The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: W.W. Grainger, DeVry, Navios Maritime, Fifth Street Finance and Navistar International. The top after-market NYSE losers on Tuesday are: WMS Industries, Elan Corp, Swift Transportation, Genpact and Ennis.
Rise in accidents stemming from pedestrian distraction has prompted renewed call for iPod bill. New York State Senator Carl Kruger has re-introduced legislation making it illegal to use an iPod, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street.
Brazilian beef processor JBS has made a verbal buyout offer for Sara Lee Corp and is expected to submit a written proposal in the next 24 hours, two sources familiar with the situation said.
The Gold reserves of the Russian central bank grew by 280 tons over the last 2 years. And the bank will continue with a similar speed by buying at least 100 tons every year, deputy chairman Georgy Luntovsky told reporters now.
Investor interest in derivatives-based strategies remains cold, as the financial bailout in 2008 and the Dodd-Graham Financial Overhaul Act has kept investors scared.
In what is being billed as the biggest crime bust in history, the FBI have arrested 119 Mafia suspects and have charged nearly 130 people connected to different crimes ranging from murder and drug trafficking to extortion, gambling, loan-sharking and prostitution.
A top antitrust partner at Howrey is leaving the law firm, adding to the growing number of top lawyers who have quit the firm in recent months.
American Bar Association (ABA) president Stephen N. Zack has strongly condemned the unfair trial and sentencing of an Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.
A New York federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit that was seeking to force Philip Morris USA Inc. to pay for medical monitoring program for Marlboro smokers.
Research by a UK-based independent property investment consultancy found that the property was considered a better investment than gold and shares for investors to invest their cash to make profit.
Amare Stoudemire scored 30 points and the New York Knicks pulled away in the closing stages to end a six-game losing steak with a 115-106 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday.
For anyone thinking a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game might humble the trash-talking New York Jets, think again.
As President Barack Obama makes the annual state of the union address to the nation tonight, issues like jobs, exports, competitiveness and trade deals will hog much of the limelight.
He wants to replicate the old model of self distribution and road shows
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Ethan Allen Interiors, BBVA Banco Frances, RLI Corp, Albemarle and Domino's Pizza. The top after-market NYSE losers on Monday are: Eastman Kodak, Packaging Corp, Vmware, Sanofi-Aventis and W.W. Grainger.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned preposterous comments by a U.N.-appointed expert on Palestinian rights that there was a cover-up over the Sept. 11 attacks, Ban's chief of staff said on Monday.
Lil Wayne’s 'I Am Music II' tour in March. He will hit the roads and cover 25 cities.
Spanish basketball prodigy Ricky Rubio has shown signs of regression this season and appears willing to remain in Europe rather than play for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Violent crime in New York City, the nation’s largest city, has plunged over the past twenty years.
The United States warned China it would redeploy forces in Asia if Beijing failed to rein in North Korea, an Obama administration official said on Friday, as Pyongyang bowed to Seoul's demands for crisis talks.
The former chief executive officer of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Eric Schmidt, may be seeking a career in television, according to a report in The New York Post.
Gold rose on Monday as lower prices after the metal's third consecutive weekly loss attracted some buyers back to the market, but a more optimistic view of global growth still limited fresh investment.
