In a twist on art imitating life, real-life Manhattan socialite Lydia Hearst-Shaw is joining the cast of Gossip Girl.

How is the aviation pioneer, accused of being a Nazi sympathizer, connected to the Jewish newspaper mogul?

In a collaborative campaign to compete with Microsoft in internet-delivered software, Google and Salesforce.com have become increasingly cozy.

On June 21-22, Pete Seeger will perform at the Clearwater Festival, an annual environmental fund-raiser in Croton, New York, which he began more than 30 years ago to help clean up the Hudson River. That is the sort of activism that has defined Seeger’s life. So how could he be connected to Kahane, the right-wing rabbi and agitator?

Blackrock Chairman and CEO Laurence Fink received a pay package totalling $41.87 million last year, according to a company proxy statement filed yesterday.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani should not have received communion during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit because the former presidential candidate supports abortion rights, New York Cardinal Edward Egan said Monday.

Under the leadership of a pair of television industry veterans, CleanSkies.tv is dedicated to covering two of the hottest news topics of our day - the energy industry and the environment.

She managed a payroll; she’s used to politics - the corporate variety at least - and at 53, she’s relatively young. Perhaps it’s no surprise then that Carleton “Carly” Fiorina, the former head of the Hewlett-Packard Co., is being mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate.

Joe Francis may have been hasty when he referred to Ashley Alexandra Dupre as his “lottery ticket.”

With friends like the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who needs enemies?