IBT Staff Reporter

A former technology consultant jailed in a widening investigation of insider trading at hedge funds says she was approached by FBI agents who sought her cooperation in the probe just weeks before her arrest.

Samsung Electronics Co, aiming for a 15 percent jump in TV sales in 2011, signaled an aggressive push into smart and 3D TVs this year in unveiling a procession of content and technology tie-ups with the likes of Comcast and Adobe.

Verizon Wireless is experiencing a boost in higher-margin wireless data subscribers thanks to a $10 limited data service it is offering, potentially encouraging the top U.S. operator to make such an offer more permanent.

A $1.5 billion dollar National Security Agency data center under construction in Utah will be an important step in dealing with rising volumes of information in cyberspace, officials said on Thursday.

Intel has offered concessions in a bid to win European Union antitrust clearance for its $7.7 billion purchase of security software maker McAfee Inc.

Greenpeace announces results from its greenest electronics product survey.

Skype announces its first ever acquisition at the 2011 CES.

It is only the second day of the 112th Congress and charges of hypocrisy and broken promises are flying around the House of Representatives. As may have been expected, these charges are coming from the Democrats, who are now in the minority.

India grinded through the final day of the third test against South Africa making 166-3 at Cape Town to level the three-match series at 1-1.

Microsoft Corp's decision to make its Windows operating software compatible with ARM Holdings chip designs allows the U.S. software maker to finally establish a major presence in mobile Internet, ARM's president said Thursday.

NEW YORK, Jan 6 - The recent flurry of insider-trading arrests by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney has set Wall Street on edge. But if recent history is any guide, people found guilty of that crime tend to get off relatively easy, a Reuters Legal analysis suggests.

Nvidia's new Tegra 2 mobile chips are in tablets and smartphones made by Motorola, LG, Dell, Acer, Asus and Toshiba Corp, a spokesman for the graphics processor designer said.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission likely has enough votes to advance a proposal to limit speculative positions in commodity markets to the next stage, said Jill Sommers, a Republican commissioner, in an interview with Reuters Insider.

Facebook is generating profits at a faster-than-expected rate, and will likely attract so many investors this year that it will have to disclose financial data similar to a publicly traded company by April 2012.

Verizon Wireless plans to have 10 new devices, including four smartphones, and new tablets on store shelves by mid year for its high-speed wireless data service, strengthening its position in a race to convince consumers to use more expensive services such as mobile Web.

Apple is launching an applications store for Mac computers, replicating a model that proved wildly popular on its iPhones.

President Barack Obama today appointed William Daley as the new White House chief of staff.

A top Republican on Thursday said he will push for legislation paring back the Federal Reserve's mandate to focus solely on controlling inflation, not ensuring full employment.

Anyone thinking Americans might be back to their free-spending ways got a reality check on Thursday as many mainstream retailers reported disappointing December sales.

T-Mobile USA plans to start doubling the speed of its high-speed wireless data network this year to 42 megabits per second, joining a race toward higher-speed networks to make its service competitive with Verizon Wireless'.

A scandal over suspected industrial espionage at Renault deepened on Thursday as the French carmaker warned company assets were at risk and France's industry minister called the matter serious.

Stocks slipped on Thursday as soft retail sales and a sharp rise in the dollar left investors edgy a day before December's U.S. employment report.

The U.S. Senate convened yesterday for the first session of the 112th Congress. It did some procedural work, honored Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-MD, for being the longest serving woman senator, talked until after sundown and recessed until Jan. 25.

England's veteran cricketer Paul Collingwood has announced his retirement from Test cricket before the fourth day of the fifth Ashes test at Sydney

Apple Inc reached out to Blackstone Group's finance boss Laurence Tosi to tap him for the position of CFO at the iPhone maker, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

Remember Webvan? The online grocer, whose initial public offering in March 2000 was among the most hotly anticipated during the dot-com boom, is now viewed as one of the greatest disasters of the era.

Internet telephone service Skype said it acquired mobile video company Qik for an undisclosed amount.

A federal judge in New York has okayed a class action lawsuit that accuses Leucadia National Corp., a financial services firm, the debt-collection law firm Mel S. Harris & Associates, and a Brooklyn-based process serving agency Samserv Inc., of a racketeering scheme that allowed them to fraudulently secure default judgments in New York courts against unwitting consumers around the country.

Apple's skipping the CES party but that does not stop it from creating waves, while competitors are launching tablets and phones, Apple has softly opened its much awaited Mac App Store.