IBT Staff Reporter

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off his family's protests and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer.

Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq's computer systems last year installed malicious software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the matter.

Hewlett-Packard Co's chief strategy and technology officer has retired, becoming the latest senior executive to leave the storied Silicon Valley giant struggling to restore its tarnished credibility.

The Obama administration and the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to unveil new steps to help distressed homeowners in the next week or two, a senior congressional aide said on Thursday.

Although, Justin Bieber may be busy with his tour overseas and working on two brand new albums, the singer plans for another successful hit project equaling to his Never Say Never documentary film.

Microsoft Corp's flagship operating system made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and emerging market spending, holding back profit growth for the world's largest software company.

Oracle Corp may use an internal Google Inc email Google fought to keep under wraps in a high stakes patent case over the Java programing language, a U.S. judge has ruled.

Deep divisions between France and Germany mean they will make scant progress on strengthening the euro zone bailout fund at a summit on Sunday, in a sign that Europe's leaders are still some way from getting a grip on the bloc's debt crisis.

One-time Wall Street superstar Netflix Inc will have some explaining to do when it reports quarterly results on Monday.

The Federal Reserve plans on sending Congress legislative recommendations on how to help the housing market recover, Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Thursday after a meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit rose 6 percent, meeting Wall Street's modest expectations, helped by strong sales of its popular Office applications package, but limited by only slight gains from its flagship Windows operating system.

The performance of eBay Inc's main Marketplaces business will dominate results from the e-commerce company later this week.

Ford Motor Co said its new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers union would increase its costs less than 1 percent annually, with higher bonuses offset by newly won flexibility in work rules.

Hedge fund heavyweight John Paulson said poor performance by his funds keeps him up at night, so the billionaire stock picker must be going sleepless a lot these days.

Railroad company's third-quarter net profit rose 16% to $904 million from a year ago as revenues also clocked a 16% gain to hit a record $5.1 billion.

Rick Santorum, a 2012 candidate for the Republican Party nomination for U.S. president, said he would eliminate federal funding for birth control if he were president, because sex should only be for procreation. Does he live in this world?

Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq's computer systems installed malicious software on the exchange's computers that allowed them to spy on scores of directors of publicly held companies, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the matter.

Stocks ended with modest gains on Thursday, shifting back and forth on incremental developments in Europe where leaders sought to reassure investors that a solution to the debt crisis would come soon.

After a sub par week, Houston Texans running back Arian Foster vows to improve

Young adults, aged 18- to 29-years-old, are significantly more likely to attempt suicide. But, Utah tops the statistical list with 1 in 15 suicidal thoughts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off protests from his family and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer.

Editorial staff at Rupert Murdoch's remaining upscale London newspapers were informed on Thursday of impending budget and staff cuts, which may include some compulsory layoffs.

An upcoming reissue of the classic Rolling Stones album Some Girls will include a recently discovered track which will also be released as a single.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was late to her court-ordered community service at a morgue on Thursday, further jeopardizing her probation only one day after seeing it revoked for missing past appointments.

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, shrugging off protests from his family and opting instead for alternative medicine, according to the tech visionary's biographer.

BBX, the operating system that Research In Motion is counting on to revive its floundering BlackBerry franchise, has run into trouble even before the company could install the system in its smartphone line.

If you're a glass-half-empty kind of person, the downside of the technological revolution that put lightweight, inexpensive video cameras in the hands of regular folks would have to include America's Funniest Home Videos, the celebrity sex tape (see Kardashian, Kim; career launch-pad of) and the Paranormal Activity franchise.

Michael Jackson had more of the sedative lorazepam in his blood stream than his doctor admitted giving him on the day he died, a top anesthesiology expert testified on Thursday.

Happy holidays! Now eat a bucket of spiders.