Music and celebrity blog publisher Buzzmedia Inc. has hired digital veteran Stephen Hansen as its new president, the company said Monday, a month after it acquired Spin magazine and laid off its top editors.
A source close Tony Scott told ABC News on Monday that the 68-year-old director had inoperable brain cancer. The report has not been confirmed by authorities, and so far Scott?s family is not commenting.
Only one percent of the U.S. population serves in the military today.
New Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer appears to continue her housecleaning. U.S. sales chief Wayne Powers quit the search engine and media company Monday to become president of Parade Publications, the Sunday newspaper supplement published by privately held Advance Publications.
Unemployment is still well above 8 percent, the cost at the pump is rising and consumers are still wary and cost-conscious, but recent surveys indicate back-to-school buys and the upcoming holiday shopping season will be as good as or better than last year. Still, the theme of the season is cautious optimism.
Exchange operator CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq:CME) is opening a hot new table in the global financial casino, pushed to set up a derivatives exchange in London by clients who can't be bothered to comply with U.S. law.
Binge drinking may not be so bad after all, according to a recent study that found that binge drinkers are happier than those who do not binge drink
European rabbis as well as Israel?s Minister of Public Diplomacy have criticized Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) for publishing and selling an Arabic-language app of ?The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,? probably the best-known anti-Semitic forgery.
Gold prices continued to decline this week, dragging even lower due to unusually weak demand from China and India - the two largest gold consumers - that has extended for several months.
The same day as their one year anniversary of the "Fairytale Wedding" that lasted a mere 72 days, the ex-girlfriend of Kris Humphries Myla Sinanaj will testify in a deposition for his divorce to Kim Kardashian on Monday.
William Windom, the actor best known for his roles on "Star Trek" and "Murder She Wrote," died on Thursday at his home in Woodacre, Calif., of congestive heart failure. He was 88.
General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) will recall 249,260 mid-size sport utility vehicles to correct a potential fire hazard, a U.S. government safety agency said.
Colleen Shannon, who was a Playboy Playmate in 2004, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly smuggling a man across the U.S. border.
Kim Kardashian?s wedding anniversary marks a year ago that the reality TV star walked down the aisle with basketball player Kris Humphries before splitting up 72 days later.
By the time "Compliance" hit theaters on Friday, the film had already been labeled "disturbing" and "provocative."
Though he denies it today, presumptive Republican Party vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan?s primary economic and fiscal influence was Ayn Rand, an extremely conservative thinker whose flawed economic and social theories were only outdone in perniciousness by her utter disregard for society and the common good.
Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), Germany's largest bank, is being investigated by U.S. officials over ties to Iran and Sudan.
It may be surprising to many who believe that Wall Street and global finance are inherently malevolent that a century ago, the public had a very similar perception of financial services, a notion that was channeled by editorial cartoonists in hard-hitting illustrations in magazines like Puck and newspapers like the New York Herald. These cartoons would be as fitting today as they were in 1912.
The 49ers and Texans meet in both teams second preseason game of the year.
The Jets and Giants face off in their second 2012 preseason game. Here?s how to watch a live stream online, as well as a preview and prediction of Tim Tebow?s New York debut.
The rags-to-riches, self-publishing story of "Fifty Shades of Grey" has garnered plenty of industry attention, with articles dedicated to how the phenomenon is sounding the death knell for printed books and traditional publishing houses.
France, Germany, Spain, China and Japan, among other nations, have moved by leaps and bounds ahead of the U.S. in cutting-edge rail transportation (and in rail line profitability), while Amtrak struggles to survive on budgetary scraps from Congress. Many rail experts believe that only investments from the private sector and sovereign wealth funds can save Amtrak.
