Roland Li

Roland Li

Terry Jones, the Florida pastor known for publicly burning the Quran, is running for president as an Independent, on a platform of spending cutbacks, deportation of illegal immigrants and tax cuts for businesses.

Nintendo, which popularized gaming for the masses with accessible, colorful products, reported a loss of $926 million on Thursday, by far the largest for the company.

Bernard Madoff's family would be allowed to keep $82 million of other investors' money under a potential ruling that limited claims against New York Mets owners to two years.

When Bernie and Ruth Madoff attempted suicide on Christmas Eve of 2008, they did so in the couple's penthouse duplex atop 133 East 64th Street. When Madoff went to jail, they had to forfeit their many homes, which each gained an aura of infamy. Some have done better than others in the luxury sales market.

Chest X-rays are not effective in preventing lung cancer deaths involving both smokers and non-smokers, according to a government study involving over 150,000 Americans.

Rajat Gupta's arrest is the latest in the unscrupulous world of insider trading. Here are five more recent cases:

Charles Haldeman Jr., CEO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, will resign by the end of the year, the organization said on Wednesday.

Protestors from the Occupy Denver movement had another opponent on Wednesday: an early snowstorm that has left some with hypothermia.

Robert Charles Duffy, a co-founder of Marc Jacobs International, has sold 62 Bank Street for $7.05 million, according to New York City records.

Stephen King's epic fantasy book series The Dark Tower will become a television show on HBO, current home of book adaptation Game of Thrones, according to producer Brian Grazer.

Sales of new single-family homes were up 5.7 percent from the previous month to 313,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. However, sales activity declined 0.9 percent decline from September 2010, when an estimated 316,000 homes were sold.

Last Friday, Blizzard officially unveiled the Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion for its video game juggernaut World of Warcraft. The release of Mists - which could come as early as next year - comes during a crucial time for the franchise, which has lost almost 10 percent of its subscriber base in recent months.

The New York Times' lawyers on Monday sent a case-and-desist letter to the Huffington Post over the title of a blog written by former Times writer, Lisa Belkin, WWD reported.

Electronic Arts' first person shooter Battlefield 3, released on Tuesday, has been a hit with video game critics.

The Case-Shiller home price index reported small increases in prices of 0.2 percent for 20 major cities between June and August. However, annual returns were down 3.8 percent for the 20 cities measured, compared to August 2010.

Yahoo's stock rose around 3 percent on Monday, following reports that Microsoft and Google are contemplating financing roles for the private equity firms eyeing a buyout of the troubled tech firm.

Church members found a newborn baby girl in a shopping bag outside of Gospel Presbyterian Church in the town of Schaumburg, Ill.

Apple has posted footage of a memorial for late executive Steve Jobs on its Web site.

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been found to increase the rate of heart disease in women, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Raj Rajaratnam has broken his silence in an interview with Newsweek.

The recent bankruptcy of solar energy company Solyndra raises questions regarding its relationship with the U.S. Department of Energy, which allegedly modified a loan agreement to prevent the tettering company from going under. The incident casts a shadow over the solar energy industry, already a controversial field.

New Starcraft 2 units for Blizzard Entertainment's Heart of the Swarm expansion were revealed on Friday.

Blizzard Entertainment's sixth annual Blizzcon event started on Friday afternoon at the Anaheim Convention Center with the announcement of a new World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.

Occupy Wall Street has spawned Occupy Museums, a new offshoot that is targeting the temples of cultural elitism, New York's museums.

A second earthquake hit the San Francisco area around 8:16 p.m. local time on Thursday, sending a tremor through Oakland's City Hall Plaza, where Occupy Oakland protestors have camped out for over a week.

Occupy Wall Street has camped out at Zucotti Park in Lower Manhattan for weeks, but it probably isn't reaching as many bankers as it could. Which could have something to do with the fact that finance is no longer the area's biggest tenant.

Although the former dictator's rule has come to an unceremonious end, his physical remains present a complicated situation, echoing the deaths of previous dictators and leaders

Steve Jobs called Tim Cook to discuss Apple's next product the day before his death, according to Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank, who was meeting with Cook at the time.