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Amazon's new Kindle Textbook Rental program will save students up to 80 percent off the retail price of new textbooks.

Australian investment banker Macquarie Group is expected to slash up to one-thousand jobs amidst a slowdown in M&A activity and tepid global market conditions.

Facebook has blocked ads by one of its users promoting Google+. Michael Lee Johnson says he is irritated by the move.

Kindle's new Textbook Rental Program can save students money.

Even though he was the main force behind the company's rise to power, Rupert Murdoch leaving News Corp. would actually benefit the company's stock price.

The stock of streaming video services provider Netflix was trading down Monday, after one analyst changed its rating on Netflix from "outperform" to "sector perform."

Max Shacknai, the 6-year-old-son of Medecis Pharmaceuticals CEO Jonah Shacknai died after sustaining injuries from last week's accident.

Rental car company Hertz announced its intention to acquire fleet vehicle and management company Donlen Corp. for 250 million dollars, plus assuming Donlen's debt.

Sears was selling an iPad 2 for $69 at its online store over the weekend through a third party vendor. But the offering was a mistake, caused by a typo the company says. All sales were cancelled by Sears.

America's second-largest bookstore chain moved closer to liquidation as the company has not found a bidder that wants to keep its stores open. There's still hope, as some talks continue, but there's little time left remaining before Borders enters liquidation.

Warner Brothers, the film’s distributor, said “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” raked in $92.1-million on its opening day in the U.S. and Canada, the biggest haul ever for first-day box office.

Casey Anthony, the woman acquitted of the murder of her two-year-old child Caylee and dubbed America's Most Hated, left Orange County Jail Sunday midnight accompanied by her attorney Jose Baez.

America's Most Hated murder suspect Casey Anthony walked out of the Orange County Jail at 12:10 a.m. with attorney Jose Baez, wearing pink T-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes. Anthony acquitted unanimously of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, was not particularly emotional while walking out of the prison. She didn't carry anything with her.

Casey Anthony, the woman acquitted of the murder of her 2-year-old child Caylee and is being dubbed America's Most Hated will walk free within hours, as absolute uncertainty shrouds her future. Orange County Jail officials are reportedly planning a midnight release of Anthony, as her defense team will try everything to keep her away from media spotlight and public wrath. According to an attorney of Anthony, she is scared to leave jail, given numerous threats on her life as a large section of ...

Hated murder suspect Casey Anthony, who a court found not guilty last week, will walk out a free person from Florida's Orange County jail in hours. But her future is uncertain, riddled with death threats and a high prospect of social rejection. She spent three years and one day in prison after being arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of her two-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony.

Deliveries for Europe’s largest car company rose by 14 percent over the same period last year, driven primarily by solid growth in Asia.

Google reported its strongest quarter in several years, with revenue and earnings handily exceeding all expectations, driven by core search and momentum in display and mobile businesses.

Not long after Rebekah Brooks resigned as CEO of News International, the British newspaper arm of News Corp., Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton offered his resignation to Rupert Murdoch on Friday.

Two of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants resigned on Friday, leaving the Australian media mogul as vulnerable as ever.

Les Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, resigned on Friday amid the ongoing News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

Bank of America (BOA) shares dropped below $10 for the first time in two years on Friday.

Netflix will survive the fallout from its big price increase. But the company faces a bigger challenge with limited content for its online subscribers. Can it get new content fast enough?

Carl Icahn's takeover bid for Clorox (CLX) is yet another deft move for the aging businessman.

Delta Flight 266 and Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 4904 (a regional provider for Delta) collided at Boston's Logan International Airport on Thursday.

Spotify launched in the U.S.

Rebecca Nalepa, 32, girlfriend of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., a pharmaceutical company based in Scottsdale, Ariz., founder and chief executive Jonah Shacknai, was found dead at his California home, one of many in a wealthy neighborhood, Wednesday in what officials are calling suspicious circumstances.

'Carmageddon,' -- the weekend closure of a part of Interstate 405 in Los Angeles for construction and expansion, starts Friday at 7 p.m. PDT and ends Monday at 6 a.m. PDT. Advice from public officials is succinct: don't drive if you don't have to; also: shop and entertain close to home.

Google's stock opened strong Friday, up 13 percent by mid-morning after a strong earnings report Thursday after the bell beat analysts expectations.

Blockbuster has offered Neflix subscribers a deal.