IBT Staff Reporter

Roger Federer and Andy Murray opened their ATP World Tour Finals campaigns with comfortable victories over David Ferrer and Robin Soderling, at the 02 Arena, London.

South Korea is considering redeploying U.S. tactical weapons in the country in response to North's fresh nuclear activity. Defense minister Kim Tae-young suggested that the plan could be proposed to Washington at the Extended Deterrence Policy Committee meeting scheduled for next month.

United States' top envoy on North Korea, on Monday, stated that the evidence of a new North Korean nuclear plant was provocative. But, he also toned down the fears that the region was on the brink of a nuclear crisis.

China has trumped US to gain the top spot for the fastest supercomputer but IBM's Blue Gene, Blue Gene/Q, has been crowned the most energy-efficient of all supercomputers.

Facebook has begun to block messages that contain links to a file sharing site or torrents. The social networking site had blocked sharing torrent links on walls and news feeds since last spring and now has widened the block to include messages.

Deutsche Bank, which has $32 price target on Targacept, said late stage trial of the biopharmaceutical company's lead compound, TC-5214, to treat major depressive disorder will be positive in late 2011.

Amazon's Christmas bonanza includes Motorola Droid X, HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid Pro, BlackBerry Bold which are up for grabs at $0.01 courtesy Verizon.

UK's RM Plc, a provider of education services, reported double digit revenue and profit growth in 2010, and it lifted its full year dividend by 8 percent to 6.64 pence.

The Chinese government has announced a slew of measures to combat rising commodity prices, including boosting agricultural production and stabilizing supply of products and fertilizers.

In Bangkok, on Sunday, a debate was brewing as scores of people gathered to condole the death of more than 2,000 young souls. They placed milk, baby clothes and toys at the morgue of a Buddhist temple where foetuses were found hidden in plastic bags last week. The morgue at the now detested Wat Phai Ngern, is to be demolished next week after a cleansing ritual. The traditionally orthodox Buddhist country, had ruled out abortion on morals grounds.

Al Qaeda's recent Cargo-bomb plots which were foiled by the Saudi intelligence cost them just $4200, according the group's propaganda magazine. The Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) detailed the plot it called Operation Hemorrhage in its latest edition of the Inspire magazine.

Amid fresh reports of nuclear activity in North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, will meet South Korean authorities on Monday. Both sides are to discuss on resuming the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the North.

Luxury car maker Land Rover has rolled out the five-door version of the new Range Rover Evoque at the Los Angeles Auto show.

Sweden car maker Volvo is recalling 416 vehicles from model years 2000-2010 equipped with Garmin Nuvi 760 and 765 portable GPS navigation units as it has been found that the batteries can overheat and lead to a fire.

Nissan Motor co has revealed the concept of its hybrid model Ellure. A vehicle that embraces its sedan-ness with a more traditional profile and a modified hybrid drive system that features components from Nissan's luxury-branded Infiniti M45h.

Tottenham Hotspur came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 with a stunning second half performance to secure their first away victory at Arsenal since May 1993, in the English Premier League.

The coalition of nations waging war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan declared their intention, dependent on actual conditions on the ground, to hand over full responsibility the nation by 2014.

The need to buy gifts may overwhelm the influence of purchase pain on spending decisions.

It's been 33 years since Egypt's President Anwar El Sadat visited Israel. He then became the first ever Arab leader to engage with Jewish state. Though the United States brokered peace between the two nations, recent political developments suggest that things could go off balance in the coming months.

Facebook has to stabilize its revenue if it is to reach the $41 billion value cited in some reports.

The English Premier League returns with a cracker on cards when Tottenham Hotspur visit the Emirates stadium to face Arsenal in Saturday's early kick-off for a highly anticipated London derby.

Majority of Afghan population from the conflict-mired Helmand and Kandahar province never knew of the 9/11 attacks in New York, a new study suggested on Saturday.

No attempts would be made to rescue the 29 miners trapped in the New Zealand's Pike River Coal mine till early Sunday, officials said. The air quality in the mine was deemed unsuitable for any operations and there are growing fears of yet another explosion. The Tasman district police have confirmed that two Australians, two British citizens and one South African were trapped along with 24 other local miners.

The English Premier League returns with a cracker on cards when Tottenham Hotspur visit the Emirates stadium to face Arsenal in Saturday's early kick-off for a highly anticipated London derby.

Advanced biofuels, solar thermal power and solar photovoltaic's are all on a path to being cost-competitive with fossil fuels, a new study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) notes, before asserting that the future of alternative energy is arriving faster than you might think.

Toyota motors will upgrade engine assembly lines worldwide to cut output cost and make even the smaller assembling units profitable, the Nikkei daily report said.

General Motors-owned Chevrolet, will invest $40 million in various clean energy projects throughout America with a goal to reduce 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Users need to be aware of the security risks before signing up for Facebook’s next generation online messaging service that includes online chat, text messages and other real-time conversation tools, computer security firm Sophos cautioned on Thrusday.

Tough economic times are deterring some Americans from deciding to marry, although a deflated economy is not preventing prevalent optimism for the family unit, a new report released on Thursday said.