Apple is lowering prices. Why?
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the massive advisory fee paid by Japan's Olympus Corp. in its takeover of a British company, a media report said, as the firm's shares continued to slide over the scandal.
President Barack Obama this week will announce a series of actions to help the economy that will not require congressional approval, including an initiative to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages, a White House official said.
The highly anticipated biography of Steve Jobs will be available Monday, and judging by advance attention, it promises to be an all-time great tome, capable of briefly reviving the sagging hardcover book business.
He had often used the narrative of his parents’ escape from Communism as a compelling theme in his public speeches.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time U.S. employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and will charge workers who use tobacco more for coverage as healthcare costs rise, the company said on Friday.
Dana Anderson, who spoke at the ANA Conference Oct. 21, became a Twitter sensation after Martha Stewart tweeted that Anderson is a hidden treasure. Her speech was rife with inspirational quotes and words of wisdom, and the audience lauded her comedic genius.
Princeton University Prof. Cornel West was arrested Friday, the second time this week, at an Occupy Wall Street rally in Harlem protesting outside a police precinct against the NYPD's stop and frisk policy.
The Texas Department of Justice stopped serving weekend lunches in 36 state prisons in order to cut $2.8 million in food-related expenses.
Groupon has released details about their initial public offering in a regulatory filing, which details how the company expects to generate $478.8 million in net proceeds.
Anthony Bologna, the NYPD deputy inspector who was caught on video pepper-spraying three Occupy Wall Street protesters with no apparent provocation, will face a slap-on-the-wrist punishment: 10 days' lost vacation time and two weeks' lost pay.
Libyan tyrant Moammar Gadhafi's four-decade long rule came to an end on Thursday as the autocratic ruler was killed by Libyan rebels he once ridiculed as rats. An autocrat who was condemned for tyrannizing his own people and sponsoring terrorism out of the country, Gadhafi will be remembered not only for his cruelty, but also for being an unmatched weirdo.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday picked a Joseph Lhota, an executive at Madison Square Garden and a former top aide to Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to run one of the biggest transportation agencies in the world.
The United States, in perhaps its strongest language since the war on terrorism started 10 years ago, warned Pakistan that it would face serious consequences if it continued to tolerate safe havens for extremist organizations that kill Americans.
ACC commissioner John Swofford essentially ruled out the conference accepting Notre Dame at the ACC basketball media day on Wednesday.
Former Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday after being injured during a Libyan rebel attack near his hometown of Sirte. A new Libya is born, a rebel spokesman said.
The New York Times Company on Thursday announced a third-quarter profit of $15.7 million, buoyed by 324,000 paid subscriptions to its Web site. The online gains offset an 8.8 percent drop in ad revenue.
After 42 years, Moammar Gadhafi era is now finally complete, with the former dictator either dead or captured.
Washington early Thursday was in uber-data analysis mode, still trying to confirm initial reports that former Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi had been captured, injured and had later died from injuries after Libyan rebels approached his hometown of Sirte.
Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.
Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was expressing a broadly shared sentiment when he referred to the landmark No Child Left Behind education law as a slow-motion train wreck. Now lawmakers and the Obama administration are engaged in parallel efforts to reshape the way America teaches and tests its students.
