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Israeli and Iranian filmmakers whose movies were competing in the foreign language film category shared certain moments of awkwardness during a pre-Oscars symposium, in the wake of Tehran's directive to its citizens to avoid contact with Israelis.

Hedge funds' love affair with technology industry darling Apple Inc has rewarded some managers so far this year but half the industry, having been less savvy with its bets, is limping behind with subpar returns, new research from Goldman Sachs shows.

The Intel Inside logo on hundreds of millions of personal computers is finally making its way onto a smartphone.

Police have arrested a member of the notorious biker gang Hells Angels who allegedly shot a fellow Hells Angels member at a San Jose funeral. Steve Ruiz, 38, was arrested at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at a Days Inn Motel in Fremont, Calif., according to the Los Angeles Times. Though St. Jason Dwyer specified where Ruiz was found, he did not elaborate on what brought authorities to the motel or whether anyone else was present during the arrest.

Why is one professional observer so negative about America's short-term economic prospects?

Every year Hollywood comes together to celebrate itself at the Oscars, and in 2012 more people than ever will be planning to watch live online coverage. The problem is there is no official stream of the broadcast, so online viewers will have to visit the Oscargo.com Web site for updates and behind the scenes action.

Five months into her tenure, is new Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman really up to the job? Chances are no and the indications she gave last week are that she may never measure up.

The countdown for the much-awaited Oscar/ 84th annual Academy Awards has begun. It will be aired from Kodak Theatre, Calif., Feb. 26.

Here is a compilation of some most outstanding and unforgettable live performances at the Academy Awards through the years. Check them out.

The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) has seized over 60,000 lb of shark carcasses and more than 1,500 lb of shark fins from a Japanese fishing vessel.

Anyone looking for more evidence of a strengthening U.S. economic recovery needs only to consider conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, where businesses ranging from railroads and electric utilities to furniture and candy stores are racking up record profits.

World-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been spotted on multiple occasions at Freedom Acres, a sex club in Dover, California, according to radaronline.com. That's right, Stephen William Hawking, author of the bestseller A Brief History of Time, frequents a South California sex club where he pays strippers to grind on his body, according to RadarOnline's source.

March 7 is the expected date for iPad 3 to be unveiled by Apple at a press conference in San Francisco. However, the debut date is in danger of getting delayed because Apple is locked in a dispute with Proview, a Chinese firm, over iPad trademark rights, in the U.S.

Gerard Butler, one of Hollywood's hottest hunks, has returned home in good health after completing a successful course of treatment for substance-abuse issue.

Proview Electronics, the firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name in China, has a plausible claim over the unusual methods Apple used to conceal its identity when attempting to acquire Proview's trademarks, according to several legal experts.

The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly litigation.

First, Mitt Romney gaffed in admitting he was not worried about the very poor. Then, he admitted he only paid about a 15 percent tax rate. Now, his ad-libbing in Detroit led him to a flub about his wife Ann's Cadillacs.

If the Best Picture Oscar was chosen by Twitter, Woody Allen would take the trophy home.

Arizona and Florida were ground zero for the housing boom and subsequent crash, but the multifamily sector is finally showing signs of life, with developers again planning new projects.

Researchers have discovered rare fossilized footprints in the Arabian Desert that are revealed to be of the oldest elephant herd.

Terminal One at San Francisco International Airport reopened after an earlier scare when a TSA officer spotted a suspicious package.