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.

Lawrence Arabia (James Milne) at the NZ@CMJ New Zealand music showcase night in New York.

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.

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

Mergers and acquisitions dominated activity on Wall St, with almost US$10 billion of deals announced as the S & P 500 Index held near a four-month high.

New Zealand middle distance runner Nick Willis rounded at his Commonwealth Games preparations.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has emphasised NZ's security and development role in the Pacific in a speech to the United Nations.

Publicity of rape, incest and grisly dog gassings follow booming simple-living sect.

New Zealand is now officially for sale on the New York Stock Exchange at the very reasonable price of 55 basis points (or 0.55 per cent).

Chicago Cubs outfielder Tyson Colvin is in a stable condition after a piece of a broken bat pierced his chest.