New York, Jan 14 : Soon after Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriends Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt moved out of the Playboy mansion, the octogenarian mogul has opened doors of his love pad for his new playmates.

Hefner's new girlfriends Crystal Harris and Kristina and Karissa Shannon have officially moved into the mansion, confirmed his rep.

Late last week "Girls Next Door" star Marquardt announced that she has decided to leave the Mansion, following in the footsteps of Holly and Kendra and "become her own person."

Now, the mansion is home to the 19-year-old Shannon twins, who have become permanent accessories for their 82-year-old shared boyfriend.

New York  - US bank Citigroup is to merge its brokerage unit, Smith Barney, with rival Morgan Stanley, the two firms said in New York on Tuesday.

Morgan Stanley will lead the new brokerage and will pay Citigroup 2.7 billion dollars in cash.

Citigroup has been hard hit by the financial crisis and has cut thousands of jobs, while its losses for the fiscal year could rise to more than 20 billion dollars when it announces quarterly numbers next week. It has received two cash infusions totalling 45 billion dollars from the government.

New York  - Major US stock indices turned in mixed results Tuesday.

Rising energy prices pushed oil stocks higher, and banks rose amid signs of easing credit markets.

Concerns about a looming slump in US corporate profits continued, though, weighing on some sectors of the stock market.

A survey of analysts by the Bloomberg financial news agency found an average estimate that profits at S&P 500 companies probably fell by 20 per cent in the October-December quarter.

New York  - Many US newspapers are planning special commemorative issues to mark the January 20 inauguration of Barack Obama as president, the trade journal Editor and Publisher reported Tuesday.

The Washington Post is to cover the event with more than 70 reporters and plans to put out a special afternoon edition of the paper on the day of the inauguration. The paper will hit newsstands by 6 pm and will sell for two dollars.

New York, January 13 : Tina Fey's "suck it" comment about a trio of Internet haters in her Golden Globes acceptance speech Sunday night boomeranged, with the bloggers firing back with more negative comments.

Fey blasted three LA Times message board writers - DianeFan, Cougar-Letter and BabsonLacrosse - for their negative comments after winning the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV comedy series for her role as Liz Lemon on NBC''s "30 Rock".

She slammed the trio by saying that they could all "suck it".

However, soon after her televised speech, Cougar-Letter posted a taunt on The Envelope message board.

New York, January 13 : A high-profile lineup is set to dominate the stage at US President-elect Barack Obama's pre-inauguration ball.