IBT Staff Reporter

BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, said it had no appetite for acquisitions just yet after posting solid fourth-quarter results which soaked up a surprise charge on the value of its stake in AXA .

Radiohead has unveiled their much-awaited new album, titled The King Of Limbs, through the revolutionary download only distribution model. Is Digital download distribution the future of music?

When arch-hawk Axel Weber withdrew last week from the contest to head the European Central Bank, the euro and bond yields dipped -- a sign of how crucial markets think the ECB's president may be in shaping its policy.

Results from The Carbon Salary Survey 2010 reveal that overall, remuneration for professionals working in the field were significantly higher during the year than what had been reported in 2009.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live, according to the US-based tabloid National Enquirer. The magazine has published photos of Jobs taken on February 8 outside Stanford Cancer Center that show Jobs looking extremely thin and frail.

Manu Sporny, founder and CEO of Virginia-based Digital Bazaar, became the first person in the world to release his own genetic data as an open source project.

BAE Systems said it expected sales to fall in 2011 as the impact of defense cuts in the UK and U.S. begin to hit home, sending its shares lower.

Japanese major Honda's Indian subsidiary Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) announced on Thursday that it was recalling 57,853 units of its mid-sized sedan City in the country for replacing a faulty engine part.

BAE Systems reported a slight rise in full-year earnings, helped by cost savings and growth at its services and international business, which offset weakness at its land armaments unit.

Japanese auto major Honda said on Thursday that it will recall more than 693,497 units of the Freed, Fit and City company models globally due to defective parts that could stall the engine and cause problems restarting.

After the sexual assault on CBS news' Lara Logan in Egypt, an ABC reporter Miguel Marquez has been attacked in Bahrain. Slideshow recalls incidents of assault against journalists in the Middle East based on the CPJ statement.

Nestle, the world's biggest food maker, said strong demand in emerging markets would help it offset a steep rise in input costs in 2011 after it beat sales forecasts for 2010.

Shelly cheered the Modern Family cast along with Dillon.

BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, missed forecasts for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday after it booked a 534 million euro ($722.6 million) charge on the value of its stake in insurer AXA .

Former JPMorgan banker Bill Winters is teaming up with Lord Jacob Rothschild, a senior member of one Europe's most revered banking dynasties, to launch an asset management and hedge fund business in London.

Virgin Media posted its strongest ever full-year financial results and said it expected to maintain the performance after adding a solid number of new subscribers and extracting record customer spend.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed opening on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq futures down 0.04 percent at 1008 GMT.

World stocks hit a 30-month high on Thursday, driven by strong corporate earnings and cautious optimism on the U.S. economic recovery from the Federal Reserve, while oil prices edged higher on growing political tensions.

It's a film about aging superheroes and he wants Eastwood, Beatty and Nicholson in it.

Swiss food giant Nestle said on Thursday that strong demand in emerging markets would help it offset rising raw materials prices.

Fox and Warner Bros want to get into 'UltraViolet' which would allow cross-application viewing.

A report by KSE Partners finds Nebraska paying a whopping 23.69 percent in taxes on their wireless bills, while wireless consumers face the lowest burdens in Oregon with 6.86 percent.

JPMorgan has slashed its target price on mobile operator Reliance Communications by 49 percent to 82 rupees, citing lower estimates for wireless and broadband segments and issues related to spectrum regulations.

ABC news reporter Miguel Marquez was caught by an angry mob in the Bahrain capital of Manama and beaten up.

Indian refiner Essar Oil is set to buy Royal Dutch Shell's Stanlow refinery in the United Kingdom for about $350 million to $400 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the development told Reuters.

India's food inflation eased to a two-month low in early February on moderating prices of onions and other vegetables, amid expectations the government may announce fresh measures to boost productivity for key staples in the upcoming budget.

ASX Group Ltd (ASX.AX) eked out a small first-half profit growth, but focus was squarely on the completion of Singapore Exchange's (SGXL.SI) $7.9 billion bid for the Australian bourse operator, a move to help the bourses fight growing competition.

Visa and banks will press lawmakers on Thursday for relief from a proposed slashing of debit card processing fees, an issue that has attracted bipartisan support for softening the impact of part of the Dodd-Frank financial law.

Asian shares eked out modest gains for the second consecutive day on Thursday after the Federal Reserve offered a cautiously optimistic view of the U.S. economy, while oil prices edged higher on growing tensions in the Middle East.