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The Sarah Phillips ESPN scandal is getting more intriguing (and more confusing) as the former ESPN gambling columnist is now allegedly being linked to a T-Mobile fraud. Not surprising, her reported partner Nilesh Prasad is also being connected to the latest revealing scam.

California teen Max Wade was charged with commercial burglary and attempted murder for stealing a Lamborghini sports car owned by celebrity chef Guy Fieri and participating in a drive-by shooting.

Platinum supply worldwide is expected to remain in surplus this year, in what will be its eighth consecutive year in surplus, Thomson Reuters GFMS said Thursday.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Wednesday are: Protalix BioTherapeutics, Charming Shoppes, Tripadvisor, Genworth Financial, Wynn Resorts, UBS AG, Herbalife, CBS Corp, Patni Computer Systems and Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) U.S. April sales rose 11.6 percent, despite fewer selling days than the previous year, as consumer demand for hybrid vehicles like the Camry Hybrid and Prius remained high, the company reported Tuesday.

Honda Motor Company Limited (NYSE: HMC) said Tuesday that U.S. sales last month fell 2.2 percent because of three fewer selling days than in April 2011, but on a selling-day adjusted basis sales actually jumped 10 percent on strong demand for Accord and Civic hybrids.

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), the world's largest car company, reported an 8.2 percent drop in April sales on declining fleet sales and fewer selling days compared to the year before.

Many believe Apple will finally use its recently licensed patents for liquid metal in its sixth-generation iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5. In response to these rumors, French designer Antoine Brieux conjured up several artist renderings of what the liquid metal iPhone could look like. Check out pictures of Brieux's iPhone 5 liquid metal LM concept here.

Stunning clothes, exotic models and fabulous parties might sound like fun and games but peel back the glamorous layers and you quickly see that fashion is serious business. A serious billion dollar business, to be precise. Three brands offered up their recipes for success in the digital space to IBTimes Fashion & Life. Here is what they said.

The one constant that we can rely on is the willingness of the Federal Reserve to act promptly if the data were to become unambiguously negative

Mergers and acquisitions are on the upstream as low interest rates, rising business and consumer confidence plus depressed prices for some assets have companies seeking buys that will allow them to expand or cut costs through synergy.

Europe's chronic financial and economic troubles threaten to reach a critical level in May as warning signals emerge from the continent's core and its southern periphery.

Germany?s retail sales rose in March compared to the previous month with the boost in purchasing power in households as unemployment declined.

Apple Inc. has developed a knack for sidestepping federal income-tax obligations through an intricate paper shuffle and a smattering of subsidiaries around the world. But its tactics fall far short of the nuanced approach taken by 26 companies that paid zero dollars in federal taxes over the last four years.

Recently-granted patents suggest Apple will implement a near-field communication (NFC) chip into its sixth-generation iPhone -- presumably called the iPhone 5 -- but in addition to sending and receiving payments from customers to merchants, Apple will also reportedly use this chip to send and receive gifts from one iPhone to another.

South Korean smartphone maker Samsung Electronics is planning to incorporate the designs and features of their much hyped next generation phone - Samsung Galaxy S3 - in a Windows 8 version, reports Windows Phone Life.

Gamification is the application of game mechanics like progression, prestige, competition and social feedback in non-gaming environments to change user behavior. In the pre-digital world, gamification took the form of marketing programs like frequent-flier miles, for example, but the Internet has taken gamification into more interactive and innovative areas.

While user excitement and rumors about Apple devices mainly flock around iPad and iPhone, Apple HD TV is also slowly yet strongly making its presence felt among TV addicts.

The country's tax police said they caught more than 2,100 people who had failed to pay their taxes for at least a year, including a car dealer who ran his business out of his home and an accountant who concealed 13 million euros in taxes.

Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG), the largest U.S. mall landlord, said Friday its profits more than tripled in the first quarter as the value of its properties rose and higher rents and occupancy rates boosted its revenue.

Tech analysts are busy predicting that laptop sales are expected to go down and tablets and smartphones would gain prominence in the coming years. However, top notch wireless manufacturers are still in no mood to stop introducing the new flagship models of their lineups.