IBT Staff Reporter

Two are dead in an explosion at a Foxconn plant in Southwestern China.

Justin Timberlake is back on SNL for the season finale with guest Lady Gaga.

Novak Djokovic unstoppable run of 37 straight matches proved dominate over Rafael Nadal on the red clay courts of the Rome Masters last week. In fact the straight sets victory over Nadal was so dominate that Djokovic has many wondering if he can do it again on the king of clay's domain, namely at Roland Garros, where Nadal has only lost once.

A leaked photo of the Dark Knight Rises villain which Warner Brothers had kept a secret from batman fans has defeated the Hollywood film producer's original intended purpose of using it as part of a viral marketing campaign.

Virtual wallet technology that lets people pay for a coffee, newspaper or sandwich by swiping a cell phone at a checkout is finally set to start rolling out, executives told the Reuters Technology Summit this week in Paris.

To balance their budgets, states are cutting funds they send to local governments, worrying many in the $2.9 trillion municipal bond market, from cities to rating agencies.

Astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour successfully complete their first space walk.

Celebrities and fans mourn the loss of the superstar wrestler as tweets and comments are spreading throughout online. The WWE released an official statement speaking of the Macho Man's sudden and tragic death.

The AmFAR gala at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival raised more than $10 million on Thursday.

Director James Cameron announced on Thursday that the 11 Oscar-winning epic romance film, Titanic, that captivated audiences worldwide in 1997 would be released in 3D version on April 6, 2012.

New York City seems to be enjoying the rapture eve, from its Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Craigslist.

LOS ANGELES - Jake Gyllenhaal's lawyers are scouring the Internet, attempting to eradicate a picture of the actor that shows him stretching in his tighty-whitey underwear.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc has moved closer to offloading Litton Loan Servicing, with Ocwen Financial Corp leading in an auction to acquire the troubled mortgage business, sources familiar with the situation said this week.

Macho Man Randy Savage has been killed in a car accident in Florida.

by Danielle RobinsonNEW YORK, May 20 - The pressure is on Apple and Amazon to consider the merits of issuing bonds for the first time in their corporate lives, especially now that Google has demonstrated how low investors will go on yield to get a rare slice of large-cap tech company debt.

The 2011 French Open women's draw features a number of strong players who are coming into their own at just the right time. Among Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clijsters are the top two players in the world and Maria Sharapova is perhaps playing the best tennis in the world right now. Who will take the French Open title?

U.S. crude and Brent futures extended losses to more than $2 per barrel on Friday amid pressure from the dollar's strength and as the U.S. front-month June contract headed toward expiration at the session's end.

Sony Corp has been hacked again.So-Net, the Internet service provider unit of Japan's Sony, alerted customers an intruder broke into its system and stole virtual points worth $1,225 from account holders.

U.S. gasoline demand fell in April for the time in three months as high pump prices and expensive grocery bills took their toll on drivers, the American Petroleum Institute said on Friday.

Bank of America Corp said on Friday that Mary Ann Deignan would join the company from UBS AG to be its head of Americas equity capital markets.

Harold Camping, the head of the Family Radio who famously predicted May 21, 2011 as the Doomsday, will be proved either as a true prophet of God or another crazy Doomsday fanatic in less than 40 hours.

U.S. crude futures turned lower on Friday and Brent fell more than $1 amid pressure from the dollar's strength after it recovered from earlier losses and as the U.S. front-month June contract headed toward expiration at the session's end.

As May 21, 2011, looms over our heads, theories and predictions of doomsday circulate. But how do we know if it's time for our last supper?

Harold Camping, the head of the Family Radio who famously predicted May 21, 2011 as the Doomsday, will be proved either as a true prophet of God or another crazy Doomsday fanatic in less than 40 hours.

Stocks fell on Friday, as shares of large multinationals sensitive to the dollar fell in sync with the euro on the euro zone's debt problems and retailers lost ground after a weak profit outlook from Gap.

The motto for the 2010 San Francisco Giants certainly applied to Madison Bumgarner for the first part of the 2011 season, but the torture is over, as the San Francisco Giants starting pitcher showed championship form in getting his first win of the season.

American Home Mortgage Servicing, one of the largest servicers of subprime mortgages, is urging the U.S. Treasury to organize a plan to boost principal reductions for up to one million homeowners by unlocking loans from securities.

TMZ is reporting that 'Macho Man' Randy Savage has died in a car accident in Tampa, Florida.

The cost to hedge against a U.S. government debt default rose on Friday to its highest level since January ahead of the government's sales of $99 billion in securities next week.