IBT Staff Reporter

The Oklahoma City Thunder will face the Dallas Mavericks to decide who represents the Western Conference in the 2011 NBA Finals, after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Seven, 105-90.

On a perfect Sunday morning in San Francisco, thousands of runners flooded the streets for the 100th Zazzle Bay to Breakers, the City's largest annual street party. Celebrating its centennial running, the event is known most for its revelers, who often dress in costumes or don't dress at all, rather than the actual competition.

Maple Group Acquisition Corp, a consortium of Canadian banks and pension funds, said its takeover proposal for the TMX Group valued the nation's largest stock market operator at C$3.6 billion.

Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, whose bank barely survived the financial crisis, on Sunday stepped into a once-unlikely position: role model to America's future financial leaders.

Since May 1, New York City has taken action against 15 illegal hotels. Mayor Bloomberg promised the work by city officials to enforce the laws against the illegal hotels to continue, for the improvement of the security and quality of life in New York.

A sharp retreat in oil prices has lent fresh credibility to Federal Reserve officials' predictions that the spike in energy and commodity prices would be a passing phenomenon.

The London Stock Exchange will find itself in a tight spot trying to fend off a rival bid for Canada's TMX Group, a deal it badly needs to rejuvenate its centuries-year old business.

Over the past several decades, some very alarming long-term economic trends have developed that are absolutely destroying the economy. Here are 50 hard facts and statistics that show the negative trends in several areas of the economy. If dramatic changes are not made soon, a complete and total economic collapse becomes a possibility

The State University of New York is unprecedentedly releasing the SUNY Report Card on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The report card is very unique in higher education, and will evaluate and track the progress of SUNY across a spectrum of critical areas, assessing the performance of its educational system.

Maple Group Acquisition Corp, made up of four of Canada's leading banks and the nation's largest pension fund administrators, said on Sunday it is offering C$3.6 billion to take over the TMX Group.

Maple Group Acquisition Corp, made up of four of Canada's leading banks and the nation's largest pension fund administrators, confirmed on Sunday the details of a C$3.6 billion proposal to take over the TMX Group.

Kobe Bryant is arguably one of the best shooting guards this generation has seen, and has been compared to Michael Jordan. Few NBA fans are not shy to even say that Kobe is even better than Jordan.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a leading contender for the French presidency in 2012 and the head of the International Monetary Fund, will plead not guilty at Sunday afternoon arraignment after multiple charges were filed against him after allegations that he sexually attacked a hotel worker Saturday afternoon in New York.

Sony has restored the PSN and introduced new security features.

The big money is calling a halt to the surge in stock prices.

Novak Djokovic will resume his rivalry with world number one Rafael Nadal after overcoming the tough challenge posed by British number one Andy Murray to progress to the finals of the Rome Masters.

Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down.

North Korea on Sunday rejected allegations by the rival South that it was behind a cyber attack that paralyzed the computer network of a South Korean bank last month and accused Seoul of inventing a conspiracy to justify physical confrontation.

Japanese officials denied on Sunday the government will ask banks to forgive loans to Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> to help it cope with massive compensation claims arising from the crisis at a stricken nuclear power plant.

The third Twilight film led the contenders for the MTV Movie Awards on Tuesday, extending the vampire series' dominance of the cable channel's annual lighthearted salute to Hollywood.

Bay Area's Levi Leipheimer is one of the early favorites to win this year's Amgen Tour of California. The Santa Rosa resident, born in Butte, Montana, will be contending against stiff international competition in order win the premier cycling event.

Before the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Pippa Middleton was known mostly as Kate's sister.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a possible French presidential candidate, was hauled off the Air France flight about 10 minutes before it was to take off at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon and turned over to police for questioning in connection with an alleged sexual assault.

The family of Derek Boogaard, a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild, decided to donate his brain to Boston University researchers to study brain disease in athletes.

Sony Corp. executive Kazuo Hirai announced on Saturday that the PlayStation Network's PS3 and PS online gameplay services are back online around the world although the PlayStation store will come back online at a later date.

Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down.

It has been confirmed that Ashton Kutcher has been tapped to replace Charlie Sheen in the popular television comedy 'Two and a Half Men' but what does it mean for the audience - cheers or jeers?

On a rainy, windy, muddy day in Chicago, the San Francisco Giants played through the elements to beat the Cubs 3-0 in a weather-shortened game called by the umpires after six innings.

Sony said it would begin a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network games service Sunday on a country by country basis and expected the process to be complete by May 31.