For millions of followers worldwide, their time of worship occurs not on Sunday mornings but weekday afternoons. Their altar consists not of holy artifacts or a pulpit but of a television and some th

Stocks posted their first weekly decline since early October with unhappy anniversaries all around us; Monday marked twenty-two years since one serious slump day and the Great Depression was unoffici

When the announcement came in last December, the peacock started looking like a buzzard. Seated firmly in fourth place, NBC (GE) pulled a move that had analysts scratching their heads and viewers rol

Gourmands, harried fiancées, and dentist office waiting rooms were struck a blow on Monday when publishing giant Condé Nast announced the closure of four of its popular magazines after

Here’s just what banks don’t need after the housing crunch: a stake in struggling media companies. But it may work out that way, thanks to bankruptcies. When media companies can no longer

For a third straight session stocks ended in the black, as did black gold with oil gaining 4.6%. The yellow metal itself got up over $1,000 intraday, an 18-month high, but our greenback could use buc

Electronic versions of novels and other books are bad enough for lovers of black ink on a white page, but making college textbooks available via Apple’s (AAPL) iPod and iPhone is a sinister par

Minyan Morning MemoOne to watch: Panera Bread (PNRA) is out with earnings after the close. Its bakery cafe chains are in almost 40 states and expansion in Canada is on the agenda. The company’s

David Einhorn -- head of Greenlight Capital (GLRE), perhaps best known for calling "baloney" on Lehman Brothers' financial statements last year -- recently said he's shorting Moody's (

A deal between Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) still may be in the making. Last year, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang turned down a $47.5 billion takeover deal. But Microsoft still wants to cut a searc