IBT Staff Reporter

Green is back in venture capital circles -- but call it light green.

With SummerFest only two days away and the hottest names like Katy Perry and Kanye West scheduled to perform, the countdown can't go fast enough.

Tencent Holdings Ltd, the world's third largest Internet firm, aims to be China's Facebook, Twitter and Google -- all rolled into one.

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The BET Awards took place Saturday night in Los Angeles. Chris Brown took home a number of awards including Best Male R&B Artist and Best Collaboration for Look at me Know, featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes.

France offered a radical solution on Monday for banks to roll over holdings of Greek debt for 30 years as the Greek government fought to get backbench rebels to support a crucial austerity plan to avert bankruptcy.

The London Stock Exchange has launched a super-fast trading service in its latest bid to court more business from high-frequency trading firms.

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The government cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors as this would violate free-speech rights, the Supreme Court said on Monday in its first ruling in a video game case.

Dutchess of Cambridge steal the show yet again!

Immigrant advocates in Mexico denounced a possible mass kidnapping of immigrants traveling by train by armed men in black luxury cars in the southern part of the country last week, according to news agency EFE.

Monday morning, the trial resumed after Casey Anthony was determined to be competent to remain on trial for first-degree murder.

In yet another indication that Denver Nuggets center Nene Hilario will test the free agent market, Nene has decided not to play for the Brazil national team during the FIBA Americas Championship.

Europe's banks may need to raise over 50 billion euros ($71.6 Billion) after regulators slapped an extra capital surcharge on big lenders to make them safer and forbid the use of debt to pad out the extra cushion.

Internet giant Google's tussles with some governments over Internet censorship could get worse, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Monday, adding he feared his own colleagues faced mounting danger of occasional arrest and torture.

An aqua berm protecting the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska was punctured and deflated on Sunday as officials sought to repair it amid floodwaters rising in the area.

An asteroid measuring 16 to 36 feet will fly by Earth on Monday, with possible viewing opportunities for a lucky few.

Bruce Bochy, the manager of the National League team says he will be biased in choosing this year's players for the MLB All-Star Game.

'Familiar Ground' and 'Wish Me Away' take home top prizes at the conclusion of the seventeenth annual festival.

Today's books video pulls back the curtain a bit on J.K. Rowling's Pottermore press conference, where recording was restricted.

After a diplomatic meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that Beijing supports a political resolution to the conflict in Libya.

World number Rafael Nadal takes on Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round of Wimbledon in what could be a thriller at the Centre Court.

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt filed for bankruptcy on Monday, following extended divorce proceedings with his estranged wife Jamie McCourt and Major League Baseball.

NASA will launch an unmanned spacecraft in 2016, aiming at collecting a sample from the asteroid 1999 RQ36, the public enemy No.1 that can also give clues to the origin of life on earth.

Apple Store employees can now unlock iPhone 4 phones specifically made for AT&T by selling them as Device Only at the checkout counter.

U.S. consumer spending was unchanged in May for the first time in almost a year, likely reflecting a plunge in auto sales, according to a government report on Monday, that also showed a build-up in underlying inflation pressures.

Feeling a slew of emotions, Johnny Knoxville decided to blog on his website about losing his good friend Ryan Dunn.

Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences think they have discovered 300 new species during a biological expedition that focused on the Island of Luzon, Philippines, according to the organization's news release.

How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris announced his engagement via Twitter.