Warhol’s canvas sold for $20.4m
An Andy Warhol canvas depicting Jacqueline Kennedy, titled Sixteen Jackies, sold for $20.4 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s in New York.
Canada’s Dairy Queen creates world''s largest ice cream cake
Canada has set a world record for creating the largest ice cream cake ever made.
According to AFP Relax News, the creation of the 10.13 tons cake took 14 hours, 100 volunteers, 20,000 pounds of ice c
Macca’s third wedding at register office
When Beatles legend Paul McCartney ties the knot for the third time at the age of 68, it will be a small register office wedding.
Investors slam Microsoft's Skype deal
Microsoft Corp's move to buy money-losing Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion was immediately skewered by critics and investors, who questioned the logic of the deal and suggested the softwa
Rajaratnam guilty on all insider trading charges
Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was found guilty on all 14 conspiracy and securities fraud charges of insider trading on Wednesday, a verdict that could galvanise the government's aggr
Bundchen top earning model again
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has been named the world’s top earning model for the seventh time. The Brazilian beauty has topped the list, compiled by Forbes magazine, since 2004. This year saw the 30-year-old’s income increase by $20 million, taking her earnings over the past year to $45 million, reported Contactmusic.
World's millionaire ranks seen soaring through 2020
The rich keep getting richer, both in the United States and especially in the world's emerging markets.
Public and private investments controlled by the richest families are expected to more than dou
'Home Alone' house for sale for $2.4 million
The stately Georgian home where actor Macaulay Culkin outwitted a pair of bumbling thieves in the 1990 hit film ‘Home Alone’ is for sale for $2.4 million (1.46 million pounds).
John and Cynthia Abend
'Osama had another house near Abbottabad'
Slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lived in a small village close to the Abbotabad highway for more than two years before moving into a larger compound in the Pakistani garrison town in 2005, acc
After Bin Laden death, Obama visits Ground Zero
Days after the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. President Barack Obama met New York fire-fighters and police on Thursday and visited Ground Zero to offer comfort to a city still scarred by the September 11 attacks.