Faced with international political tensions, disruptive weather and natural disasters and global economic woes, oil companies in the U.S. and Europe reported overall declining earnings for the fourth quarter, even as they earned. The good news is that the U.S. became a net energy exporter for the first time since 1949.
Pierre Bertrand
Feb 02, 2012
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected to review a rapid-fire technique that allows traders to buy and sell shares at lightning speed, a step that could help it better understand the impact of an activity critics say threatens market stability.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 30, 2012
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected to review a rapid-fire technique that allows traders to buy and sell shares at lightning speed, a step that could help it better understand the impact of an activity critics say threatens market stability.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 30, 2012
The futures regulator said on Wednesday that its spot check of major futures brokerages did not find any material breaches of protections for customer funds.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 25, 2012
Opposites attract - and instantly repel - in Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel's collaborative novel Lunatics.
Cristina Merrill
Jan 24, 2012
The last public days of the 2012 North American International Auto Show are winding down in Detroit. Here's a look back at the top cars at the show:
Brett LoGiurato
Jan 20, 2012
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration kicked off a three day advisory committee meeting on Wednesday, hoping to come up with recommendations for the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the impact of the use of dissolvable tobacco products on public health, including use among children.
Emily Yu
Jan 19, 2012
Early on in Crazy Horse, we see two women engaging in elaborate gymnastics inside a spinning hoop, while ornate stained-glass patterns are projected onto their nearly-nude torsos. Midway through the act, the camera cuts to a computer screen and the lighting technician who's keeping track of the mechanics of the act.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 19, 2012
As the anticipation for the launch of Apple's next-generation tablet grows, apparently the very first review (or preview) of the tablet is already out.
Surojit Chatterjee
Jan 16, 2012
The Lenovo K800, which was released on Tuesday at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), will be the first smartphone powered by the Intel Atom Medfield chip. The phone is expected to hit the Chinese market in the second quarter of 2012.
sangeeta mukherjee
Jan 14, 2012
Bank of America Corp has put its advertising account up for review as it seeks to mold a new image for a company that has changed significantly since the financial crisis and suffered repeated blows to its brand.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 11, 2012
The former BYU star has been somewhat inconsistent in his rookie season.
Bobby Ilich
Jan 11, 2012
February brings stale candy on sale the day after Valentine's Day, July offers PSAs featuring fireworks and missing fingers, and January means dopey movies about demonic possession.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 07, 2012
The long awaited adaptation of Haruki Murakami's immensely popular novel is a feast for the eyes and ears, if not the heart
Ellen Killoran
Jan 06, 2012
Rape destroys love as ethnic violence destroys a nation in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey.
Daniel Tovrov
Jan 02, 2012
Happy New Year! 2012 is almost upon us and we can only hope it will be as interesting and eventful as was 2011. There were several major events that happened in news, entertainment and technology throughout 2011. The U.S. captured and killed Osama Bin Laden, the iPhone 4S was released, Apple Inc. lost its CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs and the Iraq War ended.
Laura Matthews
Dec 31, 2011
The 2012 presidential campaign has been one of the most volatile in recent memory, and it isn't even 2012 yet. Take a look back at the highlights and lowlights of the battle for the Republican nomination so far.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 31, 2011
Hollywood star Brad Pitt is the top money-maker for 2011, according to a new poll. The Moneyball star was voted the winner in Quigley Publishing Company's 80th Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors.
Kukil Bora
Dec 31, 2011
Two old friends catch up at Ulysses' Folk House on Stone Street in Lower Manhattan.
Michael Nunez
Dec 30, 2011
When we look back on how college athletics fared in 2011, we will remember it much more for the disgraces - Jerry Sandusky and Bernie Fine on the top of that list - than some of the good stories - UConn's Kemba Walker and BYU's Jimmer Fredette.
John Talty
Dec 29, 2011
2011 was a great year to be an American corporation, as corporate profits rose and taxes fell.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Dec 28, 2011
They can make in a month what the average worker earns in a lifetime. Many go about in private jets, employ multiple secretaries and glad-hand dignitaries and world leaders. Perched at the top of major corporations around the world, the chief executive officer blazes trails, inspires awe and commands attention. But under such immense scrutiny, when the CEO slips, the rest of the world takes notice.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Dec 28, 2011
