Celebrity restaurants, long a fixture of New York and London, are now a confirmed Russian fad with the recent opening of a Moscow venue by a home-grown filmmaker raising the tally of eateries and bars backed by artists, actors, socialites.
On Tuesday, a City Council committee debated the proposed living wage bill, a controversial legislation that would require companies subsidized by the city to pay employees a minimum of $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 without benefits.
A Columbia University student, arrested for on drug charges last year, will spend his hard-time in a drug-abuse treatment facility instead of going to jail.
On Thursday Nov. 24, the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will dazzle millions of Americans as revelers map a course through Manhattan.
British actor-directors Ralph Fiennes and Kenneth Branagh will be honored at the British Independent Film Awards next month for their contribution to movies.
Cigna Corp. (NYSE:CI), which recently received antitrust clearances for its $4 billion acquisition of HealthSpring, Inc. (NYSE:HS), has now three distinctive growth drivers for 2012-2013.
Wodka vodka stated on its Twitter feed that it will take down billboards advertising its discounted product with the slogan: Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing. These have been described and criticized as anti-Semetic.
American Atheists has posted seasonal billboards in different locations including the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel. The billboards are the next stage of the You KNOW it's a MYTH campaign it started last year.
Gold prices have recouped its losses as the failure of the U.S. congressional committee to reach a deal on reducing the budget deficit and the ongoing eurozone crisis brought back the bargain hunters.
Three rare oil paintings by Russian-French artist Marc Chagall will be auctioned at Sotheby's New York sale featuring interiors of synagogues.
Russian high-end jewelry brand, Fabergé has unveiled its first store in London after nearly a century-long gap.
The hacker collective Anonymous has posted personal data, including the home address and phone number, of one of the University of California, Davis, police officers, who was suspended for Friday's pepper spraying of students.
Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Monday told Bill O'Reilly that the pepper spray that was recently used on UC Davis protesters is essentially a food product. Since then, a petition has been posted on the Web site Change.org, asking Kelly to back up her claim by eating as much pepper spray as was used on each protester's face.
Former customers of MF Global Holdings Ltd got some good news on Tuesday, as the bankruptcy trustee secured more assets and the CME Group Inc expanded a guarantee to speed the return of frozen funds.
While Kim Kardashian and her ex-husband Kris Humphries have remained civil about the surprising end to their 72-day marriage, people close to the ex-couple are dishing details about the marriage.
President Obama's speech on the American Jobs Act was interrupted today by OWS demonstrators, who have been targeting campaign rallies like Michele Bachmann's for weeks. Obama's reaction however, and that of GOP candidate Ron Paul (watch videos here), show a populist spin most GOP politicians, like Newt Gingrich, continue to ignore.
Grammy-winning singer Rihanna may soon be headed to the top of the album charts after her latest record, Talk That Talk reached No. 1 on iTunes on Tuesday, one day after its release.
Groupon Inc stock slumped 15 percent on Tuesday on concern about increased competition, leaving shares of the largest daily deal company close to their $20 initial public offering price.
The Dark Knight Rises is probably the most anticipated Batman film to date, set to release on July 20, 2012.
Humphries is reportedly cast as a villain on Kourtney and Kim Take New York
The U.S. Department of Justice said it is reviewing statements and actions by big banks and their trade associations to see if they have violated antitrust laws through coordinated action to raise consumer debit card fees. But experts say an actual investigation is fairly unlikely.
Stocks fell for a fifth day in a row on Tuesday, having lost more than 5 percent over that period as borrowing costs in Spain hit another record high.
