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Shares of IBM (NYSE: IBM) are above $200 for only the second time in the No. 2 computer company’s 101-year history, valuing it at $232.4 billion.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were: Home Inns & Hotels Management, Starbucks Corp, Microvision, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, TiVo, Smith & Wesson Holding, Sonic Corp, Charm Communications, Entegris and American Capital.

Facebook's original friends are moving into politics.

The judge handling the government's case against BP (NYSE: BP) took control of the third-party claims in a $20 billion fund, removing it from 9-11 Fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg.

Dwight Howard told reporters that he wants to be the guy on any team he is on. If that's the most important thing to him, he should stay in Orlando.

Mario Batali, the celebrity chef whose empire of cooking shows, restaurants and endorsements stretches around the world, settled a $5.25 million settlement in a Manhattan federal court on March 5, according to a report.

AT&T Inc. is seeking to sell a stake in Yellow Pages in an approximately $1.5 billion deal with private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, Bloomberg reported.

Chimps have police that intervene in group conflicts, according to a new study.

The rock band Rush demanded that the conservative commentator with whom they share name stop playing their music following the Sandra Fluke controversy.

The bank said half of the redundancies, 500 more than it previously proposed, should occur this year.

A new Indonesian regulation that changes the rules on foreign ownership of mines applies to all foreign companies and is not aimed specifically at the largest of those, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (FCX.N), the deputy energy and mining minister said on Thursday.

Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp's tech visionary, believes the world has moved past the personal computer, potentially leaving behind the world's largest software company.

A senior member of the unit Rupert Murdoch created to clean up reporting practices at his British newspapers has consulted a private firm about improving the security system at his home, his spokesman said Wednesday night.

Japan's economy shrank less than initially estimated in the fourth quarter as companies ramped up capital expenditure, but the current account swung to a record deficit in January as a shift away from nuclear power pushes up fossil fuel imports.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) unveiled a faster iPad tablet with a sharper display and the ability to connect with the Internet on 4G broadband networks.

More technology advertisers, including Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) and PolyCom (Nasdaq:PLCM) have withdrawn from the “Rush Limbaugh Show” after the host’s derogatory remarks about a female Georgetown University law student.

Peru's government will complete divesting itself from the country's sugar mill industry, completing the change in agrarian policy in the country started in 1997 and marking the end of government involvement that sector has seen since 1969, according to Bloomberg News. The development is expected to help boost sugar production in the country and, consequently, send world sugar prices down.

HSBC announced on Wednesday an agreement to sell its insurance businesses in emerging markets for $914 million in cash, in a continuing effort to offload non-banking assets.

Lady Gaga Sets Twitter Record with 20 Million Followers: Mother Monsters' Most Popular Twipics (PHOTOS)

Two senior journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's News International have apparently attempted suicide as pressure mounts at the scandal-plagued publishing empire.

While concession stand snacks do seem a little steep at movie theaters, most people either skip the line or suck it up and empty out their wallet on popcorn and a soda. One Michigan man decided to take a more extreme route and file a class action suit against his local AMC movie theater.