IBT Staff Reporter

With about three months to go, U.S. regulators say some consumers are still unprepared for the television industry switch to digital broadcasting, which will affect Americans who do not receive their signals through cable or satellite.

Stocks extended their slide to 12-year lows on Thursday as General Motors' warning of possible bankruptcy and concerns about the fate of the banking system sped investors' flight from riskier assets.

Fans of The Beatles who have always wanted to sing alongside John and Paul, or rock with George and Ringo, will finally get their chance on September 9 when the band's much-anticipated videogame hits the shelves.

Amazon.com Inc will allow shoppers to trade in used video games for store credit, a move that may challenge a core driver of profitability for No. 1 U.S. game retailer GameStop Corp.

A senior Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday he would push to pass legislation to repeal a three-year-old U.S. ban on Internet gambling that has hurt trade ties with European Union.

Amazon.com said on Thursday that it would allow shoppers to trade-in used videogames for store credit, a move that may challenge a core driver of profitability for game retailer GameStop.

Canon announced two new professional photo printers on Wednesday at the Photo Marketing Association exhibit in Las Vegas.

The Yahoo Search Blog announced Thursday that the search startup it acquired last May, called Inquisitor, will be launched as an application on Apple's iPhone.

Any climate bill that passes the Senate is unlikely to adhere to an Obama administration plan that the government auction all of the permits to emit greenhouse gases because it would be too harsh on big industry, a key democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.

The European Central Bank cut interest rates to an all-time low of 1.5 percent on Thursday, keeping up a record pace of reductions as the euro zone economy slides deeper into recession.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday pledged to work with Congress to pass legislation that would impose a cap-and-trade system to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming.

Apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. announced Thursday that its sales fell from the same month last year.

U.S. stocks are trading at compelling prices after their plunge to 12-year lows this week and could rally 25 percent by the end of the year, said Jim O'Shaughnessy, a well-known investor on Wall Street.

Stocks slid on Thursday, hit by persistent worries about major banks, including Citigroup , and a warning from General Motors about a possible bankruptcy.

One dollar could buy a cup of coffee, a pack of chewing gum, or a roll of bathroom tissue.

With about three months to go, U.S. regulators say some consumers are still unprepared for the television industry switch to digital broadcasting, which will affect Americans who do not receive their signals through cable or satellite.

U.S. regulators failed to spot how much risk insurer AIG was piling on, and by the time they understood, they had no choice but to pour in tens of billions of public dollars, officials said on Thursday.

The chairman of Citic Group, China's top financial conglomerate, said on Thursday Spain's second-largest bank, BBVA, has a strong desire to raise its stake in CITIC Bank.

Bank of America Corp said it could suffer grave harm if it is forced to reveal data about an estimated $3.6 billion of bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch & Co officials in the days before the bank acquired the brokerage.

Ford Motor Co's new debt tender marked the latest string of corporate debt restructurings designed to help get the automaker on stronger footing amid a prolonged credit crisis.

U.S. retailers posted better-than-expected February same-store sales on Thursday due to a strong gain at discounter Wal-Mart Stores Inc , which said lower gasoline prices had loosened some household budgets.

General Electric Co acknowledged on Thursday that a cut in its top-tier credit rating was possible, but its chief financial officer said there was no time bomb hidden in its hefty finance arm.

U.S. stocks extended declines on Thursday, hurt by a warning from General Motors about possible bankruptcy and persistent uncertainty about the fate of major banks.

About one in eight U.S. homeowners with mortgages, a record share, ended 2008 behind on their loan payments or in the foreclosure process as job losses intensified a housing crisis spawned by lax lending practices, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Thursday.

Intel announced the creation of a new type of TV antenna which the company claims to be the world's first embedded balanced antenna for Digital TV on a Laptop.

U.S. stocks slid on Thursday, hit by a warning from General Motors about possible bankruptcy and persistent worries about major banks.

GENIVI Automotive manufacturers and suppliers use a proven automotive prototype running on Intel® Atom™ processor for GENEVI platform.

The following are prepared remarks concerning the Federal Reserve’s role in rescuing insurance giant American International Group, Inc. They were made by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald. L. Kohn before a U.S. senate committee in Washington on March 5, 2009.

Barnes & Noble Inc, the world's largest bookseller, said it acquired e-book seller Fictionwise for $15.7 million in cash, to expand its presence in digital world.