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The new Academy museum could open in the old May Company building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as soon as three years from now, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson told TheWrap on Wednesday.

Bank of America Corp said an ongoing upgrade and heavy traffic was behind six days of problems with its banking website, easing concerns about possible hacking.

It's now David 2, Goliath 0.

Jennifer Aniston says she has no desperation to start a family, following rampant media speculation that she is already pregnant.

Thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators converged on New York's financial district on Wednesday, their ranks swelled by nurses, transit workers and other union members joining the protest over economic inequality and the power of U.S. financial institutions.

Texting, or emailing, while driving doubles reaction time and makes drivers more likely to miss a flashing light, according to new research.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues.

Microsoft is set to win EU approval for its planned $8.5 billion acquisition of online telephone service Skype, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Apple lost Steve Jobs today. At the age of 56, Jobs was a visionary that built a company like Apple no one could ever imagine. In 2004, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his pancreas.

Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and former CEO, died on Wednesday, at the age of 56.

An Israeli scientist who suffered years of ridicule and even lost a research post for claiming to have found an entirely new class of solid material was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals.

Beyonce's latest single Countdown is set to premiere on MTV on Thursday, a 30-second sneak peek of the new music video has been released online.

Consumer advocate and former Obama administration official Elizabeth Warren got into the nitty-gritty of campaigning for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts on Tuesday, facing off in her first political debate.

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Over two dozen states are scrutinizing Express Scripts' proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions , as pharmacists stoke fears that the $22 billion deal would propel the companies' aggressive tactics.

The opinions expressed are his own.Pop quiz: What’s so bad about the financialization of the U.S. economy over recent decades?

Bank of America Corp's exposure to the European debt crisis is very small but that region's problems pose a real threat to the U.S. economy, Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday.

A warming climate is imperilling the wildlife and landscapes in the Yellowstone National Park region, two environmental groups said in a study.

The newly released iPhone 4S, while clearly marking a disappointment after the iPhone 5 frenzy, sports quite a stunning camera.The new 8-megapixel camera sported on the iPhone 4S, which will be available starting Oct. 14, is more than just about extra megapixels.

Tiger Woods has signed a partnership deal with Rolex, the world's biggest luxury watch brand, marking his first major endorsement since his unexpected and spectacular downfall at the end of 2009.

Salesforce.com Inc scored a coup by publicizing a dispute with rival Oracle Corp over something seemingly as mundane as the timing of a speech.

Zak Kadison's Blacklight Transmedia has formed a partnership with Random House.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was fined by Major League Baseball for criticizing an umpire during his team's divisional series playoff game on Sunday, the manager said.

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service may raise Ford Motor Co's corporate credit rating now that the company and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative four-year contract, Moody's said on Wednesday.

Hugh Hefner and the Parents Television Council agree on one thing, at least -- that NBC never should have aired The Playboy Club.

An unorthodox lawsuit filed by two unpaid interns on Fox Searchlight's indie hit, Black Swan, shines a spotlight on a common, but little-discussed reality in Hollywood: the use of free labor on movie productions.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without intimidating linebacker James Harrison for an indefinite period due to an orbital fracture around his right eye socket, the team said.

Chris Dodd has been elected to the American Film Institute's Board of Trustees, the organization announced on Wednesday.

It's now David 2, Goliath 0.An independent movie theater in Palm Desert has won its second favorable appellate court ruling and will proceed with its antitrust suit against rival mega-chain Cinemark.