Think before you say next time Double Bag It during shopping - for it could cost you more than what you think. If San Francisco's Board of Supervisors have its way, a legislation would soon be enforced that would expand the city's restriction on checkout bags to include all retail stores and restaurants and customers would have to pay for each bag the business establishment provides.
Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Tuesday following the previous session's sharp losses, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.49 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.21 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.17 percent at 0831 GMT.
Grant said the tabloid press lives in a funny cocoon of self-importance
Worries about out-of-control government debt on both sides of the Atlantic swept across financial markets again on Monday, knocking stocks sharply lower and pushing up prices of bonds deemed to be safe havens.
Asian shares fell on Monday as uncertainty remained over how euro zone leaders would respond to mounting funding difficulties for European banks, and an apparent failure by U.S. politicians to agree on deficit reduction hurt sentiment.
When Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed in September 2008 and shattered the belief that U.S. money-market funds would never break the buck, Washington rushed to limit the damage.
When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and shattered the belief that U.S. money market funds would never break the buck, Washington rushed to limit the damage.
Long before Wood's death by drowning, the West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause star had a lifelong, unsettling relationship with water, including a childhood fear of drowning and many significant parts of her life lived at sea. As Wood's case is re-opened, and as details about Robert Wagner and Dennis Davern emerge, sister Lana Wood links her drowning to premonitions of a watery death.
The Cowboys face the Cyclones after Thursday's tragic plane crash
Wall Street stocks were set to bounce back on Friday after Europe's debt crisis drove heavy market losses this week, with the S&P 500 falling through important technical levels and possibly facing another key test of strength.
Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open for equities on Wall Street Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.2 to 0.3 percent.
Activist investor Ralph Whitworth is joining Hewlett Packard Co's board after taking a small stake in the Silicon Valley behemoth, a move that may cheer many on Wall Street frustrated by the company's recent decisions.
Protesters gathered outside People Magazine's New York headquarters Thursday wearing masks of Ryan Gosling's face with the eyes poked out. Fans held up signs in support for Ryan Gosling and lambasted People for choosing Bradley Cooper as 2011's Sexiest Man Alive.
Anglo-Dutch publishing and events group Reed Elsevier Plc/NV posted a 1 percent rise in underlying sales for the first nine months of the year and said macroeconomic uncertainty had had only a marginal effect on its results.
There are certain values and vows I hold sacred, said Demi
Hathaway has been filming Dark Knight Rises
At least six people in three states were killed, dozens injured and several home destroyed when a tornado-causing storm system swept through the Southeast on Wednesday.
Mariah Yeater on Wednesday quietly dropped her lawsuit that claimed that the teen sensation had fathered her child even as the date of DNA test approached near, according to TMZ.
During a demonstration in Kuwait City on Wednesday night, dozens of protestors forced their way into Parliament to demand the removal of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah.
The economic crisis could lead to a rise of drug-related HIV infections across Europe, public health officials warn.
A cold front moving across the Southeast is said to attribute to these storms. The National Weather Service assigned a tornado watch in several of these states, including Florida and Tennessee.
France-based Airbus AS has secured a total of 211 orders at the 12th Dubai Airshow worth $20.5 billion. The order involves 135 firm orders worth $13.7 billion (130 A320neo and five A380s) and 76 memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth $6.8 billion.
