IBT Staff Reporter

England snatched an unlikely win against world champions Spain with Frank Lampard's close-range header proving to be the difference in an international friendly.

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao presented duelling trade agendas as an antidote to weak global growth at an APEC summit on Saturday that underscored the two countries' growing rivalry.

Japan's securities watchdog may recommend that a levy be imposed on Olympus Corp for false financial reports, a source familiar with the case said on Sunday, a move which could prevent a delisting of the company's shares over one of the country's biggest corporate scandals.

Piers Morgan announced he is leaving his judge's seat on America's Got Talent next season in order to focus on other upcoming news events like the 2012 U.S. presidential election.

Facebook is finalizing a settlement with federal regulators over changes to its privacy policies enacted two years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Bakrie Group, one of Indonesia's biggest conglomerates, has once again emerged from a debt crisis by selling off some of its assets, giving away half its stake in coal venture Bumi Plc to fellow miner Borneo Lumbung Energi .

President Barack Obama used an Asia-Pacific summit on Saturday to push back against China's trade practices, insisting Beijing stop poaching U.S. intellectual property and allow its currency to rise.

President Barack Obama used an Asia-Pacific summit on Saturday to push back against China's trade practices, insisting Beijing stop poaching U.S. intellectual property and allow its currency to rise.

JAKARTA/LONDON - It was supposed to be a union of two legendary business dynasties, one West, one East. Nathaniel Philip Rothshild, the 40-year-old scion of the storied European banking family, forged a deal a year ago with the Bakrie brothers, one of Indonesia's mightiest business families, to create an international coal-mining titan.

Following are quotes from President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao before the APEC CEO summit.

F. Scott Frazier, who wrote The Numbers Station and Line of Sight, has sold his newest spec script to the British production company/financier Between the Eyes, TheWrap has learned.

Spike TV is celebrating Veteran's Day with a new initiative aimed at helping lower the unemployment rate for U.S. veterans.

President Barack Obama said on Saturday the broad outlines of a deal had been reached on the Transpacific Partnership trade initiative and he predicted success for the agreement.

According to Herman Cain, the Occupy Wall Street movement isn't just a conspiracy to distract voters from President Obama's policies -- it isn't a movement at all. Perhaps he should check a dictionary.

Before Nov. 11, Sprint was selling the unlocked version of the iPhone 4S. That means owners could slip out the SIM card and put in a card of their choosing. That would allow the iPhone to operate on any carrier the user wanted. However, Sprint will now be locking the SIM card, according to a recent internal memo.

Almost two weeks after the bankruptcy of commodities firm MF Global, customers at rival firms are all asking the same question: How safe is my money?

U.S. oil giant Chevron halted drilling of a well off the coast of Brazil as it looks into the possible causes of an oil spill in the region.

Portland police warned on Friday that anti-Wall Street protesters in the city were fashioning makeshift weapons with wood and nails, in advance of a planned move by authorities to clear their two encampments over the weekend.

Former U.S. Marine Scott Olsen, whose injury during clashes between Oakland police and protesters last month galvanized the Anti-Wall Street movement, has been released from the hospital, friends said on Friday.

Tensions were rising at anti-Wall Street protests in three western U.S. cities on Friday as demonstrators in Portland, Salt Lake City and Oakland defied orders by police to dismantle their camps.

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways may buy an additional 12 aircraft from Boeing , including 10 787 Dreamliners and two 777 jets, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

Computational intelligence is a growing field that may help government agencies predict riots and protests, and help corporations predict how well products will sell.

Standard and Poor's has placed Hungary's sovereign rating on negative credit watch, citing unpredictable policy moves and a weak growth outlook and increasing the chances of a cut to junk status also threatened on Friday by fellow agency Fitch.

Police in Bellevue, Wash., admitted Friday to coming to terms with the real possibility that a 2-year-old whose mother notified them of his disappearance last Sunday could die before they or the FBI can find him, The Associated Press reported.

Planemaker Boeing said on Saturday it had reached 700 provisional commitments for its revamped 737 MAX aircraft up from 600 at the end of October.

Rihanna on Thursday released track teasers online from her upcoming album Talk That Talk, pushing the album up to no. 12 on the iTunes chart ahead of its November 21 release.

Australia has hailed the decision to award the 2018 Commonwealth Games to the Gold Coast as a major economic boost to the subtropical beachside region of Queensland.

Canada, Mexico and at least two other countries have expressed interest in joining U.S.-led talks for a pan-Pacific trade pact, a U.S. Republican lawmaker said Friday after Japan asked to take part.

To most Republicans in Congress, it is a given that any deficit-reduction deal would have to include cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. According to a newly released survey, however, Republican voters in four key early-voting states disagree.