NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless on Thursday said it will pay a dividend of $10 billion in January to its owners, Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC, ending a strategy of reducing debt that has frustrated Vodafone. Vodafone, a British cellphone company with wide international interests, owns 45 percent of Verizon Wireless, yet hasn’t [...]
We all know that Jon Stewart’s not a the biggest fan of cable news pundits. And we must not forget about the time Old Man Stewart shook his fist at Twitter. So that doesn’t bode well for those who “The Daily Show” host calls “Twitter pundits,” viewers who take to the social networking site to share their [...]
On set and preparing for her first starring role in a major motion picture, getting ready for scenes with stars like Steve Carell and Julianne Moore, you can understand why Analeigh Tipton would be a little bit anxious. Luckily, that’s exactly what her directors wanted. “She’s a nervous person in general,” Tipton says of her [...]
CHICAGO — Two Delta Airlines aircraft have collided on the tarmac at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Delta spokeswoman Chris Kelly Singley says a plane headed to Minneapolis and one headed to Atlanta made struck each other before takeoff Friday. Singley said there were no injuries. A Chicago Fire Department spokesman said the two planes were [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. has settled a dispute tarnishing a key investment in China, but the truce didn’t bring much peace of mind to the embattled Internet company’s disillusioned shareholders. The complex agreement announced Friday revolves around the spinoff of an online payment service formerly owned by China’s Alibaba Group, an emerging Internet [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and four other telecom companies are offering a proposal to overhaul the $8 billion federal phone subsidy program to pay for high-speed Internet connections in rural and other underserved areas. They say the plan, which was filed with the Federal Communications Commission Friday, would bring broadband service [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc. has bought about 1,000 pending and issued patents from IBM Corp. in its quest to shore up its defenses against suits by other technology companies, according to documents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Google and IBM spokesmen wouldn’t comment Friday on the purchase. The patent transfers [...]
The royal family was quite the colorful bunch on Friday night, hitting a pre-wedding party for Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall onboard Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia. The Duchess of Cambridge repeated a green Diane Von Fursten berg dress that she first donned in L.A. last month, Princess Eugenie picked a bright red sheath and Princess Beatrice wore [...]
Who saw this one coming? According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Philadelphia Eagles surprised the league and reached an agreement with star cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Per the report, Asomugha’s deal is worth $60 million for five years. Earlier on Friday, the former Oakland Raider had apparently narrowed his decision down to two teams,the Dallas Cowboys and New [...]
It’s not easy wearing green, but Freida Pinto seemed to pull it off the the premiere of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” in L.A. on Thursday night. The actress picked an asymmetrically-cut gown by Juan Carlos Obando with crisscrossed straps, paired with nude pumps and a short stack of bracelets. Take a look [...]
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