IBT Staff Reporter

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly operating profit but revenue rose at slower pace than Wall Street expected.

There’s more to Halloween in New York City than the Village Halloween Parade. Here’s a look at some of the best parties and events all over the city for the 2011 Halloween Weekend.

Regulators agreed on Thursday to change an $8 billion national communications subsidy program to put more emphasis on providing high-speed Internet access to rural areas.

Sean Penn will direct his friend and method acting idol Robert De Niro in The Comedian.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc posted a narrower quarterly loss, but revenue rose at slower pace than Wall Street expected.

Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin enjoyed a flurry of strong opening days in Europe this week, grossing $4.7 million in France, $237,776 in Belgium and $161,549 in Holland.

Relativity Media on Thursday unveiled the first film to emerge from the Chinese co-production/distribution deal it jointly announced over the summer.

Omar Sharif sure is a stickler for manners.

The 27th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on February 25 in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, Film Independent announced on Thursday.

Michael Jackson was getting large regular shots of a painkiller, along with Botox treatments, in the months before his death, a Los Angeles court heard on Thursday.

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Mesmerizing machine appears to be breathing.

A deal struck by euro zone leaders Thursday to contain the region's dangerous debt crisis was greeted skeptically in the two countries most in the firing line, Greece and Italy, with some saying politicians were dreaming.

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Hewlett-Packard is retaining its personal computer unit following an extensive review that showed that a separation would have cost at least $1.5 billion in one-time expenses.

PC chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices posted higher third-quarter revenue and forecast fourth-quarter revenue above most expectations, after warning last month about problems manufacturing its new chips,

Google Inc unveiled big changes to its fledgling daily deals business on Thursday, as rival Groupon Inc pitches its IPO to potential investors.

The economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter as consumers and businesses stepped up spending, creating momentum that could carry into the final three months of the year.

Facebook is building a server farm in Sweden.

Electronic Arts Inc's second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates and the video game maker raised its earnings forecast because of the upcoming holiday title Star Wars: The Old Republic, which it expects to be a hit.

Stocks surged 3 percent on Thursday as an agreement by European leaders to help contain the region's two-year debt crisis lifted a cloud hovering over markets.

United Continental Holdings, Inc. on Thursday reported its net income plunged 23.4 percent year over year as fuel expenses and merger-related costs weighed down its performance.

Oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc said their profits jumped more than 40 percent in the third quarter as higher energy prices offset declines in their output.

U.S. regulators are formally investigating whether Avon broke bribery laws overseas, and the cosmetics company said it was again reassessing its strategy after quarterly profit fell far short of expectations.

Researchers followed over 150,000 people over the course of 13 years.

British chip designer ARM has unveiled details of its first 64-bit architecture, which it said would expand its reach into enterprise applications such as servers currently dominated by Intel.

All Americans will have broadband access to Internet and telephone services by the end of the decade under new rules adopted by U.S. regulators.

U.S. stores have an identity crisis. The big ones want to be smaller, the small ones are getting bigger and all of them want to sell more food.

Hershey Co said sales and earnings growth would slow next year, as costs for ingredients remain high, sending its shares down 4 percent.