Some mother's give their young daughters Barbies for Christmas as presents. Sarah Burge, a woman known as the Human Barbie, didn't just give her daughter a Barbie doll, she gave her a liposuction voucher to help make her 7-year-old daughter, Poppy, into a Barbie.
Nadine DeNinno
Jan 05, 2012
Gold was on course for a fifth straight session of gains on Thursday as growing anxiety on Iran boosted its safe-haven appeal and rising seasonal demand in China buoyed sentiment.
Mike Obel
Jan 05, 2012
Children's Place Retail Stores Inc
lowered its fourth-quarter earnings outlook, hurt by increased discounts to clear inventory, and the kids' clothes retailer said its comparable sales would remain flat.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 05, 2012
Yahoo named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its chief executive on Wednesday, hoping the well-regarded Internet technology and e-commerce expert will replicate his success at eBay Inc and turn around the struggling company.
Raymond Ronamai
Jan 05, 2012
Asian shares and the euro eased Thursday as concerns about the ability of euro zone countries to refinance their huge public debt dampened investor risk appetite ahead of a French bond auction later in the day.
Eric Linton
Jan 04, 2012
2011 proved to be a sterling year for silver, according to recently released figures from the Silver Institute.
Pierre Bertrand
Jan 04, 2012
Blackstone Group LP will conclude fundraising for its latest buyout fund in January, raising just over $16 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in a 4-year process challenged by the global financial crisis.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 04, 2012
The surprise departure of PayPal President Scott Thompson from eBay Inc could seriously set back any moves to spin-off the payments business as a separate company, investors and analysts said on Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 04, 2012
Here are all the details on where to buy Kate Middleton's holiday accessories including diamond drop earrings, velvet hat, rain boots and sheepskin shearling jacket.
Cavan Sieczkowski
Jan 04, 2012
Securities regulators charged an Illinois-based investment adviser on Wednesday with using LinkedIn and other social media networking websites to lure investors by offering more than $500 billion in fake securities.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 04, 2012
Bill Gross, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, is sounding like a Wall Street ghost-hunter in his latest investment letter.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 04, 2012
Now that Scott Thomson, 53, has been elected as Yahoo’s new CEO as well as a director, here are a couple of items the technology savvy accountant needs to take care of fast:
David Zielenziger
Jan 04, 2012
WJB Capital Group Inc. announced Tuesday that the Wall Street firm is halting its brokerage operations after a difficult year. The firm now also faces a lawsuit by an investor, James McNally, alleging fraud.
Julia Greenberg
Jan 04, 2012
Yahoo elected Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, as its new CEO, four months after ousting Carol Bartz as CEO and hiring investment bankers for a turnaround.
David Zielenziger
Jan 04, 2012
India has made hallmarking gold jewelery mandatory, a senior government minister said on Wednesday, a move that could boost demand in the world's biggest gold market by taking care of quality worries.
Mike Obel
Jan 04, 2012
China has publicly rejected new U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Daniel Tovrov
Jan 04, 2012
The upstream regulator has cleared Reliance Industries' $1.53 billion plan to develop four satellite fields to boost output at its D6 block and sent it for final government approval, an official source said on Wednesday.
Raymond Ronamai
Jan 04, 2012
India has made hallmarking gold jewellery mandatory, a senior government minister said on Wednesday, a move that could boost demand in the world's biggest gold market by taking care of quality worries.
Raymond Ronamai
Jan 04, 2012
The top aftermarket NYSE losers Tuesday were: Endeavor International, Parker Drilling, Ventas, Office Depot, iSoftStone Holdings, Demand Media, Noranda Aluminum Holding and Xueda Education Group.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Jan 04, 2012
The world's largest bond fund had $1.4 billion in outflows in December, according to fund analytics firm Morningstar.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 03, 2012
The U.S. office market improved in 2011, but continued growth in 2012 is expected to be slow, according to two separate reports released on Tuesday.
Roland Li
Jan 03, 2012
One useful barometer to gauge stock market valuation is the S&P 500 price-per-earnings (P/E) ratio, compared to its historical averages, both the mean and median.
Joseph Lazzaro
Jan 03, 2012
