Don’t use that four-letter word around Paula Deen. No, it’s not a swear word; it’s the word “diet.” Though the celebrity chef dropped 40 pounds before joining Dancing…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tracy Morgan will help salute Eddie Murphy as he receives the nation’s top prize for humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington later this month.
Instagram claims to stand for artistic freedom, yet the service has taken down photos that include nudity from the accounts of Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell and countless other users – but according to the CEO it’s not the app’s fault. Instagram CEO Kevyn Systrom has claimed Apple is the reason the app doesn’t include naked photos as the App Store has regulations against nudity. At the moment you can only
A heavenly honeymoon, indeed! Allison Williams took to Instagram on Sunday to share a stunning photo from her honeymoon, just over two weeks after tying the knot with longtime…
Ahhh, the awkward stage. Chris Pratt revealed Monday that even he had to live through an awkward stage growing up when he shared a school picture of himself when he was just 13 years…
Twitter Inc named Jack Dorsey as its permanent chief executive on Monday, potentially creating a conflict of interests for its co-founder as he juggles the role with running fast-growing mobile payments company Square. Dorsey’s appointment ends months of speculation about who will take the reins at Twitter. Twitter will recruit its next chairman from outside the company.
(Reuters) – Shares of Alphabet Inc, the new umbrella company for Google Inc, rose slightly in their first few minutes of trading on Monday. Alphabet’s Class A shares were up 0.1 percent at $657.74, while the Class C shares were up 0.27 percent at $628.79 after about five minutes of trading. Alphabet is identical to Google from a stock market perspective.
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Vringo Inc subsidiary I/P Engine, which was seeking to restore a $30 million patent infringement verdict it won against several companies including Google Inc. The high court rejected I/P Engine’s appeal, meaning a August 2014 ruling against the company by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was left intact. A jury in
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gemini Trust Company, founded by investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has been granted a license to operate as a chartered limited liability trust company by the New York State Department of Financial Services, the state regulator announced on Monday. Under the charter, Gemini will operate a bitcoin exchange and will officially open for trading on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. (1330 GMT)) serving both
European banks and insurers could face new rules to control their use of “big data” to target customers with products after EU watchdogs said they would investigate the area. The global financial services industry is expected to spend billions of dollars in coming years to improve their analysis capabilities. The three EU financial regulators – the European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority, and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions