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Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, may be the most famous baby in the world right now. But fans of hip-hop's royal pair haven't been treated to very many photos of the little one, so when adorable new pictures of Blue Ivy Carter and her mama, Beyonce, hit the Web Wednesday, it almost instantly went viral.

The company that developed the first commercially available DVR announced on Tuesday that it is purchasing TRA, Inc., a marketing and analytics company whose products help advertisers know which TV commercials are the most effective based on consumers' shopping habits.

The Who have announced a 36-date Quadrophenia tour this fall, performing their 1973 rock opera in its entirety. The legendary band's first North American appearance in four years will kick off Nov. 1 in Sunrise, Fla., and wrap Feb. 26, 2013, in Providence, R.I.

The deaths of major Syrian military leaders in a spectacular strike on the capital are tipping the playing field, but don't expect the conflict to end anytime soon.

Is Jeremy Lin overlooked because he is Asian?

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economic activity increased at a modest to moderate pace in June and early July as more districts are reporting slowing growth.

Madison Square Garden Company (Nasdaq: MSG) shares appeared unaffected Wednesday by Jeremy Lin's departure, despite considerable hype surrounding the former New York Knicks point guard's economic boost to the company's bottom line.

The recession and housing crash have triggered a sharp decline in the share of American households who own their own home. Homeownership, which is at its lowest point in 15 years, is bound to fall even further, driven by tight credit, lackluster economic growth and more foreclosures.

English soccer power Manchester United is the world's most valuable team, worth an estimated $2.23 billion, according to Forbes.

Now even fellow Republicans are pressuring Mitt Romney to make public more tax returns. But the presidential candidate may already have decided that going public would be more damaging than keeping mum

The Knicks should have re-signed Jeremy Lin.

Bank of America's second-quarter earnings reversed a year-earlier loss and beat analyst expectations on higher mortgage income, improved credit quality and the absence of good will impairment charges.

The nascent U.S. housing recovery could be concealing another financial time bomb: home equity loans.

Banking on software, services and cost controls, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer company, is expected to report improved second-quarter earnings despite a decline in revenue.

Yemen is going through a difficult political transition after the ouster of president Ali Abdallah Saleh, but that isn't as bad as its humanitarian crisis

The Knicks will not match the Rockets' offer and Jeremy Lin will go to Houston.

The Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed Tuesday its policy to exclude gays from joining or being leaders.

For fans of the DreamWorks Animation brand, there is a certain somber irony in its bid to acquire a catalog of pop-culture relics. The company, founded in 1994 out of a merger between DreamWorks SKG and Pacific Data Images, built its name on inventive storytelling and original offerings such as Antz, Shark Tale and Kung Fu Panda.

On Tuesday, The National Geographic Channel will premiere American Gypsies, which purportedly aims to refute common myths about gypsies.

New York artist Danny Evans of Planet Hiltron was fed up with the celebrity way of life -- spending boatloads of money on their appearances -- and wanted to shed the celebrity of the glitz and gold, showing key players like like Angelina Jolie, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Rihanna, Madonna and Johnny Depp as raw, “real people in his photos series Celebrity Make Under.

It seems as though the world if retail is hitting some mid-year skids, leaving market watchers wondering if they already need to write of the second-most important sales season of the year: Back to school.