Hurricane Irene sent East Coast shoppers into stores to stock up on essentials this week, instead of the clothes, notebooks and other supplies that retailers were counting on selling as children get ready to go back to school.
keep for now
Aug 27, 2011
Ruling the list of popular internet trends like planking, owling and leisure diving is a most awkward theme: Horsemaning.
Monami Thakur
Aug 27, 2011
Facebook is getting out of the daily deals business after four months of testing, a move that may ease some competitive pressure on industry leaders Groupon and LivingSocial.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 26, 2011
As Hurricane Irene continues to roar up the East Coast headed in the direction for New York City; New Yorker's embrace the calm before the storm and have taken to Twitter to share tips and express mixed feelings towards the severity of the looming threat.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Aug 26, 2011
In mid-August, political operative Karl Rove stoked the flames of hope when he told Fox News' Sean Hannity that he sensed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was faltering in his determination to not make a presidential run.
Elisha Maldonado
Aug 26, 2011
It has been quite a year for New York, as the city has been hit with tornadoes, a blizzard, a heat wave, an earthquake and now a hurricane.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 26, 2011
Groupon Inc. CEO Andrew Mason, lashing out at what he called insane and hilarious criticism in the media, defended the daily-deals Web site's record and growth strategy in a lengthy memo to employees Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 26, 2011
Groupon Inc CEO Andrew Mason, lashing out at what he called insane and hilarious criticism in the media, defended the daily-deals website's record and growth strategy in a lengthy memo to employees on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 26, 2011
It's official: Facebook owns the Internet. Well sort of. The largest social network served up one trillion page view in June, according to figures released for Web traffic that month.
Laura Matthews
Aug 25, 2011
Facebook topped one trillion page hits in the month of June, Time Magazine's Techland blog reports.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 25, 2011
Protest took place outside of Edward R. Roybal federal building.
Cristina Merrill
Aug 25, 2011
For today only, Aug. 25, Redbook is offering a free one-night DVD movie rental in honor of America's Movie Night.
Nadine DeNinno
Aug 25, 2011
Popular travel site CouchSurfing has picked up a $7.6 million investment to become a for-profit company.
Mark Johanson
Aug 25, 2011
Would teens not smoke and drug, had Facebook not been there?
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 25, 2011
The Forbes list of Most Powerful Women in the world for 2011 was released on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
Drishya Nair
Aug 25, 2011
Kabam announced on Thursday that it will come out with a title based on The Godfather movie trilogy for Facebook.
Prarthito Maity
Aug 25, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Shares of the parent of online job board Monster.com are down nearly 70 percent this year, with most of that loss coming since early July. A company that once boasted a multi-billion dollar market valuation is now worth less than $1 billion.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Got a new TouchPad from HP's $99 fire sale? Here are 10 must-use app.s
David Magee
Aug 24, 2011
Female politicians took three out of the top five spots in Forbes' 2011 list of the most powerful women in the world.
Ashley Portero
Aug 24, 2011
Facebook has made wholesale changes to privacy, making it easier for you to hide the information you don't want others to see.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Social network giant Facebook, long criticized for failing to implement adequate privacy controls and for adopting a cavalier attitude towards the sensitive issue, is now trying to appease its users by streamlining how they manage and share their personal information.
Surojit Chatterjee
Aug 24, 2011
