate, confectionery, food and beverages and dairy businesses.

A Microsoft General Manager broke Microsoft's silence regarding Internet Explorer 8 by sharing details on a blog post of about its new web browser that will launch in the first half of 2008.

Apple is clearing up all rumors of its products, starting with the rumor sites sprinkled across the web.

Google cleared a major regulatory hurdle on Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission, the US antitrust regulator, approved the Internet search giant’s bid to buy online advertising company, DoubleClick Inc.