IBT Staff Reporter

Bank of America Corp, under fire for everything from improper foreclosures to hiking debit card fees, is fighting back with advertising.

Oct 11, 2011

Social games company Zynga is releasing 10 new products including a bingo game and a lineup of casino-themed games, its chief executive Mark Pincus said on Tuesday.

Oct 11, 2011

A seven-seat space taxi backed by NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station will make a high-altitude test flight next summer, officials said on Tuesday.

Oct 11, 2011

Clean Diesel Technologies Inc forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations, helped by a 50 percent jump in sales at its heavy duty diesel systems unit (HDD), sending the emission control systems maker's shares up 33 percent.

Oct 11, 2011

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumor, according to the death certificate.

Oct 11, 2011

U.S. mortgage bankers attending an industry conference in Chicago this week received something they did not originally bargain for -- a heavy dose of the consumer anger against the financial system that has boiled into protest rallies across the country.

Oct 11, 2011

With 18 restaurants dotted around the United States and three more due to open soon award-winning chef Michael Mina says preparing memorable meals is all about balance.

Oct 11, 2011

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, has won the prized endorsement of New Jersey Governor Christie, Romney's campaign said Wednesday.

Oct 11, 2011

The death machine used by the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian in assisted suicides will be among the items up for auction in an estate sale in late October, according to the sale's coordinator.

Oct 11, 2011

World Monuments Fund has released its 2012 Watch list of 67 cultural-heritage sights at risk.

Oct 11, 2011

A white supremacist Oregon couple already suspected of killing three people was being investigated in the shooting death of a fourth person, police said on Monday.

Oct 11, 2011

Taylor Swift named Billboard woman of the year

Oct 11, 2011

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up worldwide rights to Neil Young Journeys, Jonathan Demme's latest documentary about the musician.

Oct 11, 2011

The brother of reality Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault, Jack Manigault, was murdered Sunday in what police are calling a deadly lovers' quarrel.

Oct 11, 2011

Jonah Hill and Fox are developing quite the cozy relationship: The star of the animated Allen Gregory has sold another project to the network starring TV writer and stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress.

Oct 11, 2011

The Raine Group has closed its inaugural $475 million private equity fund, the entertainment and media investment company said Tuesday.

Oct 11, 2011

The knock on Zynga has been that, from Farmville to Mafia Wars, its future is too inextricably linked to Facebook, the social media site that serves as a platform the company's games.

Oct 11, 2011

Tahrir Square in Cairo, Green Square in Tripoli, Syntagma Square in Athens and now Zuccotti Park in New York -- popular anger against entrenching power elites is spreading around the world.

Oct 11, 2011

Discovery Channel has announced a quickly-produced new documentary that will look back at the many ways Apple visionary Steve Jobs influenced modern life.

Oct 11, 2011

Martin Scorsese's Hugo was unveiled at the New York Film Festival on Monday night, and the reaction to his unfinished film was so enthusiastic that it left one question lingering in the air:

Oct 11, 2011

Tracy Morgan says his homophobic routine during a Nashville standup performance in June was just a big, big misunderstanding.

Oct 11, 2011

British singing star Adele continued her current pop reign with a leading four nominations for the 2011 American Music Awards announced on Tuesday, edging out the likes of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.

Oct 11, 2011

In present-day Hollywood dominated by bland business executives and political correctness, the outspoken director Joel Schumacher stands as a refreshing throwback to an era when 'show' shared equal footing with business in 'showbiz'.

Oct 11, 2011

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation into an accident Tuesday morning on the Toronto set of Resident Evil: Retribution 3D, that injured 16.

Oct 11, 2011

It's been 60 years since alien thriller movie The Thing From Another World hit theaters at the height of Cold War paranoia and half that long since horror director John Carpenter revisited its themes in The Thing.

Oct 11, 2011

For a bona fide diva, Martina McBride seems surprisingly determined to damp down her huge voice. Which, in case you're wondering, is essentially a good thing.

Oct 11, 2011

Los Angeles Dodgers will be allowed to continue to use its lawyers to represent it in its bankruptcy petition, a day after the Major League Baseball withdrew a motion to disqualify the team's lawyers.

Oct 11, 2011

Four episodes into the season, the revamped Two and a Half Men still largely held its impressive audience Monday night, while Hawaii 5-0 and The Sing-Off posted significant losses versus last week, according to preliminary numbers.

Oct 11, 2011

Defense attorney Ed Chernoff is interviewing Los Angeles police detective Scott Smith about the investigation at Michael Jackson's house after MJ's death. Just before Judge Michael Pastor called for the morning break, Chernoff questioned Smith about how the house was left open, meaning anyone could have gone in and disturbed potential evidence.

Oct 11, 2011