IBT Staff Reporter

Stocks fell on Friday as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown while Morgan Stanley plummeted due fears about its exposure to European banks.

Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly co-opted for surveillance work as the information they gather proves irresistible to law enforcement agencies, Web experts said this week.

The economy grew in July, the second straight month of expansion, setting the stage for a positive third quarter after the second-quarter's worrying contraction.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be considering different ways to revamp the state's Medicaid system after a panel on Thursday proposed a possible change allowing coverage of sexual reassignment surgery for transgendered residents under the health care insurance program.

When Irish rockers U2 took to the main stage at this year's Glastonbury music festival, a small but vocal group of activists raised a large balloon emblazoned with the words U Pay Tax 2?

Vancouver's Insite clinic, the only such safe-injection site for drug addicts in North America, can stay open, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday in a landmark defeat for the federal government.

Warren Buffett said on Friday he is still eager to buy companies and stocks, even as his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway launches its first-ever share buyback program.

Stocks fell on Friday, putting equities on track for their worst quarter since 2008, as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown.

Consumer sentiment improved in late September but worries persisted about jobs and finances which could curb household spending in the coming months, a private survey released on Friday showed.

With a verdict due on Monday, Amanda Knox is hoping to be acquitted and freed from her life in the Italian prison where she spent nearly four years of her life.

With a verdict due on Monday, Amanda Knox is hoping to be acquitted and freed from her life in the Italian prison where she spent nearly four years of her life.

Stocks fell on Friday, putting equities on track for their worst quarter since 2008, as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown.

Morgan Stanley shares fell as much as 7.8 percent on Friday because of concerns about its exposure to European banks.

Ingersoll Rand Plc cut its profit forecast for the rest of the year on Friday, blaming weak demand in North America for residential heating and cooling systems and commercial security products.

With his allegations that Planned Parenthood has misused federal funds, U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., is taking out his frustration by lobbing malicious, unsubstantiated allegations, just like an elementary school bully who's angry that he lost a game.

The Federal Reserve will act if the economy weakens further and has the tools to do so, a top Fed official said on Friday.

With online business increasingly driving economic growth, developing nations' top priority should be the infrastructure their citizens need to get connected, delegates at an Internet conference in Nairobi said this week.

Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc has begun its share buybacks, Buffett said on Friday, but the repurchases will not stop the company from also making acquisitions or spending on infrastructure for its portfolio of companies.

China will keep monetary conditions tight in its effort to rein in stubborn inflation, the country's central bank said on Friday, adding that containing domestic price pressures remains its priority.

South Africa ensured their place as group winners in Pool D after holding off a spirited Samoa side in Auckland.

Stocks opened lower on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline as China's manufacturing shrank and kept fears of a global economic slowdown in the forefront.

Stocks opened lower on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline, as China's manufacturing shrank and kept fears of a global economic slowdown in the forefront.

Entertainment Tonight reports that a close friends said Moore was sad, hurt and embarassed. They are reported to be battling it out in a $290 Million divorce. Her and Ashton had been receiving counseling from Kabbalah over the summer to try to fix their marriage, the source continued. She also revealed that they are living apart now.

Banks keen to grow revenue want their brokerage arms to pitch more loans and credit cards to clients, a plan resented by financial advisers.

Gasp clothing, an Australian boutique chain, is gloating about the international attention garnered by its obnoxious response to a customer complaint.

Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corp , the world's biggest chipmaker, believes valuations of early-stage technology companies in India have reached a near-bubble stage, as too much capital chases too few quality opportunities.

A single, strong dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms may alter a person’s personality for more than a year and possibly permanently says American researchers of a study published Wednesday.

Industrial conglomerate Ingersoll Rand Plc cut its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecast to below market estimates, due to lower-than-expected demand at its key North American residential and commercial security markets, sending its shares down 5 percent before the bell.

Industrial conglomerate Ingersoll Rand Plc cut its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecast to below market estimates, due to weak demand at its key North American residential and commercial security markets.