Authors: Jeanette Torres
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Looking to save -- or make -- some money? Consider a high interest checking account.
While, in the world of checking, "high interest" means 1.64 percent, which may not sound like much, that's 33 times the national average, according to Bankrate.com.
The financial website surveyed 56...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A California teenager has figured out a way to do what plenty of adults wish they could -- turn a hobby into a money-making business.
Sean Burris, 18, sells flights on vintage jetliners to fellow aviation history buffs. His company, Classic Jet Tours, has sold two flights so...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) -- Superman fans are sounding off about Gillette's "Man of Steel" campaign, arguing that the ad's question "How Does He Shave?" is a no-brainer.
Pegged to Warner Bros. new Superman movie out next Monday, Gillette puts the question to the test with videos from notable, self-proclaimed comic aficionados...
Authors: Carmen Cox
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The first pornography app for Google Glass has launched, though not for long.
This morning Mikandi, a developer of adult content apps, released "T*** & Glass," an app for the connected glasses, which allows users to browse and vote on racy content. The app also takes...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Stocks closed near session highs on Monday as all three of the major averages posted solid gains on the first trading day of June.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its best day in a month, led higher by Merck, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Coca Cola. The blue chips index closed up 138.46...
Authors: jc
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Taco Bell is saying it believes a photo posted to its Facebook page Sunday of an apparent employee licking a stack of taco shells is a prank but it is "conducting a full-scale investigation."
A photo of a man in uniform in a Taco Bell restaurant is seen licking a stack of about 30 taco shells.
A...
Authors: jc
Lifesize/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New York City’s largest hotel -- the New York Hilton Midtown -- will discontinue room service to its 2,000 guest rooms this summer.
The news, reported by Crain’s New York Business, has more serious implications than the unfulfilled cravings of a late-night binge. When the hotel cuts room...
Authors: Louis Milman
Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Apple seems to be getting closer to giving the streaming music services like Spotify, Rdio and Pandora, a run for their money.
According to The New York Times, Apple is pushing ahead with licensing deals with music companies so it can introduce its free streaming music and radio...
Authors: Louis Milman
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- General Motors reported Monday that its iconic luxury car brand is enjoying a bit of a comeback. So far this year, Cadillac sales have increased 38 percent, the biggest such jump since 1976.
“Cadillac is back,” Vice President of Global Cadillac Bob Ferguson said...
Authors: jc
Michael Buckner/Getty Images for SXSW(LOS ANGELES) -- Napster co-founder and Facebook billionaire Sean Parker is officially hitched.
The 33-year-old Internet guru wed singer-songwriter Alexandra Lenas on Saturday evening “in a romantic, magical setting in the forest behind The Ventana Inn, Big Sur, Calif.,” according to...
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