IBT Staff Reporter

With protesters set for a tenth day of demonstrations in Cairo on Friday, Egyptian leaders were seeking for opportunities - without success - for talks with opposition members.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the leading science research organ in the Asian country, has announced a decade-long program in applied scientific research titled Innovation 2020 that lays special emphasis on four key areas, namely space science, information technology, energy and health.

Stock index futures edged higher on Friday as unrest in Egypt kept investors cautious ahead of the key payrolls report.

Free internet porn is not illegal and is not competing with other premium websites, who charge a bomb to have access to premium sites, according to a California Appeals Court, which has dismissed a case against one free site, Redtube.com, as an unfair attack on free speech.

European Union leaders will discuss strengthening the euro zone's 440 billion euro bailout fund at a summit on Friday and try to agree how best to insulate the region from the year-long debt crisis.

A massive R&D budget and the addition of Windows phones may not help Nokia's standing in the smartphone market.

The TV's shift to Energy Star has meant LCD and Plasma TVs are using less energy than ever before.

Real Housewives of New York has been shelved for the time being.

Stock index futures were little changed on Friday as the unrest in Egypt kept investors on the sidelines ahead of the key payrolls report.

After stirring up a storm with the 'V for Victory, You are the Resistance' campaign, Infowars has now accused the Obama administration of triggering blackouts.

World number two truckmaker Volvo said production problems and a shortage of skilled staff thwarted its efforts to react quickly enough to a strong rise in demand, hitting its quarterly earnings.

Top global miners are set to report a doubling in profits for the December half, thanks to booming iron ore and copper sales, sparking calls for fat cash returns to shareholders as the major miners run out of takeover opportunities.

A Washington, DC-based nonprofit watchdog has urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to halt deceptive advertising and labeling of vitaminwater by a Coca-Cola Co unit.

The head of Germany's prestigious Ifo economic research institute on Friday slammed European plans to increase economic coordination, calling motions by the EU's executive arm ridiculous.

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's leading luxury products group, recorded a 19% increase in revenue in 2010, exceeding the 20 billion Euro mark for the first time.

The album still needs some finishing touches

Fifty-four percent of Verizon's Android and BlackBerry users plan to switch to the iPhone when it becomes available on Feb. 10, according to a survey by United Sample Inc.

Wall Street stock index futures were slightly higher on Friday ahead of the release of the keenly watched U.S. non-farm payrolls data.

World number two truck maker Volvo posted a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, hit by problems as output was ramped up to meet a strong rise in demand.

A statement in Rafael Nadal's website said the World No. 1 would recover by mid-February.

Plans by Nippon Steel Corp <5401.T> and Sumitomo Metal Industries <5405.T> to create the world's No. 2 steelmaker fanned expectations of further consolidation in the fragmented industry, sending Japanese steelmakers shares surging on Friday.

LVMH , the world's biggest luxury group, posted a 13 percent rise in fourth-quarter comparable sales boosted by Chinese shoppers' growing appetite for luxury goods and a steady rise in discretionary spending.

World share prices rose while bonds fell on Friday as investors positioned for the possibility of strong U.S. jobs data, which would bolster the view of a recovering global economy and further boost riskier assets.

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has ruled that text-based communications such as posting on micro-blogging service Twitter will be allowed in court hearings.

LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group, beat forecasts with a 13 percent rise in fourth-quarter comparable sales, boosted by a strong Christmas, and raised its dividend 27 percent on the back of a record year.

India's efforts to calm inflation by allowing easier imports and restricting exports of key foodstuffs are disappointing farmers who are keen to exploit global high prices and say structural reforms are the way ahead.

The government has resolved a month-long payments dispute with Iran over oil shipments, a source at the oil ministry said on Thursday, by allowing a domestic bank to handle payments in euros with a Germany-based counterpart.

The question that is plaguing everyone's mind is if NASA will let astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was wounded in the January shooting, command the upcoming flight of the space shuttle Endeavour.

World number two truck maker Volvo posted a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, hit by problems as output was ramped up, but raised its market outlook for its main markets.