IBT Staff Reporter

Incomes fell for the first time in nearly two years in August and consumers dug into their savings to keep spending, according to a government report that showed the impact of the weak jobs market.

As concerns and controversies culminate over Facebook’s privacy breach, two House members are asking the Federal Trade Commission to examine the social networking site’s practice of tracking browser cookies. Will Facebook survive this?

The average person online today probably owns a Facebook, follows several Tweets, watches videos on YouTube, and finds their new apartment on Craigslist. If any of that applies to you, chances are you’ve probably felt overwhelmed by the Internet before. Have you ever gotten the feeling that there’s just too much to keep track of?

'Gears of War' 3 sells 3 million copies in first week

Starting at $199, Amazon's Kindle Fire set for release this Nov. 15 may be driving the price of its opponents down. With other tablets costing at least $100 more, the Kindle Fire is currently taking pre-orders on their website now.

Stock indexes fell more than 1 percent at the open on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline, as China's manufacturing shrank and stirred fears the global economy was slowing.

On Wednesday, T-Mobile joined Verizon in filing an amicus brief in the most recently contested Apple vs. Samsung case over the design of the Galaxy line of tablet computers and phones. The original suit was filed in April in Northern California and covered seven utility patents, three design patents, several iOS app icons, and a number of trade dress designs for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, as well as the packaging for the Apple products.

On Thursday, shares for Research in Motion Ltd. continued dropping as the BlackBerry PlayBook remains in production. With two senior staff resigning, RIM is fighting rumors that their commitment to the tablet market is coming to an end.

Masters of the universe are not always so masterful after all.

Can the Kindle Fire beat its competitors viz. iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1?

BlackBerry PlayBook feels the heat of tablet competition.

The tech-savvy handymen over at iFixit broke into the new 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display - if meticulous dis-assembly constitutes 'breaking in.' The sleek design of the product includes a limited number of backside ports, including three powered USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 800 port, a Thunderbolt port, and a Gigabit Ethernet port. The display, which is mostly unchanged from the previously released Apple Cinema Display, utilizes the same screen as Dell's competing UltraSharp U2711 27-in...

Microsoft is rumored to bring a pay television service through Xbox Live as early as next week.

Get briefed on the latest English Premier League gameweek as it brings with it some enticing fixtures including some major derbies.

Policymakers have lost control of the economic crisis and financial markets are forcing the world into a depression, George Soros said on Friday, urging Europe to create a common Treasury, recapitalize its banks and protect vulnerable states.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline, as China's manufacturing shrank and stirred fears the global economy was slowing.

The Singapore Exchange Ltd is tying up with London's main bourse to make a joint bid for the London Metal Exchange, a source told Reuters on Friday, as the world's largest metal market seeks a suitor in a deal that could be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.57 billion).

China's manufacturing sector contracted for a third consecutive month in September, suggesting that the world's second-largest economy is not immune to global headwinds, while factory inflation quickened.

The first lady could not shop at Target without creating a buzz and a company of Secret Service. Thursday afternoon, Michelle Obama made a trip to Target store at Potomac Yard Shopping Center in Alexandria, Virginia.

Starbucks Corp's business is still very strong despite months of economic turmoil that has weakened sales at other major restaurant chains, Chief Executive Howard Schultz told Reuters on Thursday.

The Singapore Exchange Ltd is tying up with London's main bourse to make a joint bid for the London Metal Exchange, a source told Reuters on Friday, as the world's largest metal market seeks a suitor in a deal that could be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.57 billion).

McGraw-Hill Companies Inc is in advanced talks to merge its S&P Indices business with CME Group Inc's Dow Jones Indexes, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

World stocks fell on Friday with European shares on track to mark their biggest quarterly loss since the collapse of Lehman Bros three years ago as European economic readings compounded pessimism over global growth.

World stocks fell on Friday with European shares on track to mark their biggest quarterly loss since the collapse of Lehman Bros three years ago as European economic readings compounded pessimism over global growth.

European shares extended losses on Friday as investor fears for a global economic slowdown mounted.

The euro zone crisis looms like a dark cloud over Europe's biggest economy, but Stephan Gais can't see it. Not for now at least.

Bank of America Corp plans to charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee beginning early next year, joining other banks scrambling for new sources of revenue.

To get an idea how emerging markets are reshaping global consumption patterns, look no further than the cocoa bean.

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.6 to 0.8 percent.