IBT Staff Reporter

Dell Inc is in talks to buy data storage company Compellent Technologies Inc

The anonymous hacker group that brought down the websites of Visa and MasterCard Wednesday also attacked Republican Sarah Palin's website SarahPAC.com early on Thursday. The website remained inaccessible for hours following the attack, whcih was part of the group's Operation Payback.

Mobile maker Nokia's Symbian operating system is on the ropes, its lead being stripped away blow by Android blow, but if its new boss throws in the software towel now, the relief will be brief and the scars permanent.

General Electric (GE) is very close to bringing out the 'Electric Bus of the Future', which is mooted to be cost-effective solution for electrification of buses, delivery trucks, off-highway vehicles and other heavy-duty vehicles.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week and the four-week moving average slipped to a fresh two-year low, reviving hopes a labor market recovery was under way.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week and the four-week moving average hovered at two-year lows.

Stocks rose modestly on Thursday after encouraging labor market data renewed optimism the fragile economic recovery was track, but gains were limited by a decline in the euro.

The Bank of England voted to make no change to its monetary policy this month, in a widely expected decision as it waits to see how much growth next year suffers from UK public spending cuts and euro zone turmoil.

Toyota Tsusho Corp, the trading company part-owned by Toyota Motor Corp will build a rare earth processing plant in India to secure supply sources outside China.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended an investment of $6 billion to set up a national broadband network for faster Internet connectivity after it missed its target of 20 million broadband connections within 2010 as it has managed only 10.3 million.

More cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website are likely in a data war to protect Internet freedom, a representative of one of the groups involved said on Thursday.

Smithfield Foods Inc on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations as reductions in the U.S. hog herd paid off with higher prices and profit margins.

The big global banks involved in currency trading plan a banks-only dealing system, in a move to reclaim lost business, the Wall Street Journal said, citing several people familiar with the situation.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates unchanged and make no new quantitative easing purchases after its monthly meeting on Thursday, in line with market expectations.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has enlisted retailing giant Wal-Mart to join the forces for the safety and security of the nation.

Howard Stern is returning to Sirius XM Radio Inc, the shock jock reported on his website on Thursday, sending shares of the satellite radio company up 8 percent.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week and the four-week moving average hovered at two-year lows, according to a government report on Thursday that revived hopes a labor market recovery was under way.

The brothers are coming up with an urbanised edgy version of Robin Hood called the Hood and Will Smith will be acting in it

MasterCard is buying the prepaid cash card business of foreign exchange group Travelex for 290 million pounds ($459 million), boosting its presence in a fast-growing financial services segment.

Another 17 U.S. billionaires, including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, have pledged to give away at least half their fortunes in a philanthropic campaign led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

British packaging company DS Smith Plc said first half pretax profit rose 17.5 percent, helped by strong volume and revenue growth in the recycled packaging business.

Production at one of Toshiba Corp's key chip factories has been halted by a brief cut in power, the company said, hitting its output of NAND flash memory and likely helping rivals such as South Korea's Samsung Electronics.

Innovative program from the London School of Business and Finance offers an MBA through social media platform Facebook.

Heavy snow blanketed French skies on Wednesday resulting in fresh traffic disruptions for European travelers after last week’s transport shutdown even as storm lashed Portugal and Spain.

South Korea chose to freeze its key interest rates on Thursday, after hiking rates twice this year, as the global economic recovery slows down and tensions rise on the border.

Google's Android mobile operating system has closed the gap on market leader Nokia's Symbian, just two years after its launch.

Stock futures rose modestly on Thursday as Treasuries steadied after a jump in yields, while data on the labor market was expected later in the morning.

Edward Chow remembers the nervous days of the early 1990s in Hong Kong, when tens of thousands of people left the then-British colony, fearful of what would happen when Chinese rule returned.

Bingle has taken to Twitter to rant about her ouster as Speedo's face