When a country builds a skyscraper, a financial collapse will soon follow, a new report from Barclay's Capital -- suggesting investors should take a hard look at India and China.
Where to get the best New York slice.
The first lady told CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King she hasn't read Jodi Kantor's new book on the Obamas, which describes tensions between her and her husband's staff. But she still took offense to reports she clashed with White House top brass as well as grew frustrated with the constraints of being a president's wife.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined with the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation to launch the Green Jobs/Green Bronx Outreach Program on Tuesday.
Katrina Bowden has got it all - a killer body, a mega-watt smile and a flourishing career started on 30 Rock. Now the beautiful 23-year-old can add Maxim cover girl to the list.
Did you hear the one about the Principal and the copy machine? When parents, teachers and students in Bronxdale did, they were outraged that officials at the Department of Education let the school chief off so lightly.
Less than a month after a teaser trailer for the prologue was leaked on the Internet, and just as quickly as they went on sale, tickets for a midnight IMAX screening of The Dark Knight Rises have sold out.
Several states that won a federal contest to pursue education reforms are struggling to institute comprehensive systems for evaluating teacher effectiveness, according to a progress report released by the U.S. Department of Education.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday dropped his $1.73 billion hostile bid for Commercial Metals Co (CMC.N) after failing to pick up support among the metal company's other shareholders.
A vandal in North Carolina defaced the sign for Beulah Hill Baptist Church in West End, N.C, writing Beyoncé had her baby. Satan is on Earth.
European Union regulators have preliminarily rejected the proposed $17 billion tie-up of NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Deutsche Boerse (DBOEF), the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a senior European Union official.
Model Lauren Scruggs has spoken out for the first time since her tragic accident when she suffered severe injuries to her face, shoulder and left hand after walking into a moving airplane propeller. The 23-year-old fashion model wrote a note of appreciation for supporters on her blog, Lolo, Monday.
A collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified proof of retroviruses and herpes viruses in illegal wildlife imports at several international airports in the U.S.
Gay tourism destinations - those which showcase liberal attitudes toward same gender couples and boast extensive gay infrastructure offering socializing opportunities - have been recognized as a lucrative niche tourism segment.
Stock index futures dipped on Wednesday, a day after major indexes hit a five-month high, with pressure on the euro testing the recent view that the U.S. market was decoupling from Europe.
There is, as yet, no exact knowledge of what happened behind the scenes at the birth of American pop singer Beyonce Knowles' daughter. However, there are certainly several rumors flying about. The biggest, probably, such rumor suggests the singer was never really pregnant. Sources are now saying the baby was born via a surrogate.
Beyonce and husband Jay-Z checked out of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York with their newborn baby on Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.
The rivalry between Jay-Z and 50 Cent is not new to their fans. However, the feud between them seems to have been reignited, after 50 Cent posted fake snaps of Jay-Z and Beyonce's newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.
A Muslim cleric from Iran has claimed that the social networking site Facebook is un-Islamic and being a member of it is a sin, the ISNA news agency reported last week.
U.S. wholesale baker Hostess Brands Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Manhattan on Wednesday, just months after emerging from a similar process last year, after failing to reach an agreement with workers on pension and health benefits.
The Rio de Janeiro's winter 2012 fashion week got under way this Tuesday with a series of couture collection displays by designers like Alexandre Herchcovitch, Erika Frade and Alessa Migani.
From little black dresses to bejeweled black gowns, it was certainly clear which color was the favorite at the 2012 National Board of Review Awards Gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City.
