Shares of Apple (NYSE: AAPL) briefly rose Tuesday to push the company’s market capitalization to a record $501 billion. Later, the shares closed at a record $536.41.
Here's why the Dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008, indicating that the stock market has finally returned to its pre-recession level.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday hit Republican presidential challengers hard during a speech at the United Auto Workers conference in Washington, most notably lashing out at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his views on the auto bailout.
An independent panel released a report Tuesday indicating that the U.S. Military disposed of some 9/11 victim remains at a landfill in the aftermath of the 2001 terror attack, and New Yorkers are beginning to react to the scandal.
Korean Pop (KPop) has been making headlines recently as the music phenomenon expands beyond Asia and attracts a Western fan base of screaming teenage boys and girls. Recently, the cable channel tvN conducted a poll, asking 150 foreign students from 20 countries which KPop idol they think is the sexiest.
U.S. health regulators will add warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, saying they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss.
Researchers at IBM (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer services company, have passed “thresholds” since Jan. 2 whose promise could yield quantum computers “within our lifetime,” IBM’s Manager of Physics of information said.
The Dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008 on Tuesday and the S&P 500 also hit a milestone, as buoyant U.S. consumer confidence data and a sharp drop in oil prices nudged the nearly five-month rally forward.
Gavin DeGraw will be on Dancing With the Stars.
Iran's foreign minister insisted that the country's nuclear program is not intended to make weapons and called for a resumption of talks, while speaking to the United Nations on Wednesday.
Though it might be a popular trend in sci-fi movies, doomsday is a very real foreboding topic amongst 2012 doomsayers. Wyoming intends to be prepared with the Wyoming Doomsday Bill drafted by Rep. David Miller.
Stocks rose modestly on Tuesday as U.S. consumer confidence data and a sharp drop in oil futures prices relieved worries about lackluster spending.
Less than three days after U.S. airlines raised fares for the third time this year, the air travel providers are rolling back increases, market trackers are saying. The roll-backs -- which mean airliners, will have to eat up most of the recent jet fuel cost increases -- result from major industry player Southwest Airlines' unwillingness to follow peers in hiking ticket prices.
Honda Motor Co <7267.T> lost its top spot in an influential annual automotive report on quality, while Mazda and Chrysler showed the biggest gains.
It's time for defense, says Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund.
Here’s something you’ll never hear in the mainstream media: conservatism is the most popular ideology in the country, beating liberalism by a score of 2-1. And the numbers are there to prove it.
Apple has its feet firmly on the ground though Proview is trying to drag the tech giant into the quicksand with the iPad trademark dispute which is brewing in China, and now in the U.S. The Cupertino-based company announced Tuesday that it will hold a special event on March 7 at Yerba Buena Center for the Art in San Francisco. The media invite for the event, which will kick off at 1pm ET, read, “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” The invite shows the bottom of a device, which...
U.S. banks reported a 23 percent earnings surge at the end of last year, which made 2011 the most profitable period for the banking industry in five years. However, the growth in profits was marred by the lenders’ falling revenue.
Tenet Healthcare Inc on Tuesday said delayed reimbursements from some insurers caused it to report quarterly earnings below analyst estimates but the No. 3 U.S. hospital chain raised its full-year outlook because it expects to be paid later in the year.
A winter snow storm is headed to Boston and southern New England, according to the National Weather Service.
A Midwest winter snow storm is forecast to bury northern states in as much as a foot of snow, in a a blizzard weather forecasters are saying may be the season's worst.
The last time Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starred in a film together was 2005. For fans of the couple, there's been far too long a wait for their next on-screen venture. Now it seems, the dynamic power couple are finally re-teaming for a new project.
