A report from the Institute for Policy Studies says that the spent nuclear fuel currently stored in pools at dozens of sites in the U.S. poses a danger and should be moved into dry storage as soon as possible.
While the recent Icelandic volcano eruption is grounding flights across Europe, one bold airline that flew a plane t through the ash cloud is calling for lighter restrictions.
Caris & Co. said it is impressed with the investor screening of Kung Fu Panda 2 on Saturday afternoon at DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA) headquarters in Glendale, California.
Chicken sandwich connoisseurs may notice a certain je ne sais quoi in McDonald's new grilled chicken.
As the clock struck 6 P.M. on May 21st local time, Christmas Island also known as Kiritimati, reported no rapture or other catastrophic events. It began a series of non-events that disproved Harold Camping's long predicted End of Days. The believed rapture is the Biblical belief that Jesus Christ will arrive in a Second Coming to carry the believers up to heaven.
While a number of publishers have spoken of solutions to growing losses in readership and advertising revenue without widespread success, Next Issue Media is placing a rather large bet on the future. The joint venture, which includes Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and Time Inc, has shown to be methodical in its approach to creating its digital product. When Next Issue Media was established nearly 18 months ago, the company provided few details about its business strategy.
On May 22, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York added 32 new money market funds in addition to the existing set one of Primary Dealer counterparties.
AOL Jobs, through its partnership with CareerBuilder.com, has listed the top ten U.S. companies hiring this week from May 23 to May 29.
Nearly nine months after bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc put itself up for auction, the lengthy process may have reached a turning point as a new offer from Liberty Media Corp is under consideration. Liberty Media is looking to purchase a 70 percent stake in Barnes & Noble, which announced on Thursday that the offer is valued at $17 per share. The deal would therefore exceed $1 billion.
Donald Krim, president of Kino International and co-president of Kino Lorber Inc., died Friday in his New York home. At 65, Krim endured a yearlong battle with cancer.
In an effort to reach a new audience, The New York Times will create content for a new television series on NYC life, one of the city’s NYC Media television stations. NYC life can be viewed on channel 25 in New York City. The half-hour show, dubbed NYTV, will air Monday nights at 8:30 p.m. with the first show scheduled for May 23. The network also plans on making the series available online at nyc.gov/vod.
Apple and Sony Music Entertainment are nearing a deal that will allow licensed cloud-music services. Apple has made giant strides toward establishing their new music service by landing deals with major music labels. According to CNET, EMI Music and Warner Music Group has already signed on board the Apple cloud-music deal while Sony and Universal will be wrapping up soon.
Verizon Wireless said it is expanding the 4G LTE network in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans and Philadelphia.
Ford Motor Company (F) announced today it is building its first transmission plant in China to support its growth plan there, in the world's largest auto market, the carmaker said in a statement.
Barnes & Noble Inc. has received an unsolicited $1.02 billion offer from John Malone's Liberty Media Group, the No.1 bookstore chain in the United States said Thursday.
The number of jobs in New Jersey increased by 14,000 during the month of April, the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday. It was the third consecutive month that the Garden State recorded job growth. The state added 13,400 private-sector jobs and 600 public jobs, while the unemployment rate remained 9.3 percent.
In just the first few hours of trading, LinkedIn's stock has skyrocketed in its debut initial public offering on Thursday due to high demand.
A Polish architectural firm has designed the world’s first zombie-proof house called the “safe House”, reports said.
Mountain View-based social networking site for professionals, LinkedIn has priced its IPO at the higher end $45 a share, making it the biggest US Internet IPO since Google went public and indicates the voracious investor appetite for social networking sites.
The contents of Bernie Madoff's Wine Cellar were auctioned this week while he serves a life sentence for fraud; all 59 lots found buyers
The fractional yacht ownership membership club will be featured on Groupon's daily deals
When Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) demanded from California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) an account on how Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) spent the money it was authorized for replacing aging natiural gas pipelines, she received a vague response - the CPUC said PG&E underspent its authorized budget by $183 million but it didn't know where the remaining money went.
With business networking site LinkedIn going public on May 19, investors have claimed that the company's plan to sell in the range of $43 - $45 per share is overpriced.
Conde Nast Publications, supplier of magazines such as Vogue and Vanity Fair, have reached an agreement that will house 5,000 employees at 1 World Trade Center, giving Ground Zero a much-needed corporate anchor.
Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman told a Senate committee that losses will continue to increase and long-distance train service has caused the company to lose money, even though Amtrak set a passenger record last year.
General Motors will build its first major electric motor plant near Baltimore in Maryland, which will be the first of its kind to manufacture critical components for vehicle electrification. It is scheduled to open in 2013, the carmaker said in a statement.
Owners in Ariel West, 32-story glass tower on the Upper West Side, voted to ban all smoking anywhere in the building
Endeavour spends its first day in orbit performing a standard scan of the space shuttle's thermal protection system using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System.
William Henry Bill Gates III, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, laid out his vision for the impact that broadening access to vaccines can have on the world.
The International Monetary Fund announced it will not be reimbursing Dominique Strauss-Kahn for a luxury hotel suite where he allegedly sexually assaulted a chambermaid
