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Before its scheduled October 24 release, the first authorized biography of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs who died on Wednesday has shot to number one in sales through pre-orders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Published by Simon & Schuster, Steve Jobs is a 656-page work by Walter Isaacson which details Jobs as driven by demons.

Moody’s believes that the UK government will “more likely now … allow smaller institutions to fail if they become financially troubled.” Shares of RBS and Lloyds were down as much as 3.5 percent in London trading.

While broadcasters and advertisers dodged a huge bullet when the NFL solved its labor issues, it doesn't look like they will be as lucky with the NBA.

When Apple announced the death of its co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs Wednesday afternoon, friends, rivals, colleagues and even the President all responded swiftly to pay tribute and express sadness.

It’s probably fitting that on the day Steve Jobs died the company he co-founded was vying for the crown of most valuable with Exxon Mobil, the legacy of an earlier titan of commerce, John D. Rockefeller. In the early 20th century it was Rockefeller who had the vision to remake entire industries and help modernize the U.S. economy while creating vast fortunes in the process.

Amanda Knox has been offered a job in pornography by Vivid Entertainment

No, the HTC Flyer tablet isn't on sale for $99 like HP's TouchPad was. It was just a brief mistake by Best Buy, the electronics retail chain with an online store.

Gold prices booked two gains in a row Thursday and silver surged after the European Central Bank and Britain's central bank acted to protect the continent's staggering banks.

Absa Group, the South African bank majority owned by British lender Barclays, said it would merge its business and retail banking units and has also created a small team of Barclays and Absa executives to lead its expansion across the continent.

The first authorized biography of the former Apple CEO comes out Nov. 21.

iPhone4 v/s iPhone4s

India, the maker of the world's cheapest car, has come up with yet another feat as it has launched what it claimed the world's cheapest indigenous tablet on Wednesday.

The Occupy Wall Street movement staged a massive rally on Wednesday night, drawing on the newfound support of labor unions to attract thousands of protestors to downtown Manhattan and amplify its critique of economic inequity.

September Layoffs Mostly Came From Army, BofA, but the two employers outlooks could not be more different

Friendly's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. Friendly Ice Cream Corp. closed 63 of its 500 Friendly's family restaurants as the company seeks to reorganize its troubled business stung in part by the economy.

Straight from the Let's talk iPhone event [PHOTOS and VIDEOS]

A local ordinance that requires warnings about cell phone safety risks should be blocked from taking effect, an industry group argued in a U.S. court filing on Tuesday.

After one hour of “Let’s talk iPhone” it was an utter disappointment to see iPhone 4S and some new iPod, but not the next-generation Apple’s iPhone 5.

The iPhone 5 mystery remained a mystery after all. The tech world was utterly disappointed as Apple announced iPhone 4S, not iPhone 5, at its Let's talk iPhone event on Tuesday.

New Apple CEO Tim Cook began his first product launch on Tuesday at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino by trumpeting all of his company’s successes, but after almost an hour of self-promotion and smaller updates, Apple unveiled its latest iPhone, the 4S.

Shoppers hunting for back-to-school deals gave a nice boost to U.S. discount chains in September, though the rocky stock market and economic malaise may have curbed some people's desire to spend more.