IBT Staff Reporter

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is expanding a program that lets shoppers pick out items online and pick them up in its stores across the United States as it tries to bring people to its stores more often following several quarters of disappointing sales.

Anonymous is giving the U.S. military until Monday to improve its treatment of Bradley Manning, the U.S. army private accused of leaking secrets to Wikileaks, or it will post the personal information of the guards and commanders at the base where he is being held.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc has seen business improve at U.S. stores over the last four weeks, but it is too soon to change the company's forecasts, the head of its U.S. business said on Thursday.

Before his side's crunch FA Cup quarter-final clash with Arsenal, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he is wary of the Gunners saying they have rearranged the pecking order.

New missteps in response to the epic fraud of Bernard Madoff threatened to undermine the Securities and Exchange Commission's pitch for more money before a trio of congressional committees on Thursday.

Troubled actor Charlie Sheen is trying to take revenge on the corporate trolls who fired him from his hit TV show Two and a Half Men.

BMW Sauber's Sergio Perez was the surprise leader at the end of the third day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona.

Child abuse reports, Social Security numbers and other highly sensitive data were discovered on a batch of government computers headed for the auction block to be sold by the State of New Jersey, authorities said on Thursday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger branded European football governing boday UEFA a dictatorship after being charged with improper conduct following his side's Champions League elimination at the hands of Barcelona.

Rovio, the creator of the popular Angry Birds game, said it received a $42 million investment from three venture capital firms.

Fears about the economy and unrest in Saudi Arabia darkened the outlook for equities on Thursday, pushing major indexes below key technical levels.

It was recently announced that actress Julianne Moore has been cast to play former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, in the upcoming HBO film Game Change. It has not been announced who will play the role of presidential-hopeful, John McCain. Here is a look at five actors that could fit the role.

AOL Inc will cut more than 900 jobs, or 20 percent of its global workforce, as it struggles to catch up to Google Inc and Facebook.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares for its final mission today, moving from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad.

Octogenarian gaming magnate Stanley Ho, chairman of Macau's biggest casino operator SJM Holdings <0880.HK>, said he had resolved a high-profile dynastic tussle played out via a worldwide web audience since January.

A disgraced former partner at McKinsey & Co told jurors he leaked stock tips about the elite consulting firm's clients to Raj Rajaratnam, in dramatic testimony at the biggest U.S. insider trading trial in years.

Apple Inc will kick off online sales of its new iPad in the early hours on Friday ahead of its evening store launch of the tablet computer.

Hackers recently took Micosoft for $1.2 million by stealing Microsoft Points used in the company's Xbox Live Marketplace.

Fears about the economy and unrest in Saudi Arabia darkened the outlook for equities on Thursday, pushing major indexes below key technical levels.

Oil recouped most of its deep losses in late trade on Thursday after reports of police firing on protesters in Saudi Arabia revived fears of further unrest in the world's top exporter.

Shares of private equity-backed hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc rose nearly 4 percent in early trading in a strong stock market debut on Thursday, even as the broad market sank.

Jurors for the first time heard the voices of accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam and some of his high-placed friends discussing stocks in wiretapped conversations that authorities argue show he traded illegally on company secrets.

China's growing capabilities in cyber-warfare and intelligence gathering are a formidable concern to the United States, the top intelligence official told a Senate panel on Thursday.

Fears about the economy and unrest in the Middle East sent indexes skidding below key technical levels on Thursday as the near-term outlook for stocks grew cloudy.

Jurors for the first time heard the voices of accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam and some of his high-placed friends discussing stocks in wiretapped conversations that authorities argue show he traded illegally on company secrets.

The S&P 500 fell on Thursday below its 50-day moving average for the first time since November 30, highlighting the benchmark's loss of upward momentum.

Lindsay Lohan was back in court today as she rejected a plea agreement offered by prosecutors in a grand theft case. The plea would have guaranteed Lohan's return to jail.

EU regulators are likely to take a long, hard look at Deutsche Boerse's planned takeover of NYSE Euronext, the EU's antitrust chief said, while a top NYSE executive said talks with authorities globally are so far going well.

Brent and U.S. crude oil futures pared losses on Thursday, beset by deeper geopolitical concerns on witness reports that police fired upon protesters in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province.