IBT Staff Reporter

A FINRA securities industry arbitration panel ordered a former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney broker to pay the firm nearly $1 million for breaching the terms of a promissory note.

President Barack Obama holds a town hall webcast on the economy and jobs on Twitter on Wednesday, but his answers are likely to be longer than the average tweet.

A man accused of hacking into AT&T Inc servers and stealing personal data belonging to 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users was indicted on Wednesday, two weeks after a co-defendant pleaded guilty.

Pyeongchang, Korea, was announced as the host city for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games today - a crushing victory over rivals Munich of Germany and Annecy of France in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote in Durban. After two failed attempts for 2010 and 2014, Pyeongchang will mark the first Winter Games in Asia outside of Japan

Pyeongchang, Korea, was announced as the host city for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games today - a crushing victory over rivals Munich of Germany and Annecy of France in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote in Durban. After two failed attempts for 2010 and 2014, Pyeongchang will mark the first Winter Games in Asia outside of Japan

If the bankruptcy court approves of its plan, the company's shareholders will not be entitled to any payment or property for their stock, Borders said.

The government's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shut down Internet access to the facility after it suffered a cyber attack.

Angelina is Hollywood's highest paid actress, but that's not all the pouty-lipped beauty has going for her. She's also a mom of 6, a producer and a UN Ambassador.

Republicans tried to send a direct message to President Barack Obama during his first-ever Twitter town hall by crashing the event with a flurry of comments on the social networking site.

Here is a look at some of the videos of the Phoenix Dust Storm.

U.S. stocks were mostly flat on Wednesday as strength in transportation names helped offset a downgrade of Portugal's credit rating, which pressured banking shares.

Two groups of millionaires are fighting, but it's the fans of professional basketball who are already losing.

Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile provider, will stop offering customers unlimited data service plans on July 7, meaning higher prices for heavy users of services such as mobile Web surfing.

Apple Inc has filed a U.S. trade complaint to block Samsung Electronics Co from importing a variety of electronic devices, less than one week after Samsung sought to stop imports of Apple's popular iPads and iPhones.

The next and more probable date of Lion's release is July 14, according to 9to5Mac.

British fertility researchers developed a more accurate way to predict which pregnancies have more chance to end in miscarriage and say it could help doctors target a treatment to women.

Apple plans to ship 25 million iPhone 5s by the end of the year.

Slow economic growth, skittish trading clients and regulatory worries that just won't go away -- the second quarter has been a punishing one for Wall Street's top investment banks and their shareholders.

As the standoff over raising the government's borrowing limit enters its final month, it's becoming harder for investors to avoid thinking the unthinkable: the world's most trusted borrower could soon renege on its debt.

In a creative attempt to change Pakistanis’ perceptions of the military, the government of the war torn nation is promoting a new television series that chronicles the lives of Pakistani soldiers.

Three new movies will hit the big screens this Friday, and one is already taking the heat for an offensive reference.

U.S. regulators will be able to snatch back up to two years of Wall Street executives' pay if they are found responsible for the collapse of a major financial firm, under a rule approved on Wednesday.

After Liverpool had a second big for Stewart Downing turned down by Aston Villa, the Reds are reportedly turning their interest to Valencia winger Juan Mata, who is also pursued by Arsenal.

Dan Balz, the veteran political reporter for the Washington Post who has spent more than three decades at the paper, will become its first ever “chief correspondent,” Marcus Brauchli, The Post's executive editor, said Wednesday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is in talks to largely hand off its leasing activities after being accused of bungling a real estate deal priced at more than half a billion dollars.

Below are highlights of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde's first news conference since being tapped to run the IMF.

Another report on how many iPhone 5s will be sold.

Stocks bounced off session highs on Wednesday after investors shrugged off a downgrade of Portugal's credit rating and an interest-rate hike in China.

As this global treasure hunt garners more and more recognition, will scares subside?