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BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: The Christian relief organization World Vision commissioned a survey recently which found that, because of the recession, 71 percent of Americans say they will spend less money on holiday presents this year, and nearly half (49 percent)

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: In Washington, speculation is running high about where Obama and his family will attend church after they move into the White House. Earlier this year, Obama cut ties with his longtime Chicago congregation, Trinity United Church of

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: This past week the UN said nearly a billion people worldwide are hungry, but there are many efforts underway to combat that. We have a Fred de Sam Lazaro story today about one popular feeding program that

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Magnetic storms around Earth are stoked by the solar wind, but what triggers these powerful events? At this week's American Geophysical Union meeting, UC Berkeley's Marit Oieroset and colleagues report the discovery by the THEMIS spacecraft of two holes in

A semester-long design studio at the School of Information culminated last week in a showcase of students' interactive devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun. With audio slide show

Now in its second year, the Berkeley Initiative for Leadership on Diversity will fund five staff-initiated projects in 2008-09, advancing diversity on fronts ranging from LGBT awareness through opportunities for African American staff and beyond.

Anxious people often engage in mindless distractions to keep from thinking scary or troubling thoughts. But results from a new brain imaging study by a UC Berkeley researcher suggest that brain-sharpening activities - rather than mind-numbing ones - can rein

A new working paper by HBS professor Amy C. Edmondson and coauthor James R. Detert looks at the dynamics behind why people may or may not speak up at work. According to the authors, "The results suggest that individuals bring

Dec. 12--With a recent wave of cutbacks, layoffs and consolidations threatening the already-reeling newspaper industry, readers are left with a question: what is being lost? Even as online news sources proliferate and 24-hour cable channels provide a running tally of

The chief executive of National Lampoon was charged with conspiracy and securities fraud in what prosecutors called an attempt to raise the company's stock value artificially.

New York-based financial newsweekly The Deal today reduced its overall workforce by 10 percent, FOLIO: has confirmed.

Borders Group Inc. has agreed to accept books from HarperStudio on a nonreturnable basis, departing from a decades-old publishing tradition.Under the terms of the deal, the nation's second-largest bookstore chain by revenue will get a deeper discount on initial orders

David Radler, the former president of Hollinger International Inc. and former Chicago Sun-Times publisher, was granted parole in Canada after serving 10 months of his 29-month jail term.The official ordered Radler to be granted full parole at his eligibility date,

WGN-AM 720 program director Bob Shomper is leaving the Tribune Co. station to join Citadel Broadcasting's WLS-AM 890 and is being replaced by Cleveland import Kevin Metheny, WGN-AM boss Tom Langmyer told staffers Monday.WLS-AM executives could not be reached immediately

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. has finally started to roll out new features designed to make its e-mail service more like the popular online hangouts Facebook and MySpace, following through on a promise made nearly a year ago.With the additions

CBS Corp. said it was swapping five radio stations in midsize markets for two Clear Channel Communications Inc. stations in Houston, part of a plan to focus on larger markets.For Clear Channel, the stations remove part of an overhanging requirement

Chinese Democracy," the notoriously long-in-coming Guns N' Roses album, hasn't turned out to be the big hit that Best Buy Co. expected when it scored the exclusive rights to sell the CD in the United States.Despite considerable curiosity about singer

Lee Enterprises Inc., the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 48 smaller newspapers, disclosed Monday that it faced several potential default triggers on its debt, becoming the latest newspaper chain to struggle with borrowings made in headier days.Lee borrowed