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Facebook announced on Friday it would open an engineering office in Manhattan next year. The new branch will add space to the company's two floors at 333-335 Madison Avenue, near Grand Central.

I was cautiously optimistic to see the unemployment figures dropping to 8.6 percent, concerned that only 7 percent of those who lost and regained jobs during the financial mess are maintaining their previous financial position and despair at the impact decaying infrastructure, like the New York City L Train, has on small businesses and our chances of economic recovery.

Honda Motor Co. on Thursday announced that it has expanded its previous recall of certain types of Honda and Acura vehicles in order to replace the driver's airbag inflator.

The New York City Police Department has charged a pregnant Manhattan woman with allegedly forcing herself to undergo a miscarriage.

Thanks to a positive unemployment report released Friday, which said America's unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent, or its lowest level since March 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama's chances of getting re-elected have increased.

Unemployment is down, but so is the financial position of job-finders. The New York City L train is shut too many weekends for piecemeal repairs, while desperately needed infrastructure needs go unmet. It's hurting small Williamsburg shops--and speaks to the proper role of government.

Unemployment is down, but so is the financial position of job-finders. The New York City L train is shut too many weekends for piecemeal repairs, while desperately needed infrastructure needs go unmet. It's hurting small Williamsburg shops--and speaks to the proper role of government.

Two RIM employees were so drunk on a plane that the airline had to turn around and boot them off. The RIM employees were arrested and each pled guilty.

Hilary Clinton is in Burma (Myanmar) meeting with ruling and opposition leaders in an effort to promote democracy.

Three prominent United States senators wrote a letter to numerous drug makers Thursday, inquiring about Pfizer Inc.'s deals with insurers and pharmacy benefit managers that might limit the market for the selling of generic versions of the company's Lipitor cholesterol drug.

It's a dream of medical science that looks tantalizingly within reach: the artificial pancreas, a potential breakthrough treatment for the scourge of type 1 diabetes.

One of the key witnesses in the trial of City Councilman Larry B. Seabrook testified that she'd met with a doctor to discuss her diminishing memory and the onset of dementia, then gave contradictory accounts of several significant moments in the case.

Digitas CEO Laura Lang will become the new head of Time Inc. beginning in January and nearly a year after the previous leader of the publishing company was shown the door.

Three City Council members have introduced a resolution formalizing support for Occupy Wall Street and its message condemning economic inequality.

Herman Cain will not end his presidential campaign in response to the allegation that he had a 13-year extramarital affair, he said in a defiant speech in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday.

Arriving in Myanmar on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton became the first United States Secretary of State in more than 50 years to visit the country, also known as Burma.

Leon Cooperman sent a straightforward and scathing letter to President Obama Monday calling for reform and more accountability from President Obama calling for reform and more accountability from the administration.

AT&T Inc will struggle to find buyers for any asset sale big enough to salvage its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, with most likely buyers Leap Wireless International Inc and MetroPCS Communications lacking the cash.

Meet Lynsey Addario - a Pulitzer-winning news photographer who says being a woman works in her favor when she is out covering war zones, infamous for their gross ill-treatment of women.

Most retailers lured shoppers to their online and brick-and-mortar stores this Black Friday and Cyber Monday with ads promising deals that were too good to pass up. Outerwear retailer Patagonia, however, effectively tried to do the opposite.

Malaysian Bar Council President Lim Chee Wee said the ban on street demonstrations was outrageous.

The Malkin family, the New York landlords who own the Empire State Building, plan to file to become a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) in around three months, it said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Jennifer Lopez has been sued by Bronx-based graffiti artists who say their artwork was used without permission in her Fiat commercial.

New legislation introduced by Senate Democrats on Monday would prolong and increase a payroll tax cut pushed by President Barack Obama, while introducing a de facto millionaire's tax. The proposal is the first step in what will likely be a prolonged budgetary battle on Capitol Hill.

AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier, may be trying to salvage its $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile by agreeing to sell assets to loss-ridden Leap Wireless International.

Lana Peters, only daughter and last surviving child of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, died last week of colon cancer at the age of 85.

Zynga reportedly attempted to buy Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds, for $2.25 billion, but were rejected. Is this a warning sign for Zynga?

One in 10 Internet users plan to buy holiday gifts at either Groupon or LivingSocial this year, up from 4 percent last year.

A sketch that was drawn and autographed by Walt Disney is going up for auction.