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Prospects for corporate earnings are appearing comparatively dimmer in the coming quarters -- even though reports so far this quarter have been looking relatively bright.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time U.S. employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and will charge workers who use tobacco more for coverage as healthcare costs rise, the company said on Friday.

Judgment Day redux is Oct. 21

Martha Marcy May Marlene heralds the birth of a new star: Elizabeth Olsen.

Dana Anderson, who spoke at the ANA Conference Oct. 21, became a Twitter sensation after Martha Stewart tweeted that Anderson is a hidden treasure. Her speech was rife with inspirational quotes and words of wisdom, and the audience lauded her comedic genius.

Princeton University Prof. Cornel West was arrested Friday, the second time this week, at an Occupy Wall Street rally in Harlem protesting outside a police precinct against the NYPD's stop and frisk policy.

South Africa's rand ended the week with its biggest loss in a month on Friday but had bounced from two-week lows on hopes that European leaders were close to a deal that will recapitalise banks and stop the debt crisis from spreading.

Do the math: if AT&T is allowed to buy T-Mobile, it would become a monolithic provider in a period when competition should be free.

Wish I had seen the whole thing!

The couple partied the night away following the premiere of Timberlake's new film, In Time.

News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch showed defiance in the face of angry shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday as they slammed the media company for poor corporate governance and said he should give up the chairman role.

The Texas Department of Justice stopped serving weekend lunches in 36 state prisons in order to cut $2.8 million in food-related expenses.

The end of a drilling ban in New York was meant to be a new dawn for energy companies. After years of waiting, they would finally be able to exploit the richest deposit of natural gas in the country. But as companies delve into new regulations for drilling in New York, they're discovering a bitter reality: half the land they had leased for drilling may now be out of bounds.

General Electric Co reported earnings that met Wall Street expectations, but its shares slipped 1.4 percent as investors worried about declining profit margins at its energy equipment division.

Earthquakes and other natural disasters are devastating incidences for both humanity and nature. Recently, there has been a number of natural disasters that have wrecked havoc across the globe. From a typhoon in Japan, to Thailand's flooding, to the San Francisco and Virginia earthquakes, and toxic sludge in Hungary, the images of human suffering are harrowing.

A.O. Smith Corp reported quarterly adjusted earnings that missed Wall Street estimates, hurt by lower sales of residential and commercial water heaters in the United States, but the company raised its full-year earnings view.

Groupon has released details about their initial public offering in a regulatory filing, which details how the company expects to generate $478.8 million in net proceeds.

Occupy Wall Street has spawned Occupy Museums, a new offshoot that is targeting the temples of cultural elitism, New York's museums.

A birthday photo tribute to Kim Kardashian.

If your search for television jobs is looking bleak, it may not be your industry's fault.

Noble Energy reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street expectations, helped by higher-than-expected production and prices.