IBT Staff Reporter

Nestle , the world's largest food group, expects the upward trend in raw material prices to persist, and its global operations provide a natural hedge against the strength of the Swiss franc, its chief executive said on Saturday.

United Airlines issued a systemwide travel waiver, late Friday night due to airline's major computer system outage that caused flight delays and cancellations.

United Airlines computer systems are back up and running, the airline announced in a twitter message.

On Friday, United Airlines experienced a major computer systems outage which caused tens of thousands of passengers to be stranded with flights delayed or cancelled, including at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

In the midst of cyber security issues over preserving personal data and confidential information, Google has launched ‘Me on the Web’ to monitor sensitive details.

Technology giant Google has launched a new tool that helps you manage search results for your name.

United Airlines passengers are experiencing flight delays and cancellations tonight as the airline experienced a major computer systems outage at approximately 5:15 PM central time.

The Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers received their rings on Thursday and it's a doozy, made of platinum, with 18-karat yellow gold, weighing in at 116 grams, and covered in diamonds.

The name's Bond - James Bond. This iconic line has been repeated in several Bond movies; yet each time it is spoken, it never fails to make the viewer smile.

Video has captured a mostly verbal confrontation between a commuter train passenger and a conductor, after an alleged incident where the passenger spoke profanities that prompted the conductor come to the scene.

With the announcement of the Chromebook from Google, tech analysts, investors and consumers are watching closely to see if Google is more than a two trick pony. Google isn’t the only company betting big on the cloud either - Apple, Microsoft and Amazon have all made big moves into the cloud.

Oracle is seeking between $1.4 billion and $6.1 billion in a patent lawsuit against Google over the lucrative smartphone market, according to a court filing.

United Airlines may be fined nearly $600,000 after the company's drug testing process for flight crews failed to give them an equal chance of being selected for random drug and alcohol testing, the Federal Aviation Administration alleged Friday.

An ex-Credit Suisse AG broker convicted on multiple counts of defrauding institutional investors out of $1 billion is likely still to face a five-year prison term despite a recent appeals-court dismissal of one of his convictions, a federal judge said.

Paul Ceglia, who says a contract and emails entitle him to half of Facebook, has cleared a polygraph examination conducted to determine the veracity of the alleged contract with the online social network's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, his lawyers said in a court filing.

Innkeepers USA Trust's plan to sell its assets and exit bankruptcy met a raft of objections on Friday as creditors prepared to hash out the merits of the sale at a confirmation hearing next week.

The singer loses her hair to sing 'Hair.'

Executives at the highest levels of Apple Corp and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are in talks about patent litigation between the two companies, a lawyer for Apple said in court.

Executives at the highest levels of Apple Corp and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are in talks about patent litigation between the two companies, a lawyer for Apple said in court.

It had all the signs of another dotcom bubble: A start-up without a convincing business plan or any foreseeable chance of turning a profit saw its shares soar in the first hours after its stock market debut.

Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it may cut Italy's sovereign credit rating from AA2, citing challenges ahead for economic growth due to structural weaknesses and a likely rise in interest rates.

Sears Holding Corp has laid off 700 employees who worked in the appliance section of its Kmart discount stores, a company spokesman confirmed.

General Motors Co said on Friday it would invest $65 million in existing engine plants in New York and Tennessee.

Microsoft has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy the Internet phone service Skype, the Federal Trade Commission said in a website posting on Friday.

Moody's Investors Service on Friday threatened to cut Italy's credit ratings in the next 90 days on worries that a possible rise in euro-zone interest rates may derail the country's fragile economic recovery.

New York City's rent control law was temporarily extended tonight after Governor Andrew Cuomo called a special session ordering lawmakers to vote on the bill.

The Pentagon is about to roll out an expanded effort to safeguard its contractors from hackers and is building a virtual firing range in cyberspace to test new technologies, according to officials familiar with the plans, as a recent wave of cyber attacks boosts concerns about U.S. vulnerability to digital warfare.

Best Buy Co agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. electronics retailer of job discrimination, paying a total of $200,000 to the nine named plaintiffs plus as much as $10 million for legal fees and costs.

With dozens of his victims watching, an investment manager once dubbed by the media as Brooklyn's Bernie Madoff, was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for operating a decades-long Ponzi scheme that bilked hundreds of investors out of more than $24 million.