The legal activist gives his first public speaking engagement in America after leaving from China.
It's being called the anti-Goop!
The literary phenomenon that is Fifty Shades of Grey continues to dominate (no pun intended) the New York Times and Amazon bestseller lists. The racy book and its two sequels have left millions of women glued to their kindles. Written by E.L James, it chronicles the unbridled sexual rendezvous between a young woman, Anastasia Steale and a gorgeous billionaire, Christian Grey.
Could Justin Bieber really hurt a fly?
Thousands of Ecuadoreans this week are trying to force Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, into complying with a verdict and paying billions in environmental fines resulting from a decade-long pollution case.
Supersizing your soda or any other sugary beverage at some of your favorite places in NYC may be a thing of the past if Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban is approved.
Marriott International Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. hotel operator, plans to acquire Gaylord Entertainment Co.?s namesake hotel brand and management company, for $210 million.
Investors flocked into longer-dated U.S. Treasuries for the second day in a row on Thursday, sending the yield on those products to all-time lows. The movement was one of the clearest signals that money managers took into account the crisis in Europe and some weak U.S. economic data figures and decided against moving into riskier assets.
Pierce Crowley, a 15-year-old boy from Westchester County, N.Y., who has been missing since May 25, was reportedly found safe in New York City. The Journal News reported on Thursday morning that Pierce Crowley has been found. Police Lt. Eric Fischer said Crowley was recognized by a New York City police officer from the 34th Precinct. The officer spotted Crowley walking with a group of youngsters in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan around midnight.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the biggest computer company, may have overbilled New York City by as much as $50 million to upgrade the 911 system, Comptroller John Liu charged.
JCPenney knows that family does not have a rigid definition. In fact, the idea of a family in the twenty-first century is something completely malleable and evolutionary. Thus, JCPenney does not find the need to showcase one sort of familial unit. The department store features them all. So in a new Father's Day ad, JCPenney featured a same sex couple, two fathers, playing with their children.
Samsung Electronics announced Wednesday the models details and availability date of its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, in Canada. The highly-anticipated smartphone will be available through leading Canadian wireless carriers and authorized national retailers, starting June 20.
Does Matthew Fox beat women? Dominic Monaghan, the former Lost actor's co-star, made that wild claim on Twitter.
Crude oil prices slid more than 3 percent Wednesday on fears of a slowdown in global economic growth. U.S. stocks also closed lower, with major indexes all down more than 1 percent and yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury sank to a record 1.64 percent.
Hundreds of tickets, including many in the lower bowl, are still available for tonight's game one.
The summer television lineup is typically choked with lackluster replacement shows and reruns. But this summer season promises to have an extra bite --three new shows are set to premiere that have a great deal in common.
Gold medal-winning snowboarder Shaun White is known for his moves on the halfpipe, but it was his moves on model Bar Refaeli, recently named No. 1 on Maxim's Hot 100 list, that raised eyebrows during a night out in New York City.
I will never, ever, ever fly on Spirit Airlines (Nasdaq: SAVE) again. In the past 24 hours, I have experienced the worst flying experience of my life. Over the course of almost seven hours of absolutely unacceptable delays, I was lied to, witnessed mothers struggling to care for their children, saw elderly people lose access to their medication.
Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell again Wednesday, giving back their early gains from Tuesday?s record-low close of $28.84.
Tom Brady starred in a new Funny or Die clip that mocks his Boston accent and shows off the Patriots quarterback's improving acting chops.
Hundreds of volunteers have joined the search for teenager Pierce Crowley, who has been missing since Friday, May 25. Celebrities have joined the effort as well, utilizing their social media networks to spread the word about the missing boy from Westchester, N.Y.
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in war crimes committed during the Sierra Leone civil war that took place in the 1990s. Taylor was found guilty by the same judge who presided over his sentencing in an international criminal court on Wed., May 30.
