IBT Staff Reporter

China's top search engine Baidu Inc is on the lookout for potential acquisitions and investment opportunities in the mobile and cloud computing spaces, its chief financial officer said on Friday.

Five prominent news organizations which collaborated with WikiLeaks have condemned the website and its founder Julian Assange for making public uncensored copies of more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables.

Garmin Ltd is looking to challenge rival TomTom's leading position in the European market for portable navigation devices though its acquisition of Germany-based Navigon, its executive said on Friday.

Wikileaks on Friday has confirmed that it has released an entire archive of 251,287 unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables, endangering the lives of individuals whose names were exposed.

Oil and an oil sheen covering several square miles of water are surfacing near the site of last year's BP Macondo Well disaster, prompting concerns that the well might not be plugged as Tropical Storm Lee gathers strength.

Madonna may be the queen of pop, but her crown as movie director slipped this week after most early reviews of her second feature film W.E. ranged from middling to poor.

Big box retailer Best Buy has slashed up to $150 off the U.S. price tag for Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet computer for the Labor Day weekend.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has put out a warning that the U.S. is at a heightened state of vigilance, leading up to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

A U.S. regulator will soon file lawsuits against major banks accusing them of bundling subprime home loans into bonds that never should have been sold to investors and causing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lose billions, according to a source familiar with the matter.

U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging confidence discouraged already skittish businesses from hiring, piling pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more stimulus to aid the economy.

Shares of Netflix Inc fell more than 10 percent in pre-market trading on Friday, a day after Pay-TV operator Starz Entertainment decided not to renew its contract with the movie-rental company.

New York City firefighters exposed to toxic dust and fumes in the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster may be more likely to develop cancer than those unexposed, according to a recent study published Thursday.

Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday, with major indexes falling as much as 2 percent as data showed U.S. jobs growth flatlined in August, exacerbating worries the economy is faltering.

Bill Burke and certain other investors have offered Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team owner Frank McCourt $1.2 billion for the bankrupt team, a Los Angeles Times report said, citing two people familiar with the contents of an offer letter.

Stocks opened more than 1 percent lower on Friday after data showed U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in August, adding to worries about the health of the economy.

This year's Atlantic hurricane season has been jam-packed, with 12 named storms in three months -- the total number of named storms seen in a normal six-month season. Why is 2011 proving more active than 2009 or 2010?

AT&T is going to make concessions to get the T-Mobile deal approved according to a report from Reuters.

AT&T Inc is expected to soon present a proposed solution to U.S. antitrust regulators to salvage its planned $39 billion acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA, according to people close to the matter.

The recent brigade of 10.1-inch tablets had rendered the 7-inch form factor redundant until Samsung released a new 7.7-inch Galaxy Tab at the ongoing trade show IFA in Germany.

Stocks of large financial companies, such as Bank of American and Goldman Sachs, have taken a pounding Friday over a likely lawsuit concerning mortgage sales.

Talks between Greece and its international lenders on a new aid tranche were put on hold on Friday after disagreement over why Athens has fallen behind schedule in cutting its budget deficit and what it must do to catch up.

The great August stock selloff has been far from uniform. Some sectors are now pricing in a far bigger risk of recession than others, leaving islands of potential value for the brave.

China's top search engine Baidu Inc offered a glimpse of its upcoming mobile operating system and launched a new mobile application platform on Friday aimed at bolstering its presence in the increasingly competitive mobile web market.

Where do President Barack Obama and the Republican presidential candidates stand on the U.S. economy? Here's a summary of their differing proposals.

Joe Senser's SUV has been linked to an Aug. 23 hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in Minneapolis.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Friday morning off the coast of Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Give credit to the co-manager of trading at Themis Trading, Sal Arnuk, for encapsulating Friday's lousy economic data, slumping stock market and clueless American president.

Woolly mammoth rhino is proof cold areas like Tibet can be used to unearth more ancient creatures.

Tropical Depression 13, which continued to move toward the Gulf Coast on Friday, has winds up to 35 miles per hour, but the region can't rest easy. The storm may not be packing hurricane-force winds when it hits New Orleans, but it could drench the city with up to 20 inches of rain and cause severe flooding.