IBT Staff Reporter

Terrorist Carlos the Jackal is coming to the Sundance Channel and then to U.S. theaters via IFC Films.

A government task force working on a revival plan for Japan Airlines Corp is considering using a debt restructuring mediation scheme to help ease the airline's financing woes, two sources familiar with the matter said.

If you rolled every disaster movie into one spectacular package, you would wind up with something close to 2012, Roland Emmerich's latest apocalyptic fantasy.

InterContinental Hotels, the world's biggest hotelier, said it was too early to forecast a recovery as trading conditions remained challenging after posting a 19 percent fall in third-quarter operating profit.

It seems almost strange to recall now, but when Precious premiered at Sundance in January, it not only wasn't the biggest movie of the festival, it wasn't even the biggest movie of the night.

The Swiss government has commissioned two independent experts to investigate the failings of financial regulation during the recent crisis, it said on Tuesday.

Who wants to become the new singer for Aerosmith?

Michael Buble plans to give fans another dose of Crazy Love in 2010.

Junior bondholders are readying a lawsuit to challenge a restructuring deal for Greek mobile operator Wind Hellas that wipes out their investment, sources familiar with the process said.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said on Tuesday it agreed to pay $85 million for the rights to an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug being developed by privately held biotechnolgy company Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

As the buzz on a best-picture nomination for WALL-E hit a fever pitch last year, one Pixar confided: This is it. This is our last chance. After this year, we're out of the awards game.

The German government has banned hard rock group Rammstein's latest hit album from public display in stores because of its depictions of sado-masochism.

Sri Lanka's shares hit a two month low on Tuesday, as investor appetite declined due to economic woes and protests ahead of polls, while the central bank's cautious flexibility drove the rupee to a six-month high.

A judge on Monday blocked singer-actress Jennifer Lopez's first husband from distributing a tell-all movie with video of the former couple's sex life.

Britain's top two banks, HSBC and Barclays , signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for three years in losses on U.S. consumer credit.

After much delay, rapper Lil Wayne's rock-inspired album, Rebirth, is now slated for a December 15 release date according to Universal Music Group.

Its characters may feel like a bunch of unloved high-school misfits, but the quirky musical TV comedy Glee is putting smiles on the faces of music industry executives searching for new revenue in an era of plunging album sales.

Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides and raising tension just days before President Barack Obama travels to Asia.

The world will have to spend an extra $500 billion to cut carbon emissions for each year it delays implementing a major assault on global warming, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

Barack Obama this week makes his first trip to Asia as president, leaving behind a host of domestic problems with a visit that recognizes the region's economic and diplomatic importance to the United States.

Activision Blizzard Inc's hugely anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 videogame went on sale early Tuesday morning, welcomed by eager fans who lined up hours in advance of the release.

Wall Street was set for a lower open on Tuesday after stocks hit a 13-month high in the previous session on expectations for prolonged low interest rates.

A climate change deal is needed not just to ward off global warming, but to ensure a shift from increasingly costly fossil fuels that could lead to a doubling of energy bills, the IEA's chief economist said on Tuesday.

Apple released on Tuesday a Mac OS X 10.6.2 update which fixes 58 bugs including a bug which has been deleting user data from their Macs.

World energy consumption will rise rapidly over the next 20 years, pushing up costs and increasing greenhouse gases, unless a deal is reached to curb carbon dioxide emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.

The Philippines edged closer on Tuesday to lifting a cap on fuel prices in the typhoon-stricken island of Luzon, after the country's president urged a government panel to decide if the area's calamity status should be removed.

Industrial conglomerate Tyco International Ltd posted a 53 percent drop in quarterly net profit as soft economic conditions sapped demand for its construction and control products.

Talks between Indonesia and Korea Gas Corp over liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments have been temporarily halted, which may delay deliveries, an official at Indonesia's energy watchdog said on Tuesday.

South Korea's National Pension Service is in the final stages of talks with SK Energy and other companies to pump a combined 1 trillion won ($863 million) into their plants and equipment, a newspaper reported.