Kimmel and Colbert take late-night TV live to wring the best jokes from third Trump-Clinton debate

As the country heads into the final weeks of the 2016 presidential election , late-night TV hosts are working overtime to deliver comic relief in real time. "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ," " Jimmy Kimmel Live " and "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah " all aired live episodes after Wednesday night's third and final presidential debate to give the masses the jokes they so desperately need to get through this election cycle.

Alibaba CEO Eyes $4 Trillion Offline Market by Being Middleman

After taking control of China's online shopping market, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. wants to bring the business of instant feedback to a brick-and-mortar sector that's 10 times bigger. The nation's biggest e-commerce company is building a network that would allow physical stores -- and the brands they sell -- to monitor transactions as they happen, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang said.

Could Trump TV become a reality for the nominee if he loses?

Speculation continues to swirl around whether Donald Trump 's Plan B is to create a Trump-branded TV network to capitalize on his fervent support. On Monday, the Financial Times reported that Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, approached Aryeh Bourkoff , a former UBS banker who runs the boutique firm LionTree Advisors in New York, to discuss potential financing for a start-up media venture - should Trump lose the presidential election.

For Clinton campaign chief, it was literally a day to erase from memory

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, second from right, pauses while speaking with senior aide Huma Abedin aboard Clinton's campaign plane while traveling to Miami on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. On Wednesday, hackers, using information they'd gleaned from an email published by WikiLeaks, took control of his Twitter account and on Thursday wiped his iPhone and iPad clean of data.

Trump denies groping allegations, lashes out at media

Donald Trump angrily denied allegations by several women of sexual misconduct and lashed out against the media as an arm of Hillary Clinton's campaign hell-bent on preventing him from winning the White House. "These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false," the Republican nominee told a rally in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Clinton Leaks: A campaign at war with itself and the press

The story that dogs Hillary Clinton's campaign to this day, the disclosure of her private email server, had just broken two days earlier, and her campaign spokesman was minimizing the impact. "Goal would be to cauterize this just enough so it plays out over the weekend and dies in the short term," Nick Merrill wrote last year.

Obama pushes US goal to send humans to Mars by 2030s

President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, showcasing budding partnerships between the U.S. government and commercial companies to develop spacecraft capable of carrying out the extraterrestrial mission. Obama was calling attention to government contracts awarded to six companies to build prototypes for "habitats" that could sustain human life in deep space.

Fewer NFL Viewers Force TV Networks to Give Away Ads

Captains of the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys stand at midfield for the coin flip prior to a game in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 2, 2016 TV networks are giving away more commercial time this NFL season than a year ago to make up for one of the worst ratings declines in a decade, a rare sign of weakness for the biggest draw on television. In September, as the presidential election diverted viewers to cable news outlets, viewership of the NFL's prime-time games dropped 14 percent from a year earlier among the coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence analysis of Nielsen data.

Media rushes to discount claims of Google bias

Mainstream media outlets this week moved to discount Donald Trump's allegation that Google manipulated search results to favor Hillary Clinton, and called it a "conspiracy" contrived by the Russian media, ignoring similar reports that appeared in American media and discounting the fact that the researcher behind the claim supports Clinton. The media effort began on Wednesday evening, when Donald Trump cited an opinion survey from Google that showed him leading the presidential race, and alleged that the result was remarkable because Google had manipulated search results to favor Clinton.

Gold Advances as Deutsche Bank Concerns Stoke Demand for Haven

Gold gained on the final day of the quarter as rising investor anxiety over Deutsche Bank AG's finances spurred a selloff in equities and helped to underpin demand for a haven. Bullion for immediate delivery rose 0.5 percent to $1,326.34 an ounce by 11:27 a.m. in London, according to Bloomberg generic pricing.

British hacker loses battle against extradition to United States

Lauri Love may be coming to the United States, but I wouldn't count on it being any time soon. For those of you who may have missed the original story, Love is the "hacktivist" who frequently pushes the theme Bring Down All The Regimes and loves to dig through the internet for sensitive data.

Elon Musk Going To Mars And Beyond Starting In 2018 With New Rocket

People watch as India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle blasts off carrying a 2117 kg GSAT-6 communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, India, August 27, 2015. Billionaire Elon Musk announced his company SpaceX is developing a new rocket that will go to Mars and beyond starting in 2018.

Trump or Clinton, Goldman Likes Stocks Tied to Federal Spending

If Democrats and Republicans agree on anything before the presidential election, it's that the U.S. needs more government spending. And the stocks poised to benefit most from that aren't being properly valued, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. They're companies that get more than 20 percent of sales from U.S. largesse, ranging from aerospace and defense stocks to managed-care providers and industrial manufacturers.