Barnes & Noble, which plans to split into two companies next month, has tapped Sears Canada CEO Ronald Boire to lead the bookseller’s retail business. After the split, current CEO Michael Huseby will become …
BP Plc will pay a record $18.7 billion to resolve claims by the U.S. and five states along the Gulf of Mexico related to the 2010 oil spill. The payments will be spaced out over as long as 18 years, according to the preliminary agreement. A record $5.5 billion will cover federal penalties under the Clean Water Act, topping the previous high of $1 billion.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he’ll quit if Greece votes to accept creditors’ bailout proposals in Sunday’s referendum. In the event of a “yes” vote, “I will not” be finance minister on Monday evening, Varoufakis said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Athens Thursday. “But I will help whoever is” to navigate the country’s debt crisis, he said.
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as the U.S. dollar slipped following weaker-than-expected U.S. non-farm payrolls data. Front-month U.S. crude futures were up 18 cents at $57.14 per barrel. The payrolls data weighed on the U.S. currency, which in turn lent support to dollar-priced oil.
The Dukes of Hazzard are done…for now. TV Land has pulled all reruns of the 80’s series from its schedule, just one week after Warner Bros. “elected to cease the…
Not everyone is cutting ties with Donald Trump in the wake of his controversial comments about Mexican immigrants… NBC and Univision are no longer airing the Miss USA Pageant, a joint…
It’s true! Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale has the hots for a musician. The bikini-clad actress was photographed getting affectionate with Anthony Kalabretta in Maui Tuesday….
In 2013, the White House was blown up by North Korean operatives. Now, it’s London we’re worrying about. In London Has Fallen, a spinoff of Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard…
Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard is officially off the market! The country singer married Hayley Stommel Wednesday night in Sun Valley, Idaho, Hubbard’s rep confirms to E!…
After watching Amy, the new documentary about Amy Winehouse, I decided I could never again listen to the late singer’s hit song “Rehab.” While we know she wrote the song…
