AP - Roberto Cavalli has confirmed, perhaps inadvertently, that Jennifer Lopez is pregnant.

Reuters - Singer-actor Robert Goulet, whose rich baritone voice made him an instant success when he played Lancelot in the original 1960 Broadway hit “Camelot,” died on Tuesday at age 73.

Fashion Wire Daily - ‘Tis the fall, and the season of the ball…the Angel Ball, that is. The annual charity event, founded in 1996 by Denise Rich to fund cancer research in memory of her daughter Gabrielle’s untimely death at the age of 27 from leukemia, is always a star-studded affair, and this year’s ball, [...]

Reuters - The U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly brisk clip in the third quarter, the government said on Wednesday in one of a series of reports that implied a resilient expansion despite a battered housing sector.

Reuters - Oil surged more than 4 percent to a record over $94 a barrel on Wednesday after a steep drop in U.S. inventories fueled winter supply concerns and the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday, with all three major indexes up more than 1 percent, sharply rebounding from an initial decline following the Federal Reserve’s cut in interest rates by 25 basis points, as expected.

Reuters - The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday, but said the risk of inflation was roughly equal to downside risks to growth, suggesting further rate reductions are far from a sure bet.

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp , the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, is in talks to put applications from Web search leader Google Inc on its cell phones, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Wall Street bankers are flocking to the Middle East, and it’s not for oil or the balmy weather.

AP - A lesson about investing might seem as appealing to young people as eating a bowlful of spinach. Mutual funds that cater to children aim to make the whole process sweeter.