Mickey Drexler, who turned Gap into the epitome of Nineties casual, is fronting a $3.9 billion takeover bid for J Crew.

Charlie Sheen is suing the porn star who was with him when he smashed up a New York hotel room last month.

The best-selling author of The Tipping Point has enraged social network users by dismissing their impact on real issues. It is, Tim Adams writes, just the latest salvo in an argument set to run and run.

Lights, cameras, action: Chris Reed goes on location in New York.

Simon Rich published his first short story collection three years ago. Now, aged just 26, his first novel has won critical acclaim. He talks to Stephen Jewell.

The high-profile Vogue editor says being sacked from a job at Harper's Bazaar was 'a great learning experience'.

Remember touch-screen tablets? For indeed, Apple did not invent the touchscreen tablet. But before iPads, the category was a clear failure.

LimeWire may begin to regret its regular boast that its 50 million users shared and downloaded more than three billion songs a month.

The CMJ music marathon has wrapped for another year and the ten New Zealand bands that attended are taking stock of the festival and its effectiveness in gaining international attention.

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She is a perma-tanned reality TV star famed for her booty. He is a perma-tanned jeweller famed for his bling. Can it be love?

Around half a dozen local bands have made the trip to New York for the CMJ Music Marathon, which kicks off this week. New Zealander Gemma Gracewood is there so you don't have to be.

There are a handful of NZ bands in New York for the CMJ Music Marathon, but that's not our only international presence by a long shot.

Take a flick though our gallery of NZ bands around the world.

Shares on Wall St advanced overnight, helped by better-than-expected results from Citigroup and expectations the Federal Reserve would further ease monetary policy.

In an area where dropouts are the norm a school is making dreams of a higher education come true.

A handful of local artists are preparing to fly to New York to perform at the CMJ Music Marathon festival.

Sometimes the simplest of garments brings out a display of virtuosity in designers more effectively than anything more obviously sensational.

Fashion has rejected its current minimalist aesthetic and heartily embraced colour.

News website The Daily Beast and Newsweek, an icon of the American magazine industry, are thinking about a merger.

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The dean of a New York university has been accused of ordering students to do housework - or lose their scholarships.