IBT Staff Reporter

Sudan said on Monday it had halted landlocked South Sudan's oil exports until the two agree on a transit fee, stepping up a row between the two old civil war foes over how to untangle their once-integrated oil industries.

The managing editor of one of Ethiopia's few remaining independent Amharic-language newspapers publishing critical analysis of local politics said he left the country last week for fear of arrest, a U.S.-based press freedom group said.

Defections from Morgan Keegan are slowly hollowing out the $1.5 billion brokerage, which has recruited almost no experienced hires to fill the gaps left by advisers who have left since June.

A Kenyan court on Monday ordered the government to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir wanted by The Hague on genocide charges should he travel to the east African country where authorities failed to arrest him during his last visit.

Defections from Morgan Keegan are slowly hollowing out the $1.5 billion brokerage, which has recruited almost no experienced hires to fill the gaps left by advisers who have left since June.

Violence erupted at four polling stations in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the vast country held its second elections since a war that killed more than five million people.

A judge on Monday rejected a proposed $285 million settlement between Citigroup Inc and the top U.S. market regulator over the sale of toxic mortgage debt and ordered a trial.

HTC's promise of competitive new models early next year may not be enough of a strategy shift to convince investors it can regain the innovative streak that catapulted it from an obscure contract maker to the world's No.4 smartphone brand.

One in 10 Internet users plan to buy holiday gifts at either Groupon or LivingSocial this year, up from 4 percent last year.

Stocks surged about three percent on Monday on hopes that fresh proposals may emerge out of Europe to help solve the region's debt crisis.

Stocks surged about 3 percent on Monday on hopes that fresh proposals may emerge out of Europe to help solve the region's debt crisis.

The Nov. 30 public sector strike is expected to bring mass chaos and delays of up to twelve hours in London’s largest airport.

A former Quebec premier wants regulators to seek assurances that Montreal remain the center of Canadian derivatives trading before they approve a proposed C$3.8 billion takeover of the country's largest exchange operator.

Carl Icahn offered to buy Commercial Metals Co (CMC.N) in a $1.73 billion deal that would combine the metals recycler with the billionaire investor's PSC Metals Inc.

Egyptians voted in droves on Monday in the first election since the fall of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, giving Islamists a chance to make political gains even as the army generals who replaced him cling to power.

Pakistan ratcheted up pressure on NATO on Monday over a cross-border attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at the weekend, threatening to drastically reduce cooperation on peace efforts in Afghanistan.

The B.C. Lions defused the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23 to capture their second Grey Cup in five years on Sunday and cap one of the greatest turnarounds ever seen in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Vampires feasted at the Thanksgiving weekend box office, bringing the newest Twilight movie its second win in a row, over a strong comeback for The Muppets and other family fare that filled theaters.

The Liberals have returned to the position they had held for the past several years as the most popular opposition party, a poll released on Monday showed.

Herman Cain is returning to the message that launched him to the top of the polls in late September, before sexual harassment allegations and a series of foreign policy gaffes brought him back down: his 9-9-9 tax plan. On Monday, Cain's campaign released a six-minute animation called 9-9-9: The Movie -- Slaying the Tax Monster.

Honda Motor Co said all of its North American plants will resume normal production by the start of next month, following improvement in overall parts supply, which was hit by the Thailand floods.

New single-family home sales rose in October and the supply of homes on the market fell to its lowest level since April of last year, showing some healing in the battered housing sector.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Sunday the government would eliminate tariffs on dozens more products used by Canadian manufacturers, aiming to lower their costs and encourage more hiring.

Mitt Romney continues to be treated as Republican nominee by the Democratic party. This week they've launched a new ad campaign pitting Romney against himself in a mock action movie called Mitt v. Mitt.

Customers purchased four times as many Kindle devices as they did last Black Friday, the Seattle-based company reported Monday.

Stocks jumped about 3 percent on Monday on hopes that fresh proposals may emerge out of Europe to help solve the region's debt crisis.

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Documents unearthed by Reuters show a new link between Japan's Olympus Corp and a veteran banker at the center of an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, as attention focuses on the role he played in the company's deal-making.

Online gaming firm Nexon Co said on Monday it would raise up to 98 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in an initial public offering this month, pushing ahead with its planned listing even as a massive hacking attack threatens to dampen excitement for the stock.

Traditional paper business cards are still the status quo but a redesigned iPhone app is helping them go digital.