IBT Staff Reporter

Even if recent sales figures suggest otherwise, the future of 3D is not just in the movie theater but at home as well.

Almost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last year, a survey showed, in an early sign that retailers may not obtain a huge boost from the second-biggest selling season of the year.

Google's Gmail is the preferred E-mail domain for professionals.

Isis, a venture of three of the top four U.S. mobile providers, plans to launch mobile payments services with the major payments networks Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.

Apple Inc likely will dazzle investors with another round of strong quarterly results on Tuesday, propelled by demand for its iPhone and the new iPad 2 tablets.

LOS ANGELES - Netflix, the golden child of Wall Street and a beloved brand to tens of thousands of movie lovers, took it on the chin last week.

For young Americans, frugal dressing is in this back-to-school season.

Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc will eventually feel a modest boost from the liquidation of its largest rival, Borders Group Inc, but still faces stiff competition and an industrywide decline in book sales, Wall Street analysts said.

Groundbreaking for homes scaled a six-month high in June, partly reflecting growing demand for rental apartments, a government report showed on Tuesday.

Stocks jumped 1 percent on Tuesday on strong earnings from IBM and Coca-Cola, offsetting investor disappointment in results from big financial firms.

State Street Corp , one of the world's largest recordkeepers for institutional investors, is promising pension and hedge fund managers real-time access to portfolio information on their mobile devices.

A spin-off of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers is looking more likely as a way of defusing public hostility over his role in the UK media and keeping alive his hopes of eventually buying British Sky Broadcasting .

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A Manhattan federal judge set a September 15 deadline for Google Inc, authors and publishers to come up with a legal plan to create the world's largest digital library, expressing frustration that the six-year-old dispute has not been resolved.

U.S. housing starts rose more than expected in June to touch a six-month high and permits for future construction unexpectedly increased, a government report showed on Tuesday, likely reflecting growing demand for rental apartments.

Austria's central bank chief said a Greek rescue deal could involve a short-term default without disastrous consequences but, in a rapid about-turn, later insisted on Tuesday that he shared the ECB view on Greece.

Stocks jumped about 1 percent on Tuesday on strong earnings from IBM and Coca-Cola, offsetting investor disappointment in results from big financial firms.

Dong Han is an ideal customer for Mercedes Benz's booming car sales in China. A 27-year-old advertising agent with a double-income household and no children, she's upwardly mobile and highly conscious of style.

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc rattled investors with earnings that fell far short of expectations because of sharp declines in bond trading revenue, long a key source of profits for the investment bank.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc rattled investors with earnings that fell far short of analysts' estimates because of sharp declines in trading revenue.

Verizon Wireless is expected to far outstrip its biggest rivals AT&T Inc and Sprint Nextel in subscriber growth for its first full quarter selling the Apple Inc iPhone.

Nokia's basic phones generate much better operating profits than its smartphone line-up, the Finnish mobile phone company said on Tuesday when unveiling regrouped past business results.

Emma Watson was attending Brown University but is now to be taking a leave to begin at Worcester College at Oxford.The clear up the rumors, Watson confirmed at a press conference: I haven't left Brown. I'm still enrolled at Brown. But I'm doing my third year abroad. She will be studying English in her home country.Other then her studies, Watson has quite a lot in store for her in the limelight.

Bank of America Corp reported its biggest-ever quarterly loss -- $8.8 billion -- as low interest rates squeezed lending margins at the largest U.S. bank.

Droid Bionic is not the only phone which will grace the Verizon 4G LTE tag. Other top notch phones which it has to compete with on Verizon 4G LTE are Samsung's Droid Charge and HTC Thunderbolt.

On Monday, July 18, the two actors basked in their greatly anticipated and publicized upcoming movie Friends With Benefits, after the actress was nominated for 'Best Supporting Actress' for The Black Swan at the 2011 Academy Awards. The punchy, romantic comedy hits theaters on Friday, July 22.

All Non-African carry Neanderthal genetics.

Housing starts rose more than expected in June to touch a six-month high and permits for future construction unexpectedly increased, a government report showed on Tuesday, likely reflecting growing demand for rental apartments.