McCartney, Bon Jovi, Fergie join for climate change song
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Fergie have joined forces to record a song about climate change.
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Rihanna Goes Braless in See-Through Mesh Dress for Dior Magazine—Check It Out!
Sneak peek? More like sneak peep. Rihanna’s new Dior magazine spread leaves little to the imagination, showcasing the 27-year-old pop star in a see-through perforated mesh dress. No…
Game of Thrones Just Cast unREAL's Freddie Stroma as [Spoiler]'s Brother!
From reality TV to Westeros! Game of Thrones’ sixth season just got a little more handsome, as E! News has confirmed that unREAL star Freddie Stroma is set to join the HBO fantasy…
Maya Angelou's art collection is headed to New York auction
NEW YORK (AP) — The art collection of celebrated writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou is heading to auction this month.
Stocks trim losses, Facebook vs. eBay and ad block battle
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G20 promises transparency on rate moves as global economy disappoints
World financial leaders will agree to calibrate and communicate monetary policy carefully to avoid triggering capital flight, but will not call an expected U.S. rate rise a risk to growth, a draft communique showed on Friday. Many emerging market economies are concerned that when the U.S. Federal Reserve raises borrowing costs, investors will withdraw from other markets and buy dollar assets, weakening other currencies and creating turbulence as capital flees.
S&P plunges 1.5%, briefly back in correction; Dow falls 275 after jobs
U.S. stocks opened sharply lower as investors digested a key jobs report that could provide the Fed with enough support to raise rates.
U.S. labor market shows some muscle despite slower job growth
U.S. job growth slowed in August, but the unemployment rate dropped to a near 7-1/2-year low and wages accelerated, keeping alive prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased 173,000 last month after an upwardly revised gain of 245,000 in July, the Labor Department said on Friday. August’s gain was the smallest in five months as the factory sector lost the most jobs since
BlackBerry to buy rival Good Technology for $425 million
Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) said on Friday it will buy rival mobile software provider Good Technology Corp (GDTC.O) for $425 million, to boost its ability to help corporate clients manage smartphones running on different operating systems. The cash deal may help BlackBerry, a one-time smartphone pioneer, win new customers for its services business, a priority as it shifts focus to device management software for enterprise customers. More than half the
Mall developer Taubman's $500 million art collection up for auction
Works by Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock and Amedeo Modigliani are going up for auction from the late U.S. mall developer A. Alfred Taubman’s collection, which is valued at more than $500 million, Sotheby’s said on Friday. The auction house said the more than 500 works stretching from antiquity to contemporary art make up the most valuable private collection ever offered at auction. The collection will be auctioned in New York