Cheap prices for HD-DVD players may lure consumers into Hollywood's high-definition DVD format war this Christmas. Up until now, both HD-DVD - a hi-def format backed by giants Toshiba, Microsoft, Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures - and...
Gas up 16ó The average price of regular gasoline at the pump in the U.S. rose 16 cents in the past two weeks to $2.96 a gallon, according to industry analyst Trilby Lund berg's survey of 7,000 stations nationwide. Dubai IPO DP World Ltd...
This week, Media City allows itself to indulge its feminine side - no straight guy will admit to leafing through a decorating mag, unless he has to write a review - and revels in the fun of drooling over other people's stuff. This month's House &...
A lot of advertisers want to have a conversation with consumers on the Web, but they haven't been able to do much more than stand by and listen to what people are saying about them. BuzzLogic, a Bay Area start-up, aims to change this through a new...
Hollywood scribes and their studio bosses were hunkered down last night in a last-ditch effort to hammer out a contract and avert a strike set to begin today. The two sides agreed to sit down again after the Writers Guild of America - both the...
In one of the first big editorial shake-ups in the Mary Berner era at Reader's Digest Association, Frank Lalli has been named international editor-in-chief, responsible for all non-U.S. editions of the digest-size Readers Digest magazine. He...
With yesterday's ouster of Chief Executive Chuck Prince, Citigroup now finds itself in the same boat as rival Merrill Lynch: hobbling along without a permanent captain at the helm. Like Merrill, Citigroup yesterday elevated an elder statesman - in...
Gisele Bundchen wants to remain the world's richest model and is insisting that she be paid in almost any currency but the U.S. dollar. Like billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Bill Gross, the Brazilian supermodel, who Forbes magazine says...
