Oil and gas producer Apache Corp will buy privately held Cordillera Energy Partners III in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.85 billion, part of a plan to expand its holdings of energy-rich reserves in the Midwestern United States.
The New York-based company will report its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens.
A full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" sold for $7.9 million at auction on Friday in New York to a private American collector, Christie's said.
This is not the first time Megaupload's founder Kim Dotcom had his brush with the law. In 2002, he was convicted in what was then the largest insider-trading case in German history and a Munich court sentenced him to 20 months probation and a 100,000 euro fine. Can he win the legal battle this time?
With a taste for Jimmy Choo shoes and Hermes handbags, Choice Okoro's idea of shopping is a world away from her mother's.
Jorge Posada's retirement will be officially announced by the longtime Yankees catcher during a press conference today at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Cities across the U.S. will also celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year. Take a look at the biggest parades, festivals and events to find where you can celebrate the Year of the Dragon in Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
Drew Peterson, the former Illinois police sergeant suspected of killing his ex-wife, reportedly called the Lifetime movie Drew Peterson: Untouchable depicting his life hysterical.
In a nod to the fantastical, Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2012 commences Monday in Paris, France. From Jan. 23 through Jan. 26, designers will flaunt their most flamboyant fashions for all the world. Here is the full schedule for the week, plus information on where to buy a limited edition exclusively designed Valentino handbag, made specially for Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2012.
When your health insurance provider denies an experimental treatment or a high-cost drug, how much are you willing to pay for the care you believe you need?
While the New York Giants and New England Patriots are joyful as they head to a Super Bowl rematch, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers are still reeling from late-game miscues by kicker Billy Cundiff and punt returner Kyle Williams.
For fashion zealots around the world, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is like Christmas, Halloween and the Fourth of July all in one. Happening twice per year, it is the jubilee for any and every fashion devotee. Fashion Week for Fall 2012 kicks off in New York City Feb. 9 and will usher in a slew of chilly-weather collections. In recent years, Fashion Week has not only catered to elite aficionados, but also to the end-consumer. Can pre-order options bridge the time gap between runway show and end-co...
Stock index futures edged higher on Monday, after stocks posted their best week in a month as the euro zone debt crisis and the economy showed signs of stabilizing.
Five weeks ago this seemed impossible. A fumble, a field goal and its Super Bowl time. Sporting line was right again! Now the call on the Nets, Bulls game.
The Republican presidential battle is set to be a fiery one, with the resurgent Newt Gingrich and on-the-defensive Mitt Romney locking horns on Jan. 31. Both front runners have just eight days left to impress the most unsettled Republican voters of recent times. In this context, the Florida debate on Monday night will see Romney and Gingrich at their dueling best. All the Republican frontrunners, by now, have learned that television debates are the key to the voters' mind.
The punt returner had a game he'd like to forget.
Kyle Williams, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and punt returner, have been receiving death threats and harsh words via Twitter on Sunday, after fumbling the last punt of the game. This fumble placed the New York Giants' in a position for the game-winning field goal in overtime.
Super Bowl XLVI will be a rematch of Super Bowl XLII
Who is Saul Alinksy? Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich knows. And, Gingrich thinks, Democratic President Barack Obama does, too. Gingrich, who won the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, has repeatedly invoked Alinsky's name recently.
The Patriots are headed back to the Super Bowl after a thrilling 23-20 AFC Championship victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
The massive online protest last Wednesday, in which Wikipedia and thousands of other Web sites closed down or otherwise protested and helped to kill controversial online piracy legislation, was widely heralded as an unprecedented case of a grassroots uprising overcoming backroom lobbying.
It's Chinese New Year's Eve 2012 and the world is celebrating the start of the Year of the Dragon in fantastic style.