IBT Staff Reporter

President Barack Obama said the Egyptian people's voices were heard and President Hosni Mubarak responded to people's hunger for change.

Stocks closed out their second straight week of gains with a rally on Friday sparked after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned, easing tension around the region for now.

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that would make Do Not Track a law.

Shares of Kinder Morgan Inc rose more than 5 percent above their initial public offering price on Friday as investors scooped up stakes in the U.S. pipeline company.

Exchanges left out of the flurry of announced takeovers this week said they are considering striking their own deals or looking to take advantage of the distractions, in early signs of ripples through the world's capital markets.

U.S. stocks closed out their second straight week of gains on Friday with a rally sparked after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned, easing tension around the region for now.

U.S. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in eight months in early February, boosted by recent tax cuts and optimism about the economy, a survey released on Friday showed.

While Republican leaders promised to pursue even bigger federal budget cuts on Thursday, an initial proposal from Wednesday shows job training programs, a fund to upgrade federal buildings and the Environmental Protection Agency will see some of the biggest reductions.

U.S. stocks rose on Friday after President Hosni Mubarak resigned, helping clear Egypt's clouded political picture and lifting investor sentiment.

Merging the iconic New York Stock Exchange with Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG will force European companies to switch to using U.S. accounting rules which have superior disclosures, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday.

U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips raised its quarterly dividend 20 percent on Friday and said it would buy back $10 billion in shares of its stock, lifting its share price nearly 2 percent.

Announced in 2008, the third title in the Diablo series may finally make its way to consumers this year.

A furious wave of protest finally swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond.

Workers in several of Nokia's Finnish offices walked out Friday afternoon in protest after the announcement of the strategic alliance between Nokia and Microsoft.

The Watson project won't end with Jeopardy! next week as IBM will collaborate with several universities to expand it.

The Obama administration will propose a wind-down of government-controlled mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to documents obtained by Reuters.

Nokia and Microsoft Corp will team up to build an iPhone rival, the Finnish phonemaker's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple and arrest its decline in the global smartphone arena.

U.S. stocks rose on Friday as the clouded political picture in Egypt cleared somewhat following the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, lifting investor sentiment.

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.

The median base salary for business school alumni in the survey topped US$94,500 in 2010 - well above the pre-recession level of US$89,000 recorded in 2007.

Egyptian vice President Omar Suleiman announced on Friday that President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down and was handing over power to the Egypt Supreme Council of Armed Forces.

The U.S. exchanges left out of this week's flurry of announced acquisitions now need to consider whether they, too, should strike a deal, a Chicago Board Options Exchange executive said on Friday.

Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc reported higher fourth-quarter profit that met Wall Street estimates, helped by higher volume and pricing, and backed its 2011 profit outlook.

Shares of Kinder Morgan Inc traded more than 6 percent above their initial public offering price in early trading, signaling strong investor appetite for cash flow from the U.S. pipeline company's assets.

Groupon decided to pull its series of Super Bowl ads which garnered much controversy.

South African paper maker Sappi may push for further prices increases later this year as cost pressures threaten a recovery in growth, its chief executive said on Friday.

Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit, helped by higher volume and pricing, and backed its 2011 profit outlook.

De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, returned to a profit in 2010 as production rose 34 percent and diamond prices recovered to pre-crisis levels, although it remains cautious about the market this year.

BP has offered its Russian venture TNK-BP a chance to join its partnership with Rosneft , TNK-BP's deputy CEO told reporters on Friday, signaling a possible resolution to a row.