At the height of the boom, commercial banks and investors gorged themselves on real estate, building unsustainable towers of debt that finally collapsed in 2008. But with the housing market improving, they may soon return for second helpings.
Scholastic is publishing a biography of Jeremy Lin.
QuestBack, a fast-growing Norwegian developer of feedback software, is making a play for the U.S. market by opening an office and beefing up local personnel.
Beyonce and Blue Ivy Carter have been seen all over New York City together, but Beyonce has kept Blue's face shielded from the paparazzi.
Rosie O'Donnell's talk show on Oprah Winfrey's network, OWN, was cancelled on Friday citing low ratings, but rumors of backstage tension may have contributed to the decision as well.
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will chair a Congressional hearing next month to examine the effect closing of several refineries serving the East Coast has on gas prices.
Nearly 8,500 researchers petitioned to boycott Elsevier, the world's largest scientific journal publisher, over business practices they say exemplifies everything wrong with the current publication system. Timothy Gowers, a mathematician from Cambridge University, called for the boycott on his blog in January over Elsevier's high subscription price, high profit margins and subscription bundles.
Two days after New York police officers arrested dozens of protesters while breaking up an Occupy Wall Street rally, city council members joined Occupy members in Zuccotti Park to condemn the NYPD's heavy handed tactics.
NHL scoring has dropped in each season since the lockout thanks to a return of interference and obstruction.
The fall in gold prices has prompted one or more central banks to buy as much as four tonnes of bullion in recent weeks, according to an industry source and a Financial Times report on Friday.
Beyoncé will return to the stage for the first time since giving birth to her daughter Blue Ivy Carter. The 'Girls Run the World' singer will perform 3 concerts over Memorial Day weekend at the Ovation Hall at Revel Resorts in New Jersey.
Things seem to be going well for the couple.
Weeks of eye crossing preparation and practice goes in to each episode.
Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested in Lower Manhattan's financial district in New York City late Saturday night during clashes with police on the movement's six-month anniversary.
Stacy Keibler, the leggy blond who is now known as George Clooney's latest gal pal, is rumored to be in talks to join X Factor.
Heidi Klum may be going through a divorce, but she still has something to sing about.
Fundraising by the Democratic National Committee and President Barack Obama's re-election campaign dwarfs that of his Republican rivals, but he continues to struggle to bring in the same amount of big donations as GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.
Free agent quarterback Alex Smith, who guided the San Francisco 49ers to the NFC Championship Game last year, visited the Miami Dolphins yesterday amid news that his old team is interested in Peyton Manning.
The owners of the New York Mets settled a lawsuit Monday with Irving Picard, trustee for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for $162 million, avoiding a potential costly trial.
Speculations are rife that Apple will launch the next generation iPhone in the second half of 2012. However, Apple fans have already started crowding the Web with speculations on what features the next iPhone will offer to its users.
The head of the Federal Reserve's New York branch said the U.S. economy isn't in the clear yet, but recent data have been a bit more upbeat, giving investors renewed hope of a fresh round of quantitative easing.
Kids with one type of leukemia are living longer than they used to, most likely thanks to new drug combinations that mean fewer patients are relapsing after a first round of treatment.