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NJ's bankrupt Revel suffers fate of other casinos
From the day it opened last April, Revel insisted it was a different kind of casino. It shunned bus-riding day-trippers, banned smoking, hired a ...
NJ's newest casino, Revel, to file for bankruptcy
Revel, the casino many people had hoped would turn around Atlantic City's sagging fortunes, said Tuesday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
'Good Day to Die Hard' debuts with $28.6M take
Bruce Willis' action sequel "A Good Day to Die Hard" hauled in $28.6 million to lead the box office over the long President's Day weekend. The top 20 ...
S&P 500 ends higher, extending streak
The S&P 500 kept its winning streak alive, just. The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week nearly two points higher, enough to give it a seventh ...
Herbalife stock surges after Icahn grabs stake
Strictly business, nothing personal. That's how Carl Icahn characterizes the latest turn in his clash with fellow Wall Street titan William Ackman.
Stocks inch higher as finance ministers meet
Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on a meeting of global finance ministers in Moscow. The Dow Jones ...
Atlantic City's Trump Plaza goes for bargain $20M
Trump Plaza, the Boardwalk centerpiece of Donald Trump's onetime Atlantic City empire, was sold Thursday to a California company for $20 million in ...
Filing shows Icahn holds stake in Herbalife
The divide between billionaire investors Carl Icahn and William Ackman is getting deeper. A regulatory filing Thursday shows that Icahn holds a 12.
'Identity Thief' grabs $34.6M to debut at No. 1
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" has made off with the weekend box-office title with a $34.6 million debut. The top 20 movies at ...
'Identity Thief' swipes No. 1 spot with $36.6M
"Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the North American box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted ...
'Warm Bodies' tops box office with $20.4 million
The zombie romantic-comedy "Warm Bodies" topped the box office with a debut of $20.4 million. The film for Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment proved a ...
'Warm Bodies' heats up box office with $20 million
The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Hollywood largely ...
Chesapeake's embattled CEO McClendon to retire
Aubrey McClendon, the brash and embattled CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., will leave the company he founded 24 years ago amid philosophical ...
'Hansel & Gretel' top box office with $19.6M
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" fetched $19.6 million in its opening weekend. Other films opening over the weekend failed to burn up the box office.
'Hansel & Gretel' nabs $19M, No. 1 at box office
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" cooked up $19 million in its opening weekend. Paramount's R-rated action film update on the classic fairytale topped ...
Billionaire investors square off on live TV
A long-simmering spat between billionaire investors Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman boiled over into a shouting match on live television Friday. The two ...
Netflix enjoys marquee day as stock soars 42 pct
Netflix's rollercoaster ride on Wall Street surged to new heights Thursday. The company's stock climbed $43.60 to close at $146.86 as investors ...
Netflix's 4Q restores company's investment luster
Netflix has re-emerged as a stock-market star after a fourth-quarter performance that demonstrated its success in broadening the appeal of its ...
'Mama' tops box office with $32.1 million
Arnold Schwarzenegger's post-governorship comeback fizzled at the box office, as his "The Last Stand" earned just $7.2 million over the three-day ...
Chastain films take top 2 spots at box office
Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her supernatural horror ...
'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts down $24.4M at box office
"Zero Dark Thirty" nabbed the biggest haul at the weekend box office. The controversial Osama bin Laden raid drama earned $24.4 in its first weekend ...
'Zero Dark Thirty' captures No. 1 at box office
"Zero Dark Thirty" hunted down the top spot at the box office — and easily won it. Sony Pictures' controversial Osama bin Laden raid drama nabbed ...
'Chainsaw' grabs top box-office slice with $21.7M
"Texas Chainsaw 3-D" took the biggest cut of the weekend box office as the sequel to the 1974 horror tale debuted with $21.7 million. The top 20 ...
'Chainsaw 3-D' carves out No. 1 debut with $23M
It took Leatherface and his chainsaw to chase tiny hobbit Bilbo Baggins out of the top spot at the box office. Lionsgate's horror sequel "Texas ...