NEW YORK CITY

China's second-quarter GDP, U.S. June retail sales and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) earnings painted a mixed global picture Monday.

U.S. stocks opened flat Monday as Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations.

Demonstrators have flocked to New York’s Times Square to protest George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the Trayvon Martin murder case.

News Corp. is putting its British media properties under one roof in London.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer faces an uphill battle in his bid for New York City comptroller, beginning with collecting enough valid signatures to qualify him as a candidate.

U.S. stocks edged higher at the open Tuesday after better-than-expected results from Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) help lift investor sentiment over the the start of second quarter earnings season. As of 10:02 Eastern, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 70.58 points, or 0.46 percent, to 15,295.27. The S&P 500 Index .SPX added 8.42 points, or 0.51 percent, to 1,648.88. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC rose 8.36 points, or 0.24 percent, to 3,493.19.

Scientists are studying the movement of tracer gases to help prepare for accidents or terror attacks.

The Plus Pool is a proposed swimming pool on NYC's East River with filters that will dramatically clean the water.

Second-quarter earnings season is just around the corner. But expectations are bleak.

Nasdaq announced a technology exchange deal with Turkish exchange Borsa Istanbul on Wednesday.

Chesapeake Energy's year-to-date asset sales have now reached about $3.6 billion.

The NYPD said a helicopter crash-landed in the Hudson river, but all five passengers were rescued.

For the first time since 2006, no Chinese companies rank among the world’s 10 biggest outfits by market value, and all are U.S.-based.

Barry Diller's online TV service is opening up shop in Chicago in September, making the Second City its fourth metropolitan area.

Anthony Weiner, the former congressman who resigned two years ago over a sexting scandal, now leads the Democratic race for mayor of New York City.

New York Fed President William Dudley said that financial instability, itself, was reducing the effectiveness of monetary policy.

A survey of 1,000 people suggests more than one in four Americans have no savings at all.

Gossip giant Gawker Media has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by former interns who say they weren't paid for their work.

The cost of living in Manhattan is 2.74 times that of the least expensive city in the U.S., Harlingen, Texas.

New York resident and television personality Fabrizio Goldstein was caught on camera teaching a SoulCycle class to the homeless. Watch it here.

Christine Quinn, Anthony Weiner, Bill Thompson and John Liu reiterated their plans to reform the NYPD, but fringe candidates were the favorites in Harlem.