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A U.S. judge set a February 13 start for a trial over whether AT&T Inc can buy rival T-Mobile USA, a compromise between the companies' desire for a quick resolution and the Justice Department's request for more time to prepare its case.

With many analysts predicting that Sprint will be the next wireless to the iPhone 5, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Wednesday in a conference that full-year targets in 2011 did not include any potential iPhone sales.

Solyndra executives will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights Friday when they refuse to answer questions at a Congressional hearing investigating allegations of improper dealings between the failed solar company and the White House.

British oil major BP remains committed to reaching its oil production targets at Iraq's huge Rumaila field and is not renegotiating contract terms, the company's chief executive Bob Dudley said on Sunday.

Findings of the second major investigation by the U.S. government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly settle its outstanding legal headaches.

Findings of the second major investigation by the government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly settle its outstanding legal headaches.

AT&T is launching its 4G LTE network in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio next week.

NASA's endangered James Webb Space Telescope project has survived a funding vote in the U.S. Senate Wednesday.

The future of the James Webb Space Telescope project was almost in peril until Wednesday when the U.S. Senate proposed to revive the $6.5 billion instrument.

Google watchers knew the company was going to launch its new Google Flights Web site sooner than later, considering the company acquired ITA software last year, and now it is reality, as Internet searchers can search flights based on cost and travel time. Google Flight Search launched Tuesday. Users can find it google.com/flights. The online flight service has similarities to services offered by Priceline, Expedia, and Orbitz, though some experts suggest Google's may be seconds faster in down...

Google has been busy lately, launching its new social network, Google+, and moving to acquire Motorola Mobility and Zagat, the iconic restaurant rating review company. Now, Google has quietly launched the company's online Google Travel engine, called Flight Search. The tool offers basic flight information and pricing, and may ultimately become a competitor to Kayak, an online site that offers discounted fares and flight information from city to city throughout the world.

SAP AG has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a criminal probe into allegations that it downloaded millions of files from rival Oracle, according to a source familiar with the matter.

AT&T has given its response to the U.S. Department of Justice, the company is still hoping its deal with T-Mobile can go through.

Nasdaq OMX has intensified its opposition to the planned tie-up of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse , saying the deal would irrevocably destroy competition in Europe's listed-derivatives market, the Wall Street Journal said.

SAP AG agreed to plead guilty to unspecified charges in a criminal case involving unauthorized access to computers maintained by software rival Oracle Corp, according to a court filing.

In yet another lawsuit against AT&T and T-Mobile, Sprint filed Tuesday its own in an attempt to block AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile.

Sprint Nextel filed its own lawsuit on Tuesday in an effort to derail a $39 billion deal that could have ATT&T take over T-Mobile. Sprint believes the merger could harm consumers and stifle competition.

EchoStar and Hughes had originally entered into a $26-billion merger agreement in October 2001.

AT&T is going to make concessions to get the T-Mobile deal approved according to a report from Reuters.

Vonya B. McCann,senior vice president of Government Affairs for Sprint, has issued a statement noting that by filing the lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, the Justice Department has put consumers' interests first.

Although the nation's unemployment rate currently stands at 9.1 percent, the U.S. refused to be swayed by AT&T's offer of job creation, and has moved to block the merger between the telecom giants.

Sprint is a fan of the DOJ's move to file a lawsuit against the AT&T-T-Mobile merger.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a complaint Wednesday opposing AT&T's $39 billion merger with T-Mobile, citing antitrust concerns and saying that the deal would substantially lessen the competition.

A general counsel at AT&T said the company will fight an antitrust lawsuit suit the Department of Justice filed on Wednesday. Wayne Watts, who serves as both senior executive vice president and general counsel for AT&T, said the lawsuit from the Justice Department has surprised and disappointed him, especially in light of the fact that the government agency gave no indication that it was planning to take such actions.

The CWA cited that the proposed merger could create up to 96,000 “quality” jobs and that blocking the deal would be the wrong policy given the backdrop of a weakening U.S. economy and high joblessness.

The Justice Department said its move is to ensure that competition remains and that everyone to include consumers, businesses and the government continues to get high quality, competitively priced mobile wireless products and services.

The government has decided to block the AT&T-T-Mobile merger, citing antitrust issues.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average Re-enters positive territory, although the Department of Justice's suit against AT&T could derail those gains.

Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), lost his job amid a Congressional probe over a troubled gun-trafficking operation.