Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis expects the U.S. economy to gradually begin to recover by the middle of next year. (BAC)

Three local apparel retailers reported a mix bag of results for same-store sale in June, with Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. seeing an increase during the month and Hot Topic Inc. and The Wet Seal Inc. showing a drop in

Activision shareholders Tuesday are expected to approve a merger with Vivendi Games that will allow the deal to close within days.

Despite a soft economy, Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment on Wednesday posted higher third-quarter earnings on increased TV revenue and a tax recovery.

Fox Business Network announced Tuesday that Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walter Mossberg would appear weekly on the channel.

Michelle Bell has been promoted to senior vp worldwide creative services at Paramount Home Entertainment.

IMG Sports Media will become the exclusive media rights agent for the college football Bowl Championship Series beginning in 2011.

One day after AFTRA ratified its pact and left SAG as the only Hollywood guild without a new labor contract, the studios ratcheted up the pressure.

XM Satellite Radio executive Eric Logan has joined Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Prods. as executive vp, a newly created position that will find him overseeing several divisions, including radio, print and retail.

Several hundred major media execs at Herb Allen's annual retreat in this remote Northwest niche thought they could get away from it all.

With more than 200 films, 50,000 expected attendees and 26 years of history at its back, Outfest: the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which kicked off Wednesday night, has reached an age that typically connotes old guard orthodoxy

New York-area animation and motion capture house Perspective Studios is going bicoastal.

DirecTV Group Inc. has gained control of a "significant portion" of its installation and home-service network through the closing of its purchase of 180 Connect and another deal with UniTek USA LLC. (DTV)

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced a pair of new contracts Wednesday - one from La Poste and one from Sound Transit. (JEC)