J.C. Penney Co Inc's February sales are down from last year, its chief executive said on Friday, as the retailer tries to get shoppers used to a new pricing strategy that does not include the discounts that hurt margins.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 24, 2012
Pop superstar and fashionista Lady Gaga may be ready to create some “little monsters” of her own. Star magazine reported that the 25-year-old “Marry the Night” singer may be ready to settle down with boyfriend Taylor Kinney.
Lisa Eadicicco
Feb 24, 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen, in the guise of his latest creation Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, has hit back at Oscar organizers who yesterday told him not to show up as his latest satirical creation.
Jason Le Miere
Feb 24, 2012
In at least three debates now, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has referenced a quote from Seinfeld episode 172. The latest instance occurred on Tuesday during CNN's Arizona Republican Presidential Debate. Has Romney been using a mistaken attribution all this time?
Jacey Fortin
Feb 24, 2012
For the first time in the history of medicine, doctors at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital in Houston live-tweeted their actions as they performed a double-coronary artery bypass on a 57-year-old male patient.
Dave Smith
Feb 24, 2012
Stocks were little changed on Friday, hovering around highs not seen since June 2008, while energy shares gained alongside crude oil prices.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 24, 2012
Super PACs are new in this election season, but the term is popping up everywhere in politics. That's because these deep-pocketed fan-clubs have become a major force the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Sara Dover
Feb 24, 2012
Earlier in February, the media reported that the U.S. Air Force wanted to buy thousands of Apple iPad tablets to replace the conventional flight bags carried by pilots. Nobody knows the exact number of iPads, the U.S. Air Force wanted to buy. Some say that the figure is 3,000. But to replace the flight bag of all the pilots in U.S. Air Force, 18,000 is still a small figure. That means a big business for Apple.
Surojit Chatterjee
Feb 24, 2012
A pro-government Saudi columnist recently called for a massacre against a Shiite town in Saudi Arabia claiming that the anti-government protestors are controlled by the Shiite Iran.
Amrutha Gayathri
Feb 24, 2012
If Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had been alive today, then it would have been his 57th birthday.
Ankita Mehta
Feb 24, 2012
Newmont Mining said it expects a rise in costs for gold and copper in 2012, mainly due to higher labor and power prices and estimated lower production at a mine in Indonesia.
Mike Obel
Feb 24, 2012
The Jets have restructured D’Brickashaw Ferguson's contract. Are they preparing to sign Peyton Manning?
Anthony Riccobono
Feb 24, 2012
Here are the over/unders for team wins for the upcoming baseball season
Anthony Riccobono
Feb 24, 2012
The New York Knicks, led by Jeremy Lin and Anthony Carmelo lost to the Miami Heat and LeBron James on Feb 23, 2010 with a final score of 102-88, giving the Knicks a season record 17-18 and positioning the Heat as the team to beat with the best record in the NBA (27-7). Check out our roundup of YouTube video highlights from the game.
Jacob Kleinman
Feb 24, 2012
President Barack Obama apologized on Thursday for the burning of copies of the Koran on a U.S. base in Afghanistan as the White House sought to quell spiraling furor among Afghans while also staving off Republican criticism at home.
Raymond Ronamai
Feb 24, 2012
Gowan also added to the news service that Despite Annan's personal profile, the key to successful mediation is for him to have genuine political support from across the international system. If the Russians and Chinese don't give him sufficient support, Assad and his supporters are likely to refuse to talk seriously.
ambrosia sabrina
Feb 24, 2012
Shares of American International Group Inc. rose 6 percent in after hours trade on Thursday after it announced that the fourth-quarter profit jumped 77 percent, fueled by a tax benefit and an increase in the value of a stake in Asian insurer AIA Group Ltd .
Bhaskar Prasad
Feb 23, 2012
Procter & Gamble, the consumer products maker, said on Thursday it would eliminate 5,700 jobs over the next year and a half as the company unveiled a plan to cut $10 billion in costs over the next four years.
Bhaskar Prasad
Feb 23, 2012
Jeremy Lin recorded eight turnovers for the New York Knicks in their Thursday night 102-88 loss to the Miami Heat in Miami.
Jason Van Hoven
Feb 23, 2012
The Mitt Romney-supporting super PAC Restoring Our Future released an ad that highlights the Republican presidential primary candidate's role in helping a former Bain Capital colleague search for his missing teenage daughter in 1996.
Ryan Villarreal
Feb 23, 2012
The Knicks-Heat Linsanity is available via live stream tonight. Learn how to watch Jeremey Lin for free online here.
Connor Adams Sheets
Feb 23, 2012
On Thursday Al Jazeera was named as News Channel of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards. But despite its numerous plaudits and fans the Qatar-based network has virtually no presence in the U.S.
Oliver Tree
Feb 23, 2012