A rumor that Verizon will buy Netflix is flying around, pushing up Netflix shares by 6.2 percent to $75.26 on Monday. The stock continues to rise Tuesday, with Netflix trading up $1.20 to $76.16 in early-afternoon trading.
Facebook launched a suicide prevention program with the Lifeline Tuesday, which will give troubled users an ability to chat with crisis experts 24 hours a day.
Panetta is heralding what now appears to be an improving security situation in Afghanistan.
It's not been a good year for former CSI star Gary Dourdan; He was arrested in November for domestic violence and drug possession the same night he was in a violent car crash and is now facing foreclosure on his home in California.
Perrette, best known as the go-to goth girl Abby Sciuto on NCIS, has been voted one of TV's Most Likeable stars, thanks to her recent announcement not to marry fiance Thomas Arkie until California's Prop 8 is overturned. Watch Pauley Perrette's NOH8 video here, and find out why she was voted the most likeable TV star.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus is yet to hit U.S. shores officially but some lucky Android fans seem to have already acquired the highly anticipated Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone from Best Buy and Verizon retail stores over the weekend.
Apple is apparently interested in Anobit for the company's technology to increase and enhance the memory volume and performance of its devices, including the world's most popular smartphone, the iPhone, and the world's most popular tablet, the iPad. Anobit has about 200 employees.
Google celebrated what would have been the 84th birthday of the late Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, with electronics-themed Google Doodle on Monday, Dec. 12.
As the Department of Justice gears up for a rare criminal trial against a publicly traded company, the Taiwanese defendant wants to argue that prosecutors just don't get Asian business culture.
A crisis in U.S.-Pakistan relations looked set to deepen Monday night after a House-Senate negotiating panel froze $700 million in aid until Pakistan gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region.
NCIS actress Pauley Perrette, is taking a page out of Angelina Jolie's marriage playbook, saying that she and her fiance Thomas Arklie won't tie the knot until Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, is overturned, according to Zap2It.com.
Jive Software Inc priced its initial public offering at $12 per share, above its expected price range of between $8 and $10 per share, according to an underwriter.
Lexus announced Monday that it will introduce a new concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this January.
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) announced Monday it is hiring about 160 Merrill Edge Financial Solutions Advisors across Southern California and Arizona by the end of first quarter 2012 as part of the firm's plan to enhance the solutions it offers to preferred customers -- those with investable assets of $50,000 to $250,000.
Orson Welles' Oscar for writing Citizen Kane -- regarded as one of the best films ever made -- is going up for auction again later this month in a hot market for Hollywood memorabilia.
The turbulent stock market may throw up obstacles in front of two initial public offerings on tap, including on-line game site Zynga as well as workplace social networking developer Jive Software.
Dennis Varni remembers buying his first car, a 1931 Ford Model A, more than a half century ago when he was 14.
Dennis Varni remembers buying his first car, a 1931 Ford Model A, more than a half century ago when he was 14. It cost him $45 and to amass that princely sum, he picked fruit, hawked his model train set and even sold the clothes off his back.
Pacific International Marketing is recalling 6,141 cartons of cilantro because of potential contamination by salmonella, the Salinas, California, company said.
Anti-Wall Street demonstrators, confronted by police in riot gear, marched on several West Coast ports on Monday seeking to disrupt cargo traffic and re-energize their protest movement.
Robyn performed on SNL Saturday and rocked Studio 8H in some eye-popping spandex.
Katy Perry is best known for her eccentric looks and popular dance music, but the 27-year-old singer proved quite the comedian as she hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend. The pop singer has had a stellar year with a hugely successful tour, chart-topping dance hits, a starring role on The Smurfs and two Grammy nominations for the 2012 awards ceremony in February.
