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The 2011 Academy Award-nominated film Moneyball detailed how Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane employed advanced analytics to supplement a small payroll and beat some of the most well-heeled clubs.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were New York & Company, Quicksilver Resources, Petroleo Brasileiro, SuperValu and Radioshack Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were Box Ships, Lexmark International, Stillwater Mining, Abercrombie & Fitch and MPG Office Trust.

More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village when it was blasted by helicopters and tanks and then stormed by Assad regime militia, opposition activists said.

Last October, Rockstar Games released a trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, the latest offering in the developer's massively popular franchise. And then, nothing. For months, Rockstar has refused to release any more detail about the new game. Now Rockstar finally throws fans a bone by releasing two screenshots from the game

Internet superstore Amazon has something huge in the works. After a long history of fighting against collecting sales tax, the company seems to have a new strategy to stay on top: same-day delivery.

Modeling industry’s blond bombshell Kate Upton, whose recent spread for GQ has awakened America’s patriotic spirits, was recently criticized by online blogger for her curvy figure. But now, the author behind the post known as Skinny Gurl, appears to have changed her mind.

Taking a taxi ride in New York City just got a lot more expensive. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission formally approved a fare hike Thursday that will raise prices by 17 percent starting this September.

Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, elected 11 directors at its annual meeting Thursday, including three nominated by former dissident shareholder Third Point Capital.

The Knicks will match the Rockets four-year, $28.8 million offer sheet for Jeremy Lin.

When New York-based banking behemoth JPMorgan Chase and Co. (NYSE:JPM) reports its financial results for the latest quarter on Friday morning, the market's collective attention will be focused on just one figure: the one finally detailing how much JPMorgan lost as a result of its ill-advised strategy of putting huge hedge bets on the CDS derivatives market.

Why is it that when a guy tells a joke, everyone laughs, but if a woman tells that same joke, she is looked down upon as (1) unladylike, (2) desperately seeking attention, or (3) still not over the pain of childbirth?

Romney's wealth is a turn off for independent voters, while smartphone users say they would likely vote for Obama if the election was held today.

Sports' elite gathered together on Wednesday night in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater for the 2012 Excellence in Sports Performance (ESPY) Awards, where Jeremy Lin, LeBron James and Tim TeBow along with ladies Brittney Griner and Maria Sharapova scored big. Athletes ranging from Drew Brees to Maria Sharapova to Jeremy Lin, who sparked a worldwide tidal wave known as Linsanity, hit the red carpet for the occasion, posing for photos at the 20th annual ESPY awards.

Linda Chase, 72, and her live-in boyfriend of 10-years, Charles Zigler, 67, must have really enjoyed watching NASCAR together -- because when he died, she continued to watch the races with him.

U.S. futures industry investigators are looking into why Iowa-based collapsed brokerage PFGBest used a tiny accounting firm that appears to be operating from inside a suburban Chicago home to audit its books, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Patriot Coal Corp.'s (NYSE: PCX) bankruptcy filing this week highlighted the diminished demand for coal in the face of cheap natural gas, but experts don't expect the fossil fuel to go away entirely.

Crude oil prices lowered slightly and hovered above $85 a barrel in Asian trade Thursday, as investors opted for caution ahead of the Chinese GDP data.

Brittney Griner, center for Baylor University's Lady Bears team, was awarded two ESPYs. Griner's award comes on the heels of Baylor's second NCAA basketball crown and the first 40-0 season in the history of college basketball. Griner, a three-time All-American, has also been named the AP Player of the Year and the most Valuable Player in the final Four.

The former New York Knick beat out Robert Griffin III, Rob Gronkowski, and others en route to his first ESPN honor.

TMZ is reporting that actress Kristin Chenoweth was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after an accident on the Brooklyn set of The Good Wife. According to Chenoweth's publicist, a falling piece of lighting equipment hit Chenoweth, who fell and struck her head on the concrete.

Recent polls have public opinion at a virtual standoff but House Republicans might be better off focusing on other issues instead of the empty symbolism of another repeal.