IBT Staff Reporter

GameStop Corp said holiday sales were off to a strong start, easing concerns that recent data showing a slowdown in the industry would hurt the video game retailer.

The Chicago Blackhawks pounded Vancouver 5-1 on Wednesday to earn their fourth consecutive win and mete out some revenge for a lopsided defeat to the Canucks earlier this month.

Toss out the turkey and send Santa back up the chimney. The holiday movie season is upon Hollywood, ushered in by the vampires and werewolves of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.

Peyton Manning has been a member of the Indianapolis Colts for his entire career. Prior to this season, he had started every game since he was a rookie. However, with the team winless and heading for the top draft pick and prized quarterback prospect Andrew Luck, rumors are swirling that the Colts may be willing to auction off Manning to the highest bidder.

Toronto's main stock index was lower on Thursday morning, but well off its 1 percent fall shortly after the open, as gold-mining shares fell along with bullion prices after weak European bond sales sparked fears of a worsening euro-zone debt crisis.

On Tuesday's 'The View' show, 34-year-old Elisabeth Hasselbeck and 55-year-old Bill Maher were sitting on the same sofa right next to each other. However, things Immediately got really uncomfortable and a weird and funny battle started.

Stocks dropped sharply in early afternoon trading on Thursday, with the Nasdaq down about 2 percent, as investors pulled out of risky assets.

Occupy protesters in Toronto have at least until Saturday to determine their next move after a Toronto court ruled the city cannot evict them from their downtown park encampment until a hearing is held.

Canada will probe allegations of widespread sexual harassment at the storied Royal Canadian Mounted Police, looking into the latest in a string of problems that have tarnished the reputation of the national force.

New U.S. claims for jobless benefits hit a seven-month low last week and permits for future home construction rebounded strongly in October, the latest data to suggest the economy was gaining traction.

The suspect, who has been arrested for last Friday night's White House shooting,is suspected to be linked to Occupy Rally.

A third of older Canadians will be paying off their homes until their 70s or even later, well past the age they hope to retire, according to a poll by Royal Bank of Canada released on Thursday.

Mariah Yeater on Wednesday quietly dropped her lawsuit that claimed that the teen sensation had fathered her child even as the date of DNA test approached near, according to TMZ.

Delphi Automotive Plc's shares fell on debut, a day after the former General Motors auto parts unit priced its initial public offering at the low end of its estimated price range.

Citigroup analysts believe that Amazon will launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Stocks edged lower on Thursday as rising yields on euro zone debt overshadowed optimism from data showing improvement by the U.S. economy.

Warner Bros. signed a major film distribution agreement with LOVEFiLM, a major competitor to Netflix, who signed an agreement with Lionsgate earlier this week.

Apparel maker Perry Ellis International Inc posted lower third-quarter earnings, lagging market estimates for the first time in at least two years, and said it expects increased promotions to hurt the current quarter as well.

Delphi Automotive Plc raised $530 million in its initial public offering -- in a deal that values the company much less than it had hoped for when IPO plans were first being formed.

Before Mitt Romney's term as governor of Massachusetts ended in January 2007, his aides bought their state-issued computers, replaced the hard drives in the office and wiped all e-mails from a server.

Sears Holdings Corp reported a much wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday as higher markdowns and pricing pressures in appliances squeezed margins, and its shares fell 4 percent.

According to IMDB, Michael Hollick, the voice actor behind “Grand Theft Auto IV’s” Niko Bellic, will reprise his role in the upcoming “Grand Theft Auto V.”

New claims for jobless benefits hit a seven-month low last week, while permits for future home construction rebounded strongly last month, bolstering views the economy was gaining traction.

Dave Bing, the mayor of the city of Detroit, has outlined a financial plan that's turning heads some heads.

The former CEO of Olympus Corp, whose revelations about irregular deals and payments exposed an accounting scandal at the camera and medical equipment maker, will return to Japan next week to meet police and authorities investigating the case.

Stocks were little changed on Thursday as concerns over rising yields on Eurozone debt kept optimism over another round of improved U.S. economic data in check.

Stocks were little changed on Thursday as concerns over rising yields on euro zone debt kept optimism over another round of improved U.S. economic data in check.

Perry Ellis International Inc posted a quarterly profit that missed Wall Street expectations, as the apparel maker was hurt by increased promotions that led to higher discounts.

U.S. housing starts fell less than expected in October as a drop in groundbreaking for multi-family units narrowly outweighed more new construction of single family homes.