IBT Staff Reporter

At the end of the worst day for U.S. stocks since December 2008, traders at Knight Capital huddled in groups, staring at their computer screens, wondering whether tomorrow would bring more pain.

News Corp is taking a risk in putting boss Rupert Murdoch, famous for his off-script comments, on the media conglomerate's quarterly earnings call on Wednesday with succession questions sure to be asked.

Hollywood studios are set to break into China's massive Internet market as domestic video sites scramble to screen U.S. movies and dramas on their digital platforms, a move which could also curb rampant piracy.

What should a U.S. president say to stop stock markets from falling and reassure Americans that the country will be able to solve its debt and deficit problems?

Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac FMCC.OB said on Monday it would ask for an additional $1.5 billion from taxpayers due to losses stemming from the weak housing market.

A U.S. trade agency will review Apple Inc's patent-infringement complaint against Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp.

News Corp is taking a brave but necessary step in putting its chief Rupert Murdoch, known for going off-script, on Wednesday's quarterly earnings call for the first time in three quarters.

In particular, the risk of death seemed to correlate with the perceived niceness of co-workers, as less friendly colleagues were associated with a higher risk of dying and friendly co-workers helped to alleviate the stress. In contrast, the niceness of the boss had little impact on mortality. The main feeling of office stress is linked to absence of control.

Political leaders failed to halt a global stock market rout that gathered steam on Monday as investors lost confidence that Europe and the United States can rein in their budgets quickly and fear spread of a double-dip recession.

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive posted weaker-than-expected results and lowered its second-quarter earnings forecast as its major release Duke Nukem Forever failed to connect with audiences.

South Korea's LG Display <034220.KS> aims to invest about 220 billion yen ($2.83 billion) toward mass-production of OEL panels from the second half of 2014, the Nikkei business daily reported, quoting a top executive.

The discovery of molecules linked with a vital ancient biological process, coupled with key DNA ingredients found in meteorites by another team of researchers, support the idea that life on planet Earth could have started from materials from outer space.

MGM Resorts International reported a sharply higher net profit for the second quarter following the initial public offering of its Macau joint venture, but adjusted results failed to impress investors and shares fell nearly 3 percent.

Plunging stock prices in the wake of Standard & Poor's decision to strip the United States' top-tier AAA credit rating may threaten consumer confidence and could push the frail economy into recession.

Researchers confirmed DNA components exist in extraterrestrial meteorites, and another team also discovered molecules linked with a vital ancient biological process. What this means is that the earlist forms of life on earth could have been made partially from materials delivered to planet Earth from space.

Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks Inc posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by higher costs, and forecast third-quarter revenue below analysts' expectations, sending its shares down 9 percent in extended trade.

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive swung to a quarterly loss as the maker of Grand Theft Auto sold fewer video games to customers than a year earlier.

Can an Angry Bird keep your baby safe and warm?

U.S. stocks plunged on Monday in the heaviest volume since last year's flash crash, taking the S&P 500 down more than 6 percent on growing fears of a recession, in the first session after the historic loss of the country's pristine triple-A credit rating.

Shopkick Inc, a mobile commerce company backed by Kleiner Perkins, Greylock Partners and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, has signed 12 major brands to its location-based shopping app, said co-founder Jeff Sellinger.

U.S. stocks plunged on Monday, racking up their biggest losses in almost three years as investors fled to the safety of gold and bonds after the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor's stoked fears the country is powerless to stop another recession.

An international team of researchers has found the strongest evidence yet that parts of North America and Antarctica were connected 1.1 billion years ago, long before the supercontinent Pangaea formed.

Credit ratings for some of the main arteries of the U.S. financial system -- from clearing houses to government mortgage agencies -- were cut one notch to AA-plus by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday.

Oil plunged 5 percent on Monday, crashing below technical support levels as the reduction of the top-tier U.S. credit rating hammered markets and stoked concerns of an economic slowdown.

The space agency has dished out $100,000 to 30 companies for one year studies on advanced space technology concepts.

The latest market rout might serve as a warning to investors who have euphorically poured money into high-flying technology stocks.

Reality star Kate Gosselin, mother of eight children, who famously split from ex-husband Jon Gosselin in 2009, is ready to date again. "I've said a lot of times that I'm ready to start dating," Kate Gosselin said.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's, still under fire for downgrading the United States late last week, Monday restated the reasons for its decision while rival Moody's set itself apart, saying America still has the characteristics of a AAA-rated country.

Municipal water managers in Texas, where the drought has reached a painful point, have decided to recycle sewage water. "We're taking treated effluent (wastewater), normally discharged into a creek, and blending it with (traditionally supplied potable) water,"