IBT Staff Reporter

If you loved Feist's breakout hit of a few years back, the jaunty 1234, then you'll love -- or hate -- her new album, Metals, which is basically an extended countdown to heartache.

Shares in Research In Motion ended 2 percent higher in yo-yo trade on Tuesday after rival Apple hinted at threats to RIM's core corporate market, but failed to wow fans and investors with its latest iPhone.

Brands spent more money advertising on the Internet in Britain than they did on TV for the first time in the first half of 2011, as companies moved online to reach the millions of Britons using social networks and watching videos.

Bank of America Corp said Tuesday it will close its correspondent mortgage lending business by the end of the year after failing to find a buyer for the operation.

KFC parent Yum Brands Inc posted a quarterly profit that failed to assuage investors worries about slowing growth in China, its most important market.

KFC parent Yum Brands Inc reported a quarterly profit that met Wall Street's expectations, helped by another quarter of strong sales in China.

American Airlines may be the most likely big U.S. airline to go bankrupt, but the sum of its hardships -- high labor costs and weak cash flow -- do not add up to an imminent Chapter 11 filing, according to analysts who study the carrier's finances.

U.S. banks are losing ground in the battle to combat credit and debit card fraud, a new report shows, underscoring the growing threat thieves and hackers pose for the financial system.

The S&P 500 brushed up against a bear market on Tuesday, but investors rushed in to buy technology and other beaten-down sectors and the index posted its largest gain in more than a week.

Stocks fell for a third day on Tuesday on worries Europe's debt problems will hurt banks, pushing the S&P 500 into bear market territory.

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Shares in Research In Motion fell 4.3 percent to their lowest level in almost six years after Apple CEO Tim Cook said that more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies are testing or deploying the iPhone and iPad.

Big U.S. stocks are providing some shelter from cascading world equity markets but they are far from a safe haven.

Bank of America Corp shares fell 5.2 percent Tuesday to their lowest level since March 2009 amid concerns about how a slowing world economy and the European debt crisis would affect the largest U.S. bank.

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook kicked off an event at which the company is expected to introduce the fifth version of its iPhone.

British Airways will soon be offering flight survival courses, but there’s a catch. This class will only be open to Executive Club members.

Ubiquiti Networks, a maker of wireless networking products, expects to sell 7 million common shares priced at $20-$22 apiece in a rare move to price an initial public offering in a sluggish market.

The Apple Web site crashed Tuesday afternoon and was still down as of 3:20 p.m., probably due to the high volume of traffic surrounding the iPhone 5 release announcement.

IBM Corp will buy security software provider Q1 Labs as it looks to expand in a market which has seen recent high-profile cyber attacks on victims from Sony Corp <6758.T> to the British police.

U.S. banks are losing ground in the battle to combat credit and debit card fraud, a new report shows, underscoring the growing threat thieves and hackers pose for the financial system.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is not concerned by the sharp drop in Bank of America Corp shares in the last couple of days, despite his $5 billion investment in the company last month, he told Reuters on Tuesday.

If iPhone 4S was named iPhone 5, the world may not have been so disappointed even if the specs and features were the same. On Tuesday's Let's Talk iPhone event, Apple unveiled its new iPhone, dubbing it 4S, to be released on Oct. 14, two days after the release of iOS 5 and iCloud.

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the police can search text messages from an arrested criminal suspect's cell phone without obtaining a warrant.

The leading Mexican restaurant operator in the United States filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday and put its El Torito, Chevys Fresh Mex and Acapulco Mexican Restaurant chains up for sale.

A mother grizzly previously allowed to roam free after killing a hiker in Yellowstone National Park in July has been euthanized after being linked to a second fatal bear mauling in August, park officials said on Monday.

The astounding discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.

Apple Inc is set to unveil the fifth iteration of the iPhone on Tuesday after a 15-month hiatus, hoping to fend off hard-charging Android rivals and safeguard its lead in the smartphone market.

Apple Inc took the wraps off a new iPhone on Tuesday, but may have left some fans wishing for more than an updated version of last year's smartphone.

A stagnant economy and technological innovation have curbed business travel on the whole; but when face-to-face meetings are necessary, companies can dramatically reduce travel costs by carefully selecting the destination.