In Case You Were Wondering, Monet’s Paintings Still Sell For Millions Of Dollars
A Venetian waterscape by Claude Monet has sold for more than $35 million at a London auction as the high-end art market shows resilience in a bumpy global economy. “Le…
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Everyday Things You Can Do To Lower Your Cancer Risk
This year, more than 1.5 million people are estimated to be diagnosed with cancer. Even more grim is the fact that half of cancer deaths stem from preventable causes. In…
AC Milan unveils grand plans for new stadium
In the style capital of the world, AC Milan is looking to make a $340 million statement The famed football club, seven-time champions of Europe and 18-time Italian champions, has…
5 myths surrounding vaccines — and the reality
These myths may be keeping parents from protecting their children from dangerous diseases, when there’s every reason to get them vaccinated. Vaccines prevents six million deaths worldwide every year, CNN’s…
China’s online users more than double entire U.S. population
China has now surpassed 649 million users, outnumbering the entire U.S. population two to one, according to official figures released Tuesday. The China Internet Network Information Center’s (CNNIC) 35th “China…
Scott Walker’s Stadium Proposal Bucks Both Liberal And Conservative Desires
WASHINGTON — As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) shifts his focus to national politics in preparation for a likely presidential run, controversy over his proposed state budget may force his…
General Motors Fast Facts
Domestic and international subsidiaries at one time included Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn and Saab. GM is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers and marketers in the world with operations on…
Art for Money’s Sake
It’s the Economy By WILLIAM ALDEN You could be forgiven for thinking the boxy structure that opened last November in Long Island City, Queens, with gray-and-white stripes flanking a blue…
Transfer deadline day: Has everyone fallen asleep?
There are two windows in each yearone beginning on July 1 and ending on August 31 and the other starting on January 1 and finishing on the final day of…
Controversial, Capitalist Koch Brothers Pledge Millions To Catholic University Business School
(RNS) Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch recently made headlines by pledging nearly $900 million to help elect candidates who support their libertarian strain of economic conservatism, but the industrialists…
Vine launches kid-friendly app
The online platform was acquired by Twitter in October 2012 and recently announced that it has more than 40 million registered users.
Trial to Begin for Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Prostitution Case
PARIS — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is to stand trial on Monday on accusations that he participated in a prostitution ring that extended from…
Another new record for Super Bowl streaming
An NBC Sports spokesman said the average streaming viewership number is not yet available. Even with a peak of 1.3 million simultaneous viewers, the online streams account for barely 1/100th…
Media Titans Murdoch and Bloomberg at Play in Politics and News
David Carr THE MEDIA EQUATION When Mitt Romney announced on Friday that he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination for a third time, he cited the desire to “give…
As Tourism Record Is Set, New York City Sees Surge in Chinese Visitors
Mayor Bill de Blasio may have diverged from his predecessor’s path several times in his first year in office, but when it comes to tourists, he has embraced Michael R….
Winter storm cancels more than 2,000 flights as Northeast braces
The storm put the metropolitan Chicago area’s more than 9 million people under a blizzard warning Sunday, and another 65 million people are under a winter storm warning across 18…
‘American Sniper’ Sets Super Bowl Weekend Record
“American Sniper” shot down another box-office record: Its $31.9 million is the biggest Super Bowl weekend gross ever. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Clint Eastwood film narrowly surpassed the…
Wow! Painting bought for $5,212 in 2013 sells for $5.2 million
This week, however, the painting’s price jumped exponentially1,000 times its previous valueat a Sotheby’s auction in New York. It sold Wednesday for $5.2 million. The discrepancy in the value of…
Australian Open Intent on Leading the World in Pampering Players
MELBOURNE, Australia — For decades, professional tennis players struggled with tournament organizers to get more money and better services, and while that battle is far from over, the level of…
10 Worst States To Grow Old In
This story was originally published on 24/7 Wall St. The U.S. elderly population has grown exponentially in recent decades. The number of Americans 65 and older grew from 35 million…
Millions Of Cars Recalled For Faulty Airbags
More than 2 million Toyota, Chrysler and Honda vehicles are being recalled for a second fix for faulty air bags that may inadvertently inflate while the car is running. The…
Vehicles With Faulty Airbags Are Recalled for Second Time
Federal regulators have persuaded Toyota, Chrysler and Honda to recall about 2.1 million vehicles because the airbags might deploy even when the vehicle is not in a crash, the National…
Michelle Obama is an ‘American Sniper’ fan
“I had a chance to see ‘American Sniper’ this week on that long flight we took,” she said, referring to her trip to Saudi Arabia earlier in the week. –…
‘Dad’ gets a makeover in Super Bowl ads
Are you tired of seeing the bumbling, clueless, buffoon-like dads in commercialsthe ones whose biggest contribution to child rearing is uttering “Yes dear” as their partners do all the work?…
‘Star Wars’ Volkswagon Super Bowl Ad Will Always Be Our Favorite
And now for a quick replay of the best Super Bowl commercial of all time. – The spot has been watched more than 61 million times on YouTube as of…
Rick Santorum Gets It Wrong On Immigrants Holding U.S. Jobs
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Rick Santorum touted a shocking statistic to Iowa voters: Of the “6 million net new jobs created in America” since 2000, “all of…
New Stem Cell Advance May Be Big Step Toward Cure For Hair Loss
Hats off to researchers in California. They’ve taken what appears to be a big step toward the development of a cure for hair loss, a condition that affects 50 million…
Jay-Z buys music streaming Aspiro for $56 million
Last year, Neil Young raised more than $6 million for his startup Pono, which makes a portable music player that emits vinyl-record quality sound. Then there’s Dr. Dre and Jimmy…
Is this tech firm the Super Bowl’s next GoDaddy?
Related: Victoria’s Secret supermodels in Super Bowl gear Wix is hoping to take a play from Apple’s book — and make a name for its brand with the 100 million…
Colleen McCullough, Author of ‘The Thorn Birds,’ Dies at 77
Colleen McCullough, a former neurophysiological researcher at Yale who, deciding to write novels in her spare time, produced “The Thorn Birds,” a multigenerational Australian romance that became an international best…