Zynga, the social gaming company behind hits like FarmVille, CityVille and Words with Friends, has reportedly set its IPO date for Nov. 17, just a week before Thanksgiving.
The U.S. government announced Monday that it will revise the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) which would allow underwater homeowners to refinance their mortgages. But will the HARP overhaul affect the housing market and the economy at a whole? Here are 5 things you need to know about HARP.
Anonymous, a collective of hacktivist known for waging war against the U.S. government and big corporations, is now out to get Freedom Hosting, which it accuses of openly supporting child pornography.
Lindsay Lohan, whose career has been derailed by multiple trips to jail and rehab since 2007, is rumored to be posing for Playboy.
When unpacking her luggage after a weekend flight, Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic found a wildly inappropriate note written by a TSA official upon discovering the personal item, also known as her sex toy.
Workers at two of Chrysler Group LLC's largest plants voted to approve a tentative four-year labor contract between the company and the United Auto Workers union, a union official said on Monday.
Mike Daisey makes a show of discovering a problem, but doesn't offer any solutions.
Tsunami debris from the earthquake that struck Japan in March is heading straight for the West Coast, though the 20 million pounds of debris will not likely hit the U.S. for two to three years, scientists say.
Here, watch the full video from Apple's Celebrating Steve, a Oct. 19 private memorial service for Steve Jobs. Jobs, who died at 56 from pancreatic cancer. Jobs was honored by Al Gore, Tim Cook and Bill Gates, and musicians Joan Baez, Bono and Coldplay. The video also shares personal reminiscences of the Apple CEO, and the reactions of those who gathered to bid the Apple co-founder one final good-bye.
The total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpasses $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, according to an analysis released on Monday.
Delegations from the United States and North Korea met on Monday for two-day talks to discuss a possible disarmament of North Korea's nuclear weapon's program.
Tensions rise between the U.S. and Syria as diplomats are called home.
The weak housing sector continues to pose a strong headwind to the economic recovery, and the Federal Reserve could potentially do more to drive down mortgage rates to support the sector, an influential Federal Reserve official said on Monday.
Netflix Inc lost more customers than it anticipated in the third quarter and warned of still more defections to come, pushing its shares down almost 20 percent as the one-time Wall Street star grapples with the fallout from a price hike and other unpopular moves.
Another round of quantitative easing is a possible option for the central bank as it attempts to boost the slow U.S. economic recovery, one of the most influential Fed officials said on Monday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's no stranger to protests, but that the rule of law must be respected.
He may be related to one of the richest and most powerful celebrities in the world, but Anthony Ciccone, otherwise known as Madonna's brother, is homeless on the streets of Michigan.
It seems Demi Moore has already forgotten the rumors that husband Ashton Kutcher has cheated her with mistress Sara Leal. Moore reportedly spent the day on Friday lounging with Kutcher in his trailer after showing up at his Two and a Half Men set.
WikiLeaks will have to stop publishing secret cables and devote itself to fund-raising if it is unable to end a financial blockade by U.S. firms such as Visa and MasterCard by the end of the year, founder Julian Assange said on Monday.
Wikileaks, a whistle-blowing Web site known for releasing secret government files, on Monday said it is suspending its publication in order to seek funding to sustain its work. Wikileaks has been forced to shift focus toward fundraising because 95 percent of its revenue has been destroyed.
Stuart Walker, a young gay hotel manager and barman, was found tied, beaten and burned alive in Cumnock, Scotland this weekend. Though police will not confirm that Walker was the victim of a hate crime, his death, evoking as it does the legacy of Matthew Shepard and the rash of gay teen suicides in North America, is a testament to how far the LGBT movement still has to go, and how stark a reality dying for who you love can still be for gay teens and adults.
Most Americans, weighed down by the everyday problems triggered by the U.S.'s sluggish economy, probably aren't contemplating the nation's infrastructure; but it's a topic worthy of discussion -- for national asset reasons, and the fact that an infrastructure rebuilding program can boost U.S. GDP growth.
