IBT Staff Reporter

General Motors Co GM.UL may finalize a deal this week to sell a majority stake in its European carmaking arm Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as the firm sheds unwanted brands.

Oct 13, 2009

So many films take tortuous years of dealmaking to reach the screen that it's reassuring to find a project that came together practically overnight.

Oct 13, 2009

Domino's Pizza Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, boosted by lower interest expense and tighter cost controls.

Oct 13, 2009

Japan Airlines Corp plans to ask creditors for 250 billion yen ($2.8 billion) worth of debt forgiveness and debt-for-equity swaps and will also seek 150 billion yen in capital, a source familiar with the matter said.

Oct 13, 2009

Charlize Theron has opted out of the thriller The Tourist, to which she has long been attached, and sources say Angelina Jolie is in talks to replace her.

Oct 13, 2009

U.S. agribusiness and trading company Cargill Inc reported a 65 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by plunging earnings at fertilizer maker Mosaic Co, in which Cargill is the majority shareholder.

Oct 13, 2009

If you are what you eat, you may also be a product of where you live: Living in a neighborhood where it's pleasant and easy to walk and fresh fruits and vegetables are close at hand can slash a person's

Oct 13, 2009

Johnson & Johnson posted weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue on Tuesday as sales of prescription drugs and cardiac stents disappointed, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.

Oct 13, 2009

The scars of childhood cancer may go beyond the physical: Adults who survived cancer as children may have lower-than-average likelihood of getting married, a new study suggests.

Oct 13, 2009

Stock futures turned mostly lower on Tuesday as Johnson & Johnson's third-quarter sales figures disappointed investors, offsetting a lift from higher commodity prices that rose with the weaker U.S. dollar.

Oct 13, 2009

British entrepreneur James Dyson, who famously brought sex appeal to the lowly household vacuum cleaner, is back with another high-tech invention: but does the world really need a $300 room fan?

Oct 13, 2009

People who live in neighborhoods with safe sidewalks, ample parks, good public transportation and ready access to fresh fruits and vegetables are 38 percent less likely to develop diabetes than others, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Oct 13, 2009

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch has hired Tan Chong Lee, who was last at Goldman Sachs, as its head of Southeast Asia investment banking, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Oct 13, 2009

Once swine flu patients are sick enough to need hospital care, they decline very fast, requiring ventilators and advanced treatments that quickly strain scarce hospital resources, several teams reported on Monday.

Oct 13, 2009

Alas, the reigning champ of Twitter vitriol has decided to hang up her boxing gloves.

Oct 13, 2009

Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.

Oct 13, 2009

With the undead of Zombieland stalking the box office, one person involved with the picture may be enlivened more than any character on the screen: director Ruben Fleischer.

Oct 13, 2009

Country star Carrie Underwood is returning to Fox, the network that catapulted her to stardom with American idol, to host a variety special.

Oct 13, 2009

Matthew Perry is returning to broadcast television with an untitled comedy he will star in, co-write and executive produce.

Oct 13, 2009

Bank of America Corp agreed to give regulators more information about why it refrained from disclosing details about Merrill Lynch's performance before it bought the investment bank, federal regulators said on Tuesday.

Oct 13, 2009

Elvis Presley fans keen to own a chunk of their idol now can: locks of what is claimed to be The King's hair are up for auction next week.

Oct 13, 2009

Domino's Pizza Inc (DPZ.N) reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, boosted by lower interest expense and tighter cost controls.

Oct 13, 2009

Singer and actress Barbra Streisand will auction hundreds of pieces of furniture, art, clothes and other possessions this week in a Beverly Hills charity auctio

Oct 13, 2009

More than a quarter of the staff at the Singapore office of private bank RBS Coutts have quit in a mass resignation and some are joining Swiss rival BSI.

Oct 13, 2009

Minor barriers to trade could slow the speed of a global economic recovery even if protectionism has not reached the high levels seen in the past, the head of the World Trade Organisation said on Tuesday.

Oct 13, 2009

Michael Jackson's new single This Is It was released online and on radio on Monday but fans and music experts quickly spotted striking similarities to an 18-year-old recording.

Oct 13, 2009

At its best, David Mamet's 1992 play Oleanna pushes plenty of buttons concerning viewers' attitudes toward sexual politics and political correctness.

Oct 13, 2009

Privately owned U.S. oil and gas producer Chaparral Energy Inc and United Refining Energy Corp, a special-purpose acquisition company, will merge and transfer its listing to the New York Stock Exchange.

Oct 13, 2009

Stock futures were flat on Tuesday as a weaker U.S. dollar helped lift commodity prices and Johnson & Johnson's third-quarter sales figures disappointed investors.

Oct 13, 2009