IBT Staff Reporter

The U.S. government's director for cybersecurity has resigned, criticizing the excessive role of the National Security Agency in countering threats to the country's computer systems, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Denise Blackerby is hitting the road again. When retail gas prices scaled historic peaks above $4 a gallon last year, she found she could no longer make monthly trips from the Dallas area to Houston in her Ford Explorer SUV to visit her family.

Former Qwest Communications International Inc Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio on Friday asked a U.S. court to let him stay free on bail while he appeals his insider trading conviction, just over two weeks before the day he is set to report to prison.

On March 6, oil futures rose to above $45a barrel as dollar weakness and expectations of further output cuts by OPEC offset data showing that U.S. employment soared to the highest rate in more than 25 years.

On March 6, South Africa's Standard Bank, the largest African banking group, announced it will buy a 33% stake of Russian investment bank Troika Dialog.

On March 6, the shares of Marvell Technology rose after the chip maker beat expectations when it issued its in-line results.

Merrill Lynch said on Friday it had discovered an irregularity in its London trading positions and the Financial Times reported that a Merrill trader had been suspended over a suspected $400 million loss.

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Crotonville, we have a problem.

With stocks mired in multi-year lows and the fate of General Motors and banks hanging in the balance, investors are unlikely to curb their flight from risk next week, putting Wall Street on track for another brutal sell-off.

Bernard Madoff, accused mastermind of a $50 billion investment fraud, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week, three months after his arrest shocked his customers worldwide.

The IMF gave itself a scathing review for its mistakes in spotting the roots of the global crisis and acknowledged it fell short in its job as the world's global financial overseer.

Britain will take a stake of up to 75 percent in Lloyds Banking Group after agreeing to a deal that would cap the bank's losses on about 250 billion pounds ($356 billion) of its risky assets, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

A court in Germany fined a man 1,800 euros ($2,300) for inadvertently passing on an SMS text message which told the recipient they had just killed a Turk by opening it, his lawyer said Friday.

ENGlobal announces date for 2008 fiscal year earnings release

Dow Chemical Co and Rohm and Haas Co said they are in talks to try to settle litigation related to Dow's refusal to close its more than $15 billion takeover of Rohm and Hass.

Resetting ties between the United States and Russia will take time, and the relationship needs more trust, predictability, and progress, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Frida

Britain will take a stake of up to 75 percent in Lloyds Banking Group after agreeing a deal to cap the bank's losses on about 250 billion pounds ($352 billion) of its risky assets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Ireland's financial regulator said on Friday it is investigating the mispricing of trades at Merrill Lynch and is conferring with regulatory counterparts in the UK and the United States.

U.S. stocks mostly rose on Friday, with the Dow and S&P rebounding late in the day to end higher as surging oil prices lifted energy stocks and offset a sell-off in technology shares on bets that the slowing economy will sap consumer spending on gadgets.

Even as we struggle with serious global financial and economic difficulties, some people believe manmade global warming is a real problem of urgent concern. Perhaps this is because, almost every day, media outlets quote “experts” who predict that soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing storms, prolonged droughts and other disasters will result from human activity.

The United States must make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than proposed by President Barack Obama if the world is to stand a chance of avoiding devastating climate change, an EU official said.

U.S. stocks mostly rose on Friday, with the Dow and S&P rebounding late in the day to end higher as surging oil prices lifted energy stocks and offset a sell-off in technology shares on bets that the slowing economy will sap consumer spending on gadgets.

The Boxee and Hulu drama seems to have been reignited today.

Bernard Madoff, accused mastermind of a $50 billion investment fraud, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week, three months after his arrest shocked his customers worldwide.

Stocks fell to further 12-year lows on Friday as a bearish brokerage view on Apple Inc prompted a sell-off in technology shares and overhanging fears about the banking system's future weighed.

New York financier Bernard Madoff, accused of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, may be near a plea deal with prosecutors.

The Danish government is open to all options concerning its 14.3 percent stake in Scandinavian airline SAS including a sale or a merger, Finance Minister Lars Rasmussen told a parliamentary committee.

Sony’s latest-generation network security cameras will be use to survey and secure some of Department of Defense's most sensitive area.