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Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres said she was proud and happy that retail store J.C. Penney had stood by her in the face of a conservative anti-gay campaign, and said there was no such thing as a pro-gay bandwagon.

Istanbul was ranked as the European city with the best prospects for 2012 by PricewaterhouseCooper and the Urban Land Institute, with German cities also on top.

Microsoft is going to launch Nokia's latest smartphone Lumia 800 in the U.S. as a special bundle device for $899. The news has come from The Verge that said, citing sources close to Microsoft's Lumia launch plans, the special bundle would be launched Feb. 14.

According to the report of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 90 percent of Americans are consuming more than the recommended level of sodium. Bread and Rolls are the top sources of salt (sodium chloride) intake.

The three to four percent hike marks the first in the country in the last 10 months.

Business groups argue the disputed rule, a provision of the Dodd-Frank reform law, is nothing more than a political talking point that does nothing to convey information about the health of a corporation.

U.S. borrowers tacked on $19.6 billion in revolving -- mostly credit card-related -- debt in December, according to preliminary data from the Federal Reserve. Non-revolving credit was also up. Borrowing grew across all categories -- be it charges on commercial credit cards, student promissory notes, auto loans of fixed-term mortgages.

Money market accounts could soon be joining "free checking" in the dustbin of retail banking history. That's what various portfolio managers who make up a large chunk of the industry are saying could happen if certain regulatory provisions being discussed in Washington are enacted.

Apple has been sued by Proview Technology for allegedly infringing upon their trademarked iPad name, and the Hong Kong-based company stands to win $1.6 billion and an apology from the world's biggest tablet maker.

Surging capital inflows, booming stock markets and a fast-appreciating currency suggest the India story is again shining after a dismal 2011.

The creations, which will be available in around 300 H&M divided departments from April 30, 2012, as well as online, mark an amalgamation of ethnic influences from different continents.

Amazon.com will begin collecting sales taxes on orders from Pennsylvania in September, on the heels of a California settlement where it agreed to begin collecting sales in the Golden State also beginning September.

Amazon.com may be opening a small retail store in Seattle within the coming months. According to the Good E-Reader blog, Amazon is primarily interested in testing out the market and seeing whether a chain of stores could prove profitable or not. However, rather than constructing a mega-store, the online retailer plans on opening a boutique-like shop that focuses on the sales of their e-readers, tablets and other high-end products.

The Chrysler Group LLC Super Bowl ad featuring Clint Eastwood is making the rounds this morning as one of the more memorable spots during the Giants' 21-17 win over the Patriots on Sunday night.

The BSE Sensex rose for the fifth straight session on Monday, ending 0.58 percent higher, after last week's robust U.S. jobs data helped improve risk appetite, but the rally in the local market is expected to take a breather soon.

D.Boerse CEO eyes new allies as NYSE deal crumbles Deutsche Boerse does not believe it can survive in the long term without a new partner despite the collapse of its proposed $7.4 billion merger with NYSE Euronext , its chief executive told a German newspaper.

When the New York Giants and New England Patriots battle in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, they'll be playing in a stadium that was largely financed by taxpayers. Some critics dispute the positive economic benefits of stadiums, which have received around $20 billion in subsidies in the last two decades.

J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Friday said it fully backs its partnership with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres after a conservative group urged the retailer to reconsider hiring DeGeneres as a spokeswoman because she is a lesbian.

View the January jobs report as just that: one month of strong job growth. Regarding the issues of whether the great American job machine has finally kicked into gear and American voters' stance toward incumbents, including President Barack Obama, the operative phrase is, it's too soon to tell.

The deal will give the new company a 22 percent share of the mobile telephone market with over 2.8 million customers and more than €700 million ($920 million) in combined revenue for 2011.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you'll know that companies big or small have been constantly axing jobs across the board. Which companies are axing jobs in 2012?