IBT Staff Reporter

Brent crude fell almost $2 on Monday toward $106 a barrel with traders and investors anticipating the resumption of oil exports from OPEC-member Libya as a six-month civil war there appeared close to an end.

Stock index futures were higher on Monday following four weeks of equity losses as stocks rebounded globally, led by defensive shares.

Arsene Wenger is expected to make some big-name signings at long last as there are just nine days remaining before the transfer window shuts close.

China's top online portal Sina Corp has invested between $30-$40 million in Chinese online video site Tudou Holdings, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

Finding your way around the Disney's Magic Kingdom and locating a favorite character can be a daunting experience but a new app aims to make it easier.

U.S. crude oil futures rose more than $1 a barrel on Monday as the dollar eased against a basket of currencies and as stock markets rose on hopes for a swift end to the conflict in Libya.

HP's apparently failed system may have a future.

Though Google’s social networking site Google+ has reached a count that Facebook and Twitter took two years to attain, Google+ could not slow down the activities in the other social networking platforms.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MES) Opportunity, which recently reached the Red Planet's Endeavor crater, sent back interesting snapshots of the planet's crust.

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has issued a fresh report suggesting previous forecasts predicting the demise of the console market were premature, suggesting the market will rebound early 2012 as the next generation of consoles begin to be rolled-out.

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.61 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.55 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.73 percent at 3:44 a.m. EDT.

An economic slowdown in debt-burdened Europe may force the region's paper industry toward massive mill closures and consolidation in the coming year.

Lured by a sum of $2000, a woman from Florida was trying to sell her five-year-old son.

Oh Ju-ri, the mother of two sons doing their compulsory South Korean military service, naturally worries about their health and safety -- but especially now.

With just nine days to go before the close of the transfer window, Arsene Wenger is expected to make some big-name signings, at long last.

The Black Death of the debt crisis across the euro zone will hurt China's exports, although Beijing's relatively small holdings of euro assets will limit damage to foreign exchange reserves, the nation's top official newspaper said on Monday.

Australia's strong currency struck a heavy blow to the nation's manufacturing industry on Monday when BlueScope Steel , its largest steelmaker, unveiled plans to shut half of its steel-making capacity, cease exports and slash 1,000 jobs.

Japan will take decisive action against any speculative moves in the currency market, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said, signaling Tokyo's readiness to intervene to stem further yen rises after its spike to a record high last week.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a radio interview on Monday that the euro remains a stable currency and despite the euro zone debt crisis has held steady against the dollar in a consistent range.

Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion is all about owning a slew of patents to defend itself against its rivals -- Microsoft and Apple -- in the legal arena where patent licensing fees can be negotiated through lawsuits and countersuits.

Two men were shot in the parking lot of San Francisco's Candlestick Park and a third was brutally assaulted inside the stadium after a preseason National Football League game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders, police said on Sunday.

Brent crude dropped more than $3 on Monday to below $106 a barrel, while U.S. oil fell more than a dollar to below $82, on the potential for a resumption of exports from OPEC-member Libya as a six-month civil war there appeared close to an end.

World stocks fell toward a recent 11-month low on Monday while the euro and oil prices slipped as concerns about a global economic downturn prompted investors to sell risky assets.

Grieving parents, students and friends gathered at Mainland Regional High School in southern New Jersey on Sunday evening to mourn the deaths of four high school football players in a car crash.

European stocks extended four weeks of losses on Monday, tracking jittery Asian shares lower, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis.

European stocks extended four weeks of losses on Monday, tracking jittery Asian shares lower, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis.

It's not hard to come up with reasons for the euro zone's exasperating inability to get a grip on its debt crisis.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny is concerned that euro zone countries will not push through parliamentary approval of changes to their EFSF bailout fund as quickly as planned, an Austrian magazine quoted him as saying.

European stocks looked set to extend four weeks of losses Monday, tracking jittery Asian shares lower, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis.