With much of Hollywood on a strike-induced hiatus, TV stars with time on their hands are taking a second look at celebrity endorsements and other marketing deals to stay busy. The strike by the Writers Guild of America has halted production on...
Credit card company executives came under fire last week for raising customers' interest rates without warning - moves that cost already-stressed consumers thousands of dollars a year in extra finance charges. The rate increases - which in one...
UBS troubles UBS AG, Europe's biggest bank by assets, may have to take fur ther writedowns on fix ed-income securities, an ABN Amro Holding NV analyst said. UBS's board may cut its profit outlook as soon as today, SonntagsZeitung reported yesterday...
Top music downloads 1. Cyclone, Baby Bash 2. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 3. No One, Alicia Keys 4. Ayo Technology, 50 Cent 5. Bed, J. Holiday 6. Double Up, R. Kelly 7. Pop Bottle, Birdman TiVo favorites 1. Desperate Housewives 2. Survivor: China...
Conrad Black's lack of remorse for swindling shareholders in his newspaper company out of millions could come back to haunt him today. The dethroned press baron, who has called the fraud and obstruction charges against him "bull-" and "a joke," is...
Michael "Mickey" Gooch owns 43 percent of one of the most successful brokers - GFI Group, which specializes in setting up trades of credit derivatives among titans like Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. The 48-year-old Gooch's well-honed...
PHOENIX - Mark Littell believes he has a better way to protect your boys, and, as his YouTube video shows, the former major leaguer will risk his manhood to prove it. Perched on a wooden pallet, Littell braces himself as assistants fire a baseball...
The prospect of another green Christmas has Media City dreaming of silver slopes of knee-deep powder. Ski is the place to go for those planning a family vacation. This month's issue takes you to Silverton, Colo., where there're no spas or...
WINNERS MUHTAR KENT President of Coca-Cola Co. tapped to become CEO next July when E. Neville Isdell retires. STEVE SCHWARZMAN Private equity king must be smiling as Congress declares plan to hike taxes on PE partnerships dead for this year. FRED...
Popular music-focused social network Imeem convinced the last major label holdout, Universal Music Group, to allow Imeem's 19 million users access to its music and video catalog, the companies said. Financial details of the deal for on-demand...
