IBT Staff Reporter

China Unicom and China Telecom users will be eligible to apply for accounts with China Mobile's Fetion mobile instant messaging service beginning in November, CCTime said on Monday citing an inside source from China Mobile.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc will have to give up its personnel information on a former employee accused of stealing trade secrets, after a U.S. judge on Monday denied the firm's motion to quash a request by the computer programmer's lawyer.

Facebook Inc. said it has acquired FriendFeed, a start-up that allow users to share links and status updates online, folding in a potential rival that struggled to take off.

A federal judge refused to approve a proposed settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp over the payment of bonuses to Merrill Lynch & Co executives, saying he was unable to determine if it was fair to the public.

Typhoon Morakot which slammed into China's east coast had affected over 8.836 million residents, with 1.429 million evacuated, six killed and three missing, by 19:00pm of Monday, Ministry of Civil Affairs said.

Smart Meter producer Echelon Corp. saw its shares spike as much as 40 percent early Monday after announcing a long-term deal to supply smart meters to the third largest utility in the United States, Duke Energy Corp. North American nations said they would build a capacity and infrastructure with the view to facilitate future cooperation in greenhouse gas emissions trading systems to fight climate change.

A massive magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck India's Andaman Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report.

A federal judge criticized on Monday a proposed settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp over the payment of bonuses to Merrill Lynch & Co executives.

The United States, Canada and Mexico on Monday unveiled steps to accelerate the commercialization of carbon capture and sequestration technologies in North America during the two-day North American Leaders Summit, in Guadalajara, Mexico which concluded on Monday.

The head of Hyundai Group will make a three-day trip to Pyongyang on Monday afternoon trying to win the release of a detained employee, the group said in a statement.

Facebook Inc. said it has acquired FriendFeed, a start-up that allow users to share links and status updates online, folding in a potential rival that struggled to take off.

Reality TV star Kate Gosselin who is going through a divorce process with her husband and co-star of the show Jon Gosselin, spoke in the first interview since both announced the bad news on TLC's show Jon & Kate Plus 8.

Stocks fell on Monday, but were off their session lows, as investors booked profits following a four-week rally that took the broad S&P 500 index to a 10-month high on Friday.

Barnes & Noble Inc plans to buy Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc for $596 million, in a deal that will expand the retailer's store base while providing entry into the burgeoning digital textbook book arena.

Mylan (MYL) has been approved to make a generic version of migraine headache medicine Imitrex from GlaxoSmithkline and is set to ship the drug immediately.

Barnes & Noble Inc plans to buy Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc for $596 million, in a deal that will expand the retailer's store base while providing entry into the burgeoning digital textbook book arena.

State Street Corp , one of the world's biggest institutional investors, said on Monday it may not have set aside enough money to cover fees and penalties linked to lawsuits and investigations by regulators into risky investments.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin called for courtesy on Sunday in the debate on health care reform via her Facebook page.

More than 300 Chinese children have been diagnosed with lead poisoning after a metal smelting factory was opened near their village, the Telegraph reported on Monday.

Media conglomerate E.W. Scripps Co posted a surprise quarterly profit, helped by lower expenses even as advertising revenue slumped, and said it amended a credit agreement, sending its shares up as much as 33 percent.

Michael Jackson's last rehearsals for a planned mega-concert series will become a film that will be released on October 30, Sony said on Monday.

Stocks fell on Monday as investors booked profits following a four-week rally that took the broad S&P 500 index to a 10-month high on Friday.

China planned an e-platform for police in Hong Kong, mainland and Macau to join hands to crack on cross-boundary crime.

General Motors Co and eBay Inc are launching a test program in California that will allow consumers to negotiate with dealers and buy new vehicles online, the companies said on Monday.

A U.S. regulator fined a unit of Credit Suisse Group AG $275,000 for failing to make independent research available to customers, as required under an industrywide settlement over alleged faulty stock research.

General Motors Co and eBay Inc are launching a test program in California that will allow consumers to negotiate with dealers and buy vehicles online, the companies said on Monday.

Chinese citizens are allowed to tour another nine nations, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Middle East, from September 15, according to the National Tourism Administration.

Dell will launch a mobile phone in China in the next day or two, according to TechCrunch, which cites “a source with knowledge of the situation.”