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A 1964 Aston Martin belonging to English musician and actor George Harrison was sold for $547400 after intense bidding at an auction.

Olympus said it was preparing to file its July-September earnings by Wednesday, a necessary step for the disgraced 92-year-old firm to remain listed.

With beefier specs than most Android tablets, this quad-core proves to be a real challenger to the popular Apple iPad 2, making it one of the top tablets to look out for this year.

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Friday night that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Big Four broadcast networks on a new network TV code deal.

The defense budget is shrinking, but General Dynamics Corp still sees growing demand for its combat vehicles and warships, coupled with unprecedented opportunities to sell its popular Gulfstream business jets in China and other emerging markets.

On top of euro-zone debt troubles, Wall Street now has to worry about sagging sales from Europe as a recession in the region seems more likely.

Swiss and U.S. officials have met in recent days in Berne, Switzerland, to try to end a long-running dispute over wealthy Americans using secret Swiss accounts to dodge taxes, and they seem to be getting closer to a deal, two newspapers reported Sunday.

BMW has unveiled its all-new BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe, joining the likes of the existing Convertible and Coupe in the expanded range of 6-series models. The car is expected to go on sale in the United States next summer.

The bankruptcy estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is preparing to make a $1.33 billion bid for part of apartment owner Archstone that it does not already hold, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik will participate in an Indian TV reality show where she will choose her husband. Swayamvar Season 4- Veena Ka Vivaah will be aired on Image TV.

Reliance Industries is currently selling two million to three million tonnes of petroleum products a year to Africa, and it sees the potential for more, P. Raghavendran, president of the company's refinery business, said Saturday.

YouTube has acquired RightsFlow, a New York company, to manage its music licensing, according to a blog post on the Web site.

The Verizon Wireless launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the newest Google Android phone, is expected on Dec. 15, but it may be a letdown for some eager to buy the phone as its only official carrier in the United States has said that it will not support Google Wallet.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Sunday its annual mobile handset sales this year had exceeded 300 million units for the first time in the company's history.

Blue Coat Systems Inc., a maker of equipment that secures, monitors, and speeds Internet traffic, has agreed to be taken private for $1.1 billion in a deal that throws a lifeline to a company beset by falling sales and a U.S. government probe into use of its products by Syria.

A conversation with Rick Bell, executive director of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Hewlett Packard Co has decided to open its webOS mobile operating system to developers and companies, potentially taking on Google Inc's free Android platform that is popular with handset makers.

The former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star, Hulk Hogan, filed a defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Linda Bollea, on Thursday, in Clearwater Fla. He claims her new autobiography, Wrestling the Hulk: My Life against the Ropescontains less than accurate information about him.

As a former MF Global Holdings Ltd. CEO prepared to testify last week before a U.S. congressional committee about missing customer money, one independent broker attempted to restore customer confidence in the futures market by publishing exactly where it is holding its clients' collateral.

Warren Buffett has pegged his 56-year-old son Howard, a corn farmer, as successor to his $245 billion money-making machine Berkshire Hathaway, according to the billionaire in an interview with 60 Minutes, scheduled to air this Sunday.

Toys R Us Inc , which is looking to go public next year, reported a quarterly loss equal to a year earlier, as interest expense declined even as sales at established stores fell.

The secret is out, Coca-Cola says in the first sentence of a release Thursday about its 125-year-old formula used to make its Coca-Cola Classic soda.

Looking ahead to next spring when Apple is expected to release the iPad 3, Samsung is reportedly working on a rival tablet that bests Apple's display resolution.

How many times have you walked into an Apple store and thought, Wow, it's like Grand Central Station in here?

One Citi analyst, citing sources close to the situation, believes Apple will release its next-generation iPad in February of 2012. The tablet will reportedly feature double the pixel density of the iPad 2, as well as a new LED system.

A fire tore through a seven-story private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata before dawn Friday, killing at least 84 people, most of them intensive care patients who were asleep and suffocated in the fumes.

Motorola Mobility won a preliminary injunction against Apple Inc in Germany, which could bar the sales of iPhones and iPads in the country.

Washington D.C.-based District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle on Friday called for an additional hearing next Thursday to determine the status of the U.S. Department of Justice's case against the AT&T/T-Mobile USA merger.

Lloyds Banking Group's chief executive António Horta-Osório, who signed off on medical leave in early November because of exhaustion, will have to re-apply for his job at a board meeting next week before he can return to work, the Financial Times reported.