IBT Staff Reporter

Falling closer in tone to Shaun of the Dead than 28 Days Later or the George Romero movies, Zombieland has its tongue planted firmly in its rancid cheek while still delivering the visceral goodies.

Sep 28, 2009

NBC's primetime lineup is already laden with cop and hospital dramas, so it hardly seems necessary to add yet another to the schedule. And initially, the new medical series Trauma seems to be the same old tune, different verse.

Sep 28, 2009

U.S. healthcare companies Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson announced deals worth almost 5 billion euros ($7.3 billion) with European rivals on Monday aimed at securing vaccines and other products key to future growth.

Sep 28, 2009

TV reality star Khloe Kardashian, 25, and Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom, 29 got married on Sunday in a mansion in Beverly Hills, according to reports from People, US Weekly, the Los Angeles Times.

Sep 28, 2009

Delegates at the start of marathon climate talks in Thailand on Monday were told to speed up painfully slow negotiations as they struggle to settle on the outline of a tougher pact to fight global warming.

Sep 28, 2009

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Monday it planned to change the way it presents its accounts to reduce administration costs and simplify presentation.

Sep 28, 2009

Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 7 to 15 points, or as much as 0.3 percent lower on Monday, according to financial bookmakers, tracking weaker showings in Asia after falls on Wall Street on Friday, with investors nervously looking ahead to this week U.S. jobs report.

Sep 28, 2009

South Korea's KT Corp, which is holding talks to sell Apple's iPhone in South Korea, plans to introduce 3G smartphones supporting WiFi and mobile WiMAX from Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, its chief strategy officer told Reuters.

Sep 28, 2009

Dutch investor Louis Reijtenbagh's family has reached a settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co over the family's art collection, a Dutch newspaper reported on Monday.

Sep 28, 2009

France Telecom's Orange will start selling the popular Apple iPhone in Britain later this year, it said on Monday, when the exclusive contract held by Telefonica's O2 will expire.

Sep 28, 2009

Bank of America Corp has suspended its current commitments to ACORN Housing, an affiliate of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a scandal-hit U.S. liberal grassroots group, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.

Sep 28, 2009

The U.S. Treasury plans to kick off a fresh $15 billion liquidity and mortgage bond purchase program to assist state finance agencies providing mortgages to low-income borrowers, Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Sep 28, 2009

U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Monday after three days of losses on Wall Street as more mergers and the last days of the third quarter encouraged investors into equities.

Sep 28, 2009

U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday after three days of losses on Wall Street as more mergers and the last days of the third quarter encouraged investors.

Sep 28, 2009

The company's two largest shareholders -- Gratco LLC and Holiday Stationstores Inc -- will buy shares held by the remaining shareholders for $5.15 a share, the St. Paul, Minnesota-based company said in a statement.

Sep 28, 2009

Xerox Shifts to Outsourcing; J&J's Biotech Bet; Abbott Expands

Sep 28, 2009

U.S. diversified health care company Johnson & Johnson has bought an 18 percent stake in biotech firm Crucell for 302 million euros ($444 million) as part of a flu vaccine development deal, the Dutch company said on Monday.

Sep 28, 2009

An Australian court has ruled that local governments can pursue financial claims against collapsed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in Australia and elsewhere, a firm that is funding the litigation said on Monday.

Sep 28, 2009

Oil fell below $66 a barrel on Monday, extending last week's 8.4 percent drop, as investors focused on high inventories and sluggish demand, shrugging off tension between Iran and the West.

Sep 28, 2009

Early detection of problems in the lymphatic system is the best way to prevent the discomfort and disfigurement that can result from lymphoedema, the swelling created by disruption to the body's drainage system.

Sep 28, 2009

China Unicom, the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, will begin to sell Apple Inc's iPhone in China for a retail price of 5,000 yuan ($732.50), as it leans on the phone to launch its 3G service.

Sep 28, 2009

The name chosen by Kraft for its new Vegemite - iSnack2.0 - has been widely panned in online commentary from the public.

Sep 28, 2009

Dutch biotechnology firm Crucell said on Monday Johnson & Johnson had bought 14.6 million new Crucell shares for 302 million euros ($443.5 million) as part of a flu vaccine development deal.

Sep 28, 2009

Bank of America Corp has suspended its current commitments to ACORN Housing, an affiliate of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now , a scandal-hit U.S. liberal grassroots group, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.

Sep 28, 2009

Donald Fisher, who co-founded Gap Inc with his wife Doris forty years ago, died on Sunday after a battle with cancer, the clothing retailer said.

Sep 28, 2009

China Unicom, the country's No.2 mobile carrier, said on Monday that Apple's popular iPhone will retail in China for 5,000 yuan ($732.50), above market expectation, as it seeks to build up its 3G service.

Sep 28, 2009

The yen surged to an eight-month high against the dollar on Monday as Japanese officials waved off any plans to stem the currency's rise, driving the Nikkei down 2.5 percent and sparking a broad retreat from riskier assets.

Sep 28, 2009

Amid the din of all the other music-based games being released this fall comes a unique twist on the convergence between music and video games: Brutal Legend.

Sep 28, 2009

Belgian drugs, chemicals and plastics maker Solvay said on Monday it would sell its drugs unit to U.S. partner Abbott Laboratories for 4.5 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in cash and reinvest in chemicals and plastics.

Sep 28, 2009