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Contradicting earlier reports, the iPhone 5 may be NFC-ready.

Tickets for his upcoming one-man show sold out in record time. Tickets for the first show of Charlie Sheen LIVE: MY Violent Torpedo of Truth, in New York's Radio City Hall sold out in less than 30 minutes. The 6,000-seat venue is the largest of his tour so far.

Brean Murray Carret & Co. reiterated its Hold rating and narrowed its loss estimate on apparel retailer New York & Co. (NYSE: NWY) after the company posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results.

Crude oil prices rose in Asian trade on Friday, after the United Nations (UN) approved the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya, raising fresh fears over oil exports from the country.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are: New York & Co, Capital Senior Living, Entravision Communications, Ralcorp Holdings and Diana Shipping. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Nike, Polypore International, Revlon, Basic Energy Services and Diamond Offshore Drilling.

New York Times announces a paywall for its digital content.

People.com confirms that Simon Cowell picked Antonio L.A. Reid as a judge for The X Factor.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that establishing a no-fly zone over Libya would require the bombing of air defenses, as the U.S. seeks broad action to protect civilians fighting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Thursday are: Motorola Mobility, Fedex Corp, Nvidia, Nextera Energy, Amgen, Qualcomm, Sanmina-SCI, Sun Bancorp, THQ and Cypress Semiconductor.

The scandalous 'Two and Half Men' actor Charlie Sheen is expected to give a major boost to the Japan relief fund as his estimated earnings from his upcoming tour gigs has been put up at $300,000, a part of which he has vowed to donate to Red Cross.

The troubled actor has added more dates to his Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour. Sheen will be bringing his show to Ohio, Connecticut, Boston and New York City.

A bankruptcy court in New York approved the sale of DBSD North America to DISH Network, in a $1.4 billion deal.

The film is a $200 million-plus project that began shooting on November 2010 even though the script had barely been started, reported Reuters.

Washington D.C. has emerged on the top of the 'most socially networked' cities of America. Men's Health has put together a list of 100 cities in a study that rates El Paso as the 'least socially networked'.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: AAR Corp, Tenet Healthcare, Brown Shoe Co, Universal Health Services and EnergySolutions. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Dividend & Income, Nomura Holdings, Motorola, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Progress Energy

All the figures feature Bieber's old, but signature sweeping hair do. Here is a look at the unveiling at the Madame Tussauds museum in London.

The nuclear crisis in earthquake-ravaged Japan has hit a new peak of worry – engineers are concerned that two more reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex may have become unstable.

Never heard of St. Peter's or Wofford? You're not alone.

Launching within four months, the program will allow customers to make purchases with their NFC-enabled cell phones

Neil Diamond, Tom Waits and Alice Cooper have become the latest music stars to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Manufacturing activity in New York State expanded more than expected in March, reaching the highest levels since June 2010.