Blackstone Group LP has raised more than $6 billion for a real estate opportunity fund, which eventually could match its current $11 billion fund, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama Tuesday used his 2012 state of the union address to the American people and Congress to propose initiatives to create jobs, help companies increase their U.S.-based operations, and help Americans learn the skills they need to succeed in the modern/postmodern global economy.
President Barack Obama discussed rebuilding the shaky economy and laid out his pitch for a second term during his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night.
President Obama's State of the Union Speech 2012, An America Built to Last, as prepared for delivery on Jan. 24.
The founder of online file-sharing website Megaupload, accused of masterminding a scheme that allegedly made more than $175 million through Internet piracy and illegal file sharing, was ordered held in custody by a New Zealand court on Wednesday.
Actor Jim Carrey's daughter made the cut on American Idol, singing Something to Talk About.She's given viewers something to talk about all right, as some are wondering if Jane Carrey got special treatment on Sunday night's special San Diego episode. She got a ticket to Hollywood, singing Bonnie Raitt's Let's Give Them Something to Talk About.
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The founder of online file-sharing website Megaupload, accused of masterminding a scheme that made more than $175 million in a few years by infringing copyrighted content without authorization, was refused bail in a New Zealand court on Wednesday.
A Japanese company called Rakuten bought e-book retailer Kobo in January 2012, and plans to roll all of its e-publishing work into Kobo, all to take on Amazon.
Google Inc plans to unify its privacy policy and terms of service across its online offerings, including its flagship search, Gmail and Google+ products, to make them easier to use, but the move could attract greater scrutiny from anti-trust regulators.
Twitter celebrates Louis Tomlinson Tuesday every week, but just what is the deal with the holiday dedicated to Louis Tomlinson?
Newt Gingrich's resurgent presidential campaign owes much to the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, who have in the last few weeks given a combined $10 million to the pro-Gingrich Super PAC Restore Our Future. With two separate infusions of $5 million, the Adelson have played an outsize role in shaping the outcome of the Republican presidential primary, raising questions about who Sheldon Adelson is and why he is motivated to back Gingrich so aggressively.
Stocks edged lower on Tuesday, ending a five-day rally for the S&P 500, as talks to resolve Greece's debt crisis hit a snag and earnings from a number of blue chips disappointed investors.
After the U.S. Department of Justice rejected South Carolina's voter ID law, Texas is anticipating a similar fate.
Internet search engine giant Google has poured out $9.7 million on lobbying U.S. lawmakers and regulators in 2011, according to Google's latest bill in U.S. Senate Office of Public Records.
Apple Inc's quarterly results blew past Wall Street's expectations as U.S. consumers snapped up near-record numbers of iPhones and iPads, sending its shares up 8 percent.
AT&T is expected Thursday by analysts to report net income of 44 cents a share, down 20 percent from 55 cents a share.
It turns out that Thomas went to the same high school -- though decades later -- as leftist filmmaker Michael Moore, Davison High in a suburb of Flint, Mich.
The U.S. economy appears to have shaken off the gloom from Europe's debt crisis in the fourth quarter, pushing ahead at what was likely its fastest pace in nearly two years.
Connect the Lighthouses along this scenic stretch from Portland to Bar Harbor.
Samsung won the latest round of its legal battles with Apple Tuesday when a Dutch judge ruled its appeal insufficient to block Samsung tablets for stealing Apple designs. It's a double victory for Samsung because the Netherlands is an important distribution center for the rest of Europe.
The U.S. economy is expected to have expanded in the fourth quarter of 2011 at a 3 percent annual rate, the fastest pace in a year and a half and well above third-quarter growth of 1.8 percent, as consumers loosened their purse strings, companies rebuilt inventories and housing construction perked up.
