IBT Staff Reporter

Making cheap international calls from an iPhone just got a whole lot easier.

The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll.

Detroit Tiger's player Miguel Cabrera had three times higher levels of alcohol in his blood than the legal limit when the altercation between him and his wife Rosangel Cabrera occurred, police said, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Hewlett-Packard Co may get acquisitive again despite its recent absence from the technology sector's M&A scene, analysts said, and Brocade Communications Systems Inc may a prime target.

Stocks bounced back from a four-day losing streak on Monday, as optimism about upcoming earnings gathered steam and data showed the economy's critical services sector expanded for the first time since August 2008.

The developer of the widely used Flash programing language has devised a way to translate its code to run on Apple Inc's iPhone -- a move that could dramatically boost the variety of applications for the iPhone.

The U.S. service sector grew in September for the first time in more than a year, creating jobs in banking and restaurants and giving a fresh sign that the economy is healing after doubts cast by recent poor data.

Adobe has released Flash Lite on a variety of smartphones and feature phones, but Apple said it won't be adding the new feature to the iPhone.

Comedian David Letterman did not tell the whole story when he described himself as the victim of a $2 million extortion plot by a TV news producer, an attorney for the producer said on Monday.

Brocade Communications Systems Inc is putting itself on the block and Hewlett-Packard Co is one of the companies that could be interested in buying the network gear maker, people familiar with the matter said.

Stocks rose on Monday, ending a four-day losing streak as data showed the services sector expanded for the first time since August 2008 and optimism about upcoming earnings took hold.

A U.S.-led group that includes former Ford Motor Co director Michael Dingman is in talks to acquire the automaker's money-losing Volvo brand, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Time Inc is gathering U.S. magazine publishers to start a jointly run digital newsstand next year that would deliver their titles to mobile devices like increasingly popular electronic book readers.

Two independent record labels sued U.S. rock band Guns N' Roses for $1 million, claiming the group used portions of two songs by a German musician on their last album Chinese Democracy.

CIT Group Inc is looking at increasing the size of a $3 billion loan it took in July to meet funding needs as the troubled commercial lender restructures, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

CIT Group Inc is looking at increasing the size of a $3 billion loan it took in July to meet funding needs as the troubled commercial lender restructures, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Magna and its Russian partner Sberbank plan to sign a deal for a 55 percent stake in German carmaker Opel next Monday or Tuesday, several sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

News Corp's MySpace has named a former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer consultant as its chief financial officer, a new position for the online social network.

The International Monetary Fund is evolving into a central clearing house that will help manage the global economy, the head of the IMF's policy-steering committee said Monday as nations debated the lender's future role.

U.S. network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc expects to continue on the acquisition trail after last week's agreed $3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg.

Burning coal underground could be one of the next breakthroughs to increase the world's energy supply, similar to establishment of Canadian oil sands, executives and academics told a conference in London on Monday.

Renewable Energy Certificates are not carbon offsets and should not be eligible as such under a U.S. climate bill, an environmental policy expert told Reuters.

A guilty plea in a tax case related to the ongoing criminal investigation of U.S. clients of UBS AG is expected later on Monday, a government official told Reuters.

Stocks snapped a four-day losing streak on Monday, after a broker issued a bullish call on big banks and as data showed the services sector expanded for the first time since August 2008.

The entire city of Buenos Aires seems to drink mate. Families lounging on blankets pass it around in parks. Friends sitting on benches sip it while chatting. Beach-goers break out mate tote bags. Some

Bank of America Corp will spend as much as $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 to relaunch Merrill Lynch's name and long-time bull logo.

Oil fell 2 percent to below $69 a barrel on Monday, pressured by jitters over the pace of U.S. economic recovery and easing concerns about Iran and Nigeria.

President Barack Obama gathered doctors from every U.S. state at the White House on Monday to press his case for healthcare reform in a week when the sweeping overhaul could clear a major hurdle in Congress.

With the population aging and fewer young people to take the place of baby boomers, the demand for housing may slow for years to come, keeping home values from increasing as they have done since World War II, according to at least one well-known housing expert.