More of your dreams are coming true, Swifties! Taylor Swift will be opening the Billboard Music Awards with the debut of her music video for the song, “Bad Blood.” She announced…
Party on, #CloneClub! Orphan Black has officially been renewed for a fourth season. BBC America announced the renewal is for 10 episodes with a 2016 airdate. “We’re thrilled to…
He could have walked off with his head hanging low, but Shaquille O’Neal has chosen to turn lemons into lemonade. After taking a massive tumble while appearing on TNT’s Inside…
Crude oil prices continue to march to new highs for the year and those ultra-safe European bond yields are rushing upward from the zero line with alarming speed.
Blackstone Group LP, the biggest alternative-asset manager, raised $17 billion in seven months for its latest buyout fund, two people with knowledge of the process said. The New York-based firm has completed the initial round of fundraising for Blackstone Capital Partners VII and will continue to gather commitments, said the people, who requested anonymity because the details are typically kept private until funds stop accepting money. Blackstone targeted $16 billion
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares surged after China’s biggest e-commerce company named a new chief executive officer and posted a 45 increase in revenue. Daniel Zhang will become CEO on May 10, replacing Jonathan Lu, who will remain on the board as vice chairman, the company said Thursday. The change was announced as Alibaba’s sales rose to 17.4 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) in the three months through March, beating analysts’
Did Adam Levine just get way more “Sugar” than he ever wanted? The Maroon 5 frontman and coach on The Voice was either unceremoniously flour-bombed or, according to some…
Fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, dropping the average over the past month to the lowest in 15 years, indicating companies are holding on to workers. Jobless claims increased by 3,000 to 265,000 in the week ended May 2, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The median forecast of 47 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected 278,000. The dearth of applications for unemployment benefits
Surprise! Jennifer Love Hewitt is leaving Criminal Minds. The Party of Five and Ghost Whisperer star joined the CBS series at the start of season 10 and will not return for season 11…as of…
Home improvement retailer Lumber Liquidators is halting sales of all its Chinese laminate flooring effective immediately, CNBC has learned. The move comes in the face of dozens of lawsuits over the safety …