IBT Staff Reporter

Gadget lovers and technology enthusiasts will get a mega dose of new product announcements for the coming year as the International Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest U.S. trade show, opens Sunday night in Las Vegas with more than 140,000 people expected to attend.

Georgians voted on Saturday in a presidential election expected to hand the former Soviet state's leader a narrow win, but opponents accused him of rigging the poll and threatened street protests. The election is the first big test of voters' faith in the Rose Revolution of 2003 that swept Mikhail Saakashvili to power on a tide of euphoria, but which many people complain has failed...

Her latest movie Rendition flopped at box offices, but fans still love Reese Witherspoon.

Worried about people accessing your private information whenever you use a public computer? There is a way to protect yourself: Devices as small as a keychain allow you to use any computer without leaving a trail of evidence. A new computer program known as MojoPac can turn most flash memory sticks, hard drives or iPods into virtual PCs that can run most programs that work on Windows XP.

The Iraq war, once the key issue in the U.S. presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.

Hopes for double-digit earnings growth in 2008 have all but evaporated

It has been called the 800-pound gorilla but it's getting scant attention in the U.S. election

Is the consumer electronics industry becoming a champion of the environment

The dollar fell against the yen on Friday after a pair of U.S. government reports raised concern about the economy, indicating that hiring slowed in December and the unemployment rose to a two-year high.

U.S. stocks on Friday declined after the data released showed rising unemployment causing expectations of a recession.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday for a third time this week as the Nasdaq Composite Index hit its steepest drop since Feb. 27, 2007, following a 5 percent rise in unemployment raising investors concern of an economic recession.

Crude oil futures fell on Friday after government reports showed lower U.S. job growth which may reduce oil demand.

Sling Media Inc., a subsidiary of EchoStar Holding, introduced on Friday a high-definition version of its popular set-top box and a new application for BlackBerry smart phones which the company will demonstrate at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas next week.

Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros studio on Friday said it will limit releases on high-definition DVD to Sony Corp's Blu-ray format, giving a big blow to Toshiba Corp's rival HD DVD technology.

A Silicon Valley startup re-ignited plans to offer free wireless Internet service in San Francisco, rekindling failed attempts by Google Inc. and Earthlink Inc., the company said Friday.

The Boeing Company recorded 1,413 net commercial airplane orders during 2007, reaching more than 1,000 orders for the third consecutive year.

Arctic Cat Inc. said on Friday lowered its third quarter sales outlook, anticipating that retail sales of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) will continue.

Wendy's International, Inc. reported Friday that average same-store sales at U.S company restaurants decreased 0.8 percent for the fourth quarter.

Communications between Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett and former American International Group Inc Chairman Maurice Hank Greenberg won't have to be turned over to the former head of a Berkshire unit whose fraud trial begins Monday.

Blank check initial public offerings look poised to carry their momentum from recent months into 2008, based on a bumper crop of new regulatory filings, but some say uncertain market conditions could put an end to the boomlet.

The pace of job losses in mortgage lending slowed in December, as some companies shifted workers to other areas of financial services, but the losses may pick up again in the new year as the U.S. housing market continues to weaken and credit remains tight.

Investor Mario Gabelli may want to thank billionaire tycoons Rupert Murdoch and Sam Zell for a good year in 2007 and a record high in the stock price of his GAMCO Investors Inc.

The dollar slumped across the board after a government report showed job growth slowed to the lowest since 2003, raising the likelihood that the Fed may cut interest rates by the end of this month.

Telecoms operators who wish to provide television over Internet in India will have to pay between 6 percent and 10 percent of their adjusted gross revenue as licence fees, depending on the telecom zone they operate in, the telecoms regulator recommended on Friday.

Jobs growth skidded to a near-halt in December and the unemployment rate hit a two-year high, according to a government report on Friday that raised recession fears and chances of more interest-rate cuts. unemployment rate hit a two-year high, according to a government report on Friday that raised recession fears and chances of more interest-rate cuts.

The nation's unemployment rate soared up to 5 percent in December with a drop in job growth as the economy succumbed to housing and credit troubles, the Labor Department reported Friday, highlighting fears of recession.

Banks may be forced to write down mortgage-backed securities tied big name takeovers of companies like Hilton Hotels and Harrah's Casino.

Intel said on Thursday it will drop out of the One Laptop Per Child project and resign from the board after the project's board demanded the chipmaker stop supporting other efforts in emerging markets.