IBT Staff Reporter

Bundesbank president Axel Weber said in an interview released on Saturday he decided he did not want to be a candidate for the European Central Bank presidency because of a lack of acceptance in some European countries.

Indian tycoon Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group, which controls No. 2 mobile carrier Reliance Communications, said on Friday authorities had examined some of its officials and that it was cooperating.

Arabs celebrated the fall of President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, praising the determination of Egypt's protesters and hoping their demands for change would echo through the Middle East.

Researchers have solved one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the age of what has been called the world's most mysterious manuscript - the Voynich manuscript.

It may just become the new anthem for being different.

Google just doesn't seem to be satisfied with giving information to people but has also released a new product, which allows couples to plan their marriage on google.com/weddings,

Researchers from the University of Arizona have put a date on the famous Voynich manuscript discovered in 1912, which has continued to baffle historians, cryptologists and scientists around the world till date.

A top Federal Reserve official on Friday warned mortgage servicing industry executives they could face enforcement actions and that they shoulder some of the blame for a sluggish economic recovery.

With Tim McGraw's George Washington connection emerging on the latest episode of Who Do You Think You Are, there seems to have emerged a curiosity in several on their ancestry.

A Google Inc executive who has become a hero of the Egyptian revolution is public relations gold for the Internet power, but analysts say the company must be careful not to overplay its hand.

A top executive at Activision Blizzard, the largest video game publisher in the United States, defended the company's strategy of investing only in a few big hits.

The boards of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG are expected to meet on Tuesday for a final vote on their planned deal, a source close to the situation said on Friday, as exchanges left out of the merger frenzy plotted their response.

The Obama administration favors creating a national standard for mortgage servicers such as Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co that have been accused of botching home foreclosure procedures.

A Judge on Friday sentenced Ingmar Guandique, 29, the man convicted of killing former Washington intern Chandra Levy, to 60 years in prison.

Pension fund Calpers' proposal to require a majority vote to elect unopposed candidates to the board of Apple Inc has been endorsed by three prominent proxy advisory services.

The Obama administration nailed a 'condemned' sign on the wrecked U.S. housing finance system on Friday but did not offer a clear blueprint for a rebuilding project that promises to take years.

Micron Technology, the top U.S. maker of memory chips for computers, sees favorable trends including an uptick in contract prices for DRAM as small players are forced out of the capital intensive industry.

The Obama administration nailed a 'condemned' sign on the wrecked U.S. housing finance system on Friday but did not offer a clear blueprint for a rebuilding project that promises to take years.

Nokia's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple by teaming up with Microsoft Corp puts them back on the smartphone map, but gives rivals plenty of time to try and widen their lead.

Shares of Kinder Morgan Inc rose 3.5 percent above their initial public offering price on Friday as investors showed their appetite for the U.S. pipeline company's cash flow and yields.

With the dust finally settling after Microsoft-Nokia announcement, analysts weigh in on the new partnership.

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a 9.08 percent stake in Clorox Co , calling the stock undervalued given the company's big brands, sending its shares up more than 9 percent to a new high.

The following is a White House transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on Egypt from the Grand Foyer in the White House on February 11, 2011.

The board of NYSE Euronext is expected to meet on Sunday to discuss a planned takeover by Deutsche Boerse, sources close to the deal said, while exchanges left out of the merger frenzy plotted their response.

Telus Corp posted a 46 percent jump in quarterly profit on Friday, driven largely by strong data and wireless revenue, the Canadian telecoms company said, as it pushes ahead with its Internet television service.

Dell Inc hopes healthy business spending and favorable component costs will help it build on recent progress to improve profitability -- and convince investors still not sold on its turnaround efforts.

Level Global Investors, one of four hedge funds raided by U.S. authorities last November in a broad investigation into insider trading, told investors on Friday it would shut down, citing the pressure of the probe and investor redemptions.

Micron Technology, the top U.S. maker of memory chips for computers, forecast favorable trends including an uptick in contract prices for DRAM as small players are forced out of the capital intensive industry.

Corrects name of executive quoted in ninth paragraph to Chief Commercial Officer Joe Natale, from CEO Darren Entwistle