Apollo

Private equity company Apollo Management is in discussions to buy Regis Corp. (RGS), a Minneapolis company that runs more than 12,000 hair salons, The New York Post said. The discussions are not yet in their final stages and it is not certain the two parties will reach a deal, The New York Post...

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. said it plans to sell shares to the public, almost three years after the casino operator was taken private by Apollo Global Management and TPG.

Earlier this week, Amtrak released its proposal to build a new high-speed rail line connecting Boston and Washington, D.C. The project will cost over $100 billion and take 25 years to build. While rail enthusiasts may be pleased, you have to wonder: why is it going to take so long? Here's a look at other great infrastructure projects that took much less time to build.

Since George W. Bush gutted regulations on the for-profit education industry, it has reaped huge profit growth, while appalling percentages of its students drop out with no degrees and big debts. Reregulation could lead those profits to plummet.

At 7:30 EST on Friday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration deliberately crashed two orbiting probes into Cabeus, a large crater near the south pole of the moon. This program, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission, was designed to determine if the lunar...

As America celebrates the fortieth anniversary of its first visit to the Moon, it seems reasonable to reconsider the broader significance of this event. On one level, the 1969 moon shot was the ultimate in hyper-expensive vanity projects, a bright, bold move that inspired the country, impressed the...