IBT Staff Reporter

The 29-year-old Grammy winner super star's latest Hold It Against Me has hit the top place on the Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. This result was achieved with no promotion but through exclusive releases on iTunes.

The European rescue fund could offer bonds at different interest rates to account for its members' divergent levels of credit worthiness in its attempt to boost lending capacity, Germany's Economy Minister said.

2011 will mark 40 years since the United States' government finally stopped redeeming its dollars for gold. That ended over 250 years of formal gold backing for the West's dominant currencies. It also took the entire world off precious-metal money for the first time in 5,000 years of civilization.

Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC commentator on the news and opinion program 'Countdown,' implied in his farewell speech that he was told that Friday's program would be the last edition of his show.

The Ferrari FF will make its official presentation in the 2011 GenevaMotor Show.

Possible reforms to Britain's banks are unlikely to include a formal break-up of the top lenders, the head of a government-backed body probing the sector in the wake of the credit crisis said on Saturday.

Liverpool make the trip to The Molineux to face a potentially tricky encounter against Wolves in Saturday's early kick-off in the English Premier League.

Liverpool make the trip to The Molineux to face a potentially tricky encounter against Wolves in Saturday's early kick-off in the English Premier League.

Apple's App Store reached landmark 10 billion downloads on Saturday, further underlining the lead of the iPhone-maker in mobile online software battle, a counter on front page of the store showed.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill have unveiled six potential demographic trends that reveal greater diversity in age, gender, race and ethnicity.

Executives at MTV say they will tweak the controversial show Skins

TV's best loved family goes off air as 'Medium' aired its finale on Friday.

Infowars. com is fueling a campaign called 'V for Victory, 'You are the Resistance', to counter 'If You See Something, Say Something' initiative of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Ultrafast quantum computer could soon be a reality after scientists in the United Kingdom generated 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time.

U.S. securities regulators recommended a new uniform fiduciary standard on Friday for broker-dealers and investment advisers that would require them to put their retail customers' best interests first.

Securities regulators on Friday called for a new uniform fiduciary standard for broker-dealers and investment advisers that would require them to put retail customers ahead of their own financial interests.

Keith broadcast the last of his popular show ‘Countdown’ on Friday

Job seekers with bilingual skills could look forward to a profusion of opportunities in the coming year and beyond.

Earth is likely to have second sun in next few weeks, at least temporarily, according to reports of Australian daily news.com.au.

One day after Google's surprise announcement that Larry Page would once again run the company, investors and industry insiders were wondering if he is up to a now very different job.

Hospira Inc. decides to stop production of sodium theopental - one component of the combination widely used in lethal injections.

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-GA, predicted on Friday that the U.S. Senate will vote on a repeal of the health reform law passed last year, echoing an earlier pledge by the top Senate Republican.

Pro-democracy leader in Myanmar granted Internet access two months after her release from house arrest

Citigroup Inc's board raised the salary of Chief Executive Vikram Pandit to an annual base of $1.75 million, from a symbolic $1 per year, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

Citigroup Inc's board gave Chief Executive Vikram Pandit a $1,749,999 raise on Friday.

U.S. authorities closed four banks -- one in Denver and three in the U.S. Southeast -- on Friday with total assets of $2.7 billion, bringing the number of failures in 2011 so far to seven.

Facebook has raised $1.5 billion from investors, under terms which the world's No. 1 online social network says gives it a value of about $50 billion.

Citigroup Inc's board raised the salary of Chief Executive Vikram Pandit to an annual base of $1.75 million, from a symbolic $1 per year, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

(Corrects date in second paragraph to March 1 from March 31)