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Thursday, December 23, 2010

IBM Predicts Holographic Calls, Air-Breathing Batteries by 2015


The predictions are part of an annual tradition for the Armonk, New York-based company, which surveys its 3,000 researchers to find five ideas expected to take root in the next five years...

Friday, November 5, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

Auto sales down in September from August


Auto sales slipped in September from August, initial data from major carmakers showed, adding to evidence that the market remains stuck in a slow-motion...

Fed's Bernanke, Pianalto say recovery disappointing

The economic recovery remains disappointingly slow with unemployment too high, two top Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday...

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wall Street slips as it puts September rally on "pause"


Wall Street took a breather from a month-long rally on Wednesday, with investors bracing for higher volatility going forward as the best quarter in a year...

Monday, September 27, 2010

Wall Street slips as investors pause after 4-week rally

Stocks slipped on Monday as investors took a break from a four-week rally, but they remained optimistic the advance would resume as a flurry of deals suggested companies were seeing value in the market....

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Israeli settlement slowdown to end at midnight


Happy Jewish settlers released balloons and broke ground on a kindergarten as the last hours of a 10-month construction slowdown ticked away Sunday...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Bernanke hopes U.S. not relegated to slow recovery


Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday it was unclear whether the U.S. economy would be relegated to the type of slow recovery that typically follows....

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Oracle lifts Nasdaq as options expiration arrives


The Nasdaq rose on Friday after reassuring earnings and an upbeat outlook from Oracle, with the broader market flat as the traditional trading volatility...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Global stocks try third week of gains


Global stock markets were on their way to a third week of gains on Friday, with emerging markets favored, while the threat of Japanese intervention kept the yen close to its lows for the month....

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Yen drifts up as Japan silent and Asia stocks down

The yen drifted higher on Thursday, though the threat of Japan selling more of its currency loomed, while Asian stocks slipped from a near five-month...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Markets edge higher, though energy a drag


Wall Street rose but was trapped in a tight trading range on Wednesday as investors, without a positive catalyst, hesitated after a recent run-up....

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Asia stocks keep global rally alive


Asian stocks edged up while the yen rose to a 15-year high on Tuesday ahead of a decisive vote in Japan...

Monday, September 13, 2010

BP sees oil spill claims below $20 billion: analysts


BP believes compensation claims related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be less than the $20 billion the oil giant has put into an independent claims fund...

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Dubai World to repay interest, then loan installments: repo


Dubai World will repay interest on loans to creditors and then the loans themselves in installments, a government official was quoted as saying..

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Investors, prepare for volatility


Investors are using options to brace for big swings next week as Wall Street enters the peak of the most volatile month for stocks historically...

Friday, September 10, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

BP points fingers in oil spill blame game


BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Asia stocks near 1-month high; euro dips after WSJ


Asian stocks hovered near one-month highs on Tuesday as investors awaited Chinese data, while the euro took a hit after a newspaper...

Monday, September 6, 2010

Oracle, ex-HP CEO Hurd in talks for job


Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is in talks to take a top executive job at Oracle Corp., the database software maker run by his friend Larry Ellison...

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Report: Blackwater created shell companies


The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company....

Friday, September 3, 2010

Gates Lands in Afghanistan


Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders.....

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Stocks enjoy best day in 8 weeks


Wall Street posted its best day in eight weeks on Wednesday as investor mood brightened...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Oil creeps above $72 after big fall on weak demand


Oil prices rose slightly to above $72 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a steep drop the previous day...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Stocks fall in year's lightest volume


Stocks fell in the year's lightest volume on Monday as worries about the pace of economic recovery...

Monday, August 30, 2010

Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors


Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors..
President Barack Obama said Sunday he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim....

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Economy edges closer to stalling, government says


The economy turns out to be weaker than we thought, and the outlook for the rest of the year is now looking dimmer....

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Bernanke speech shows effort to find Fed consensus


Ben Bernanke is struggling to build consensus among Federal Reserve officials about what steps are needed - if any - to give the economy a boost...

Friday, August 27, 2010

Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker


The government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse. The Commerce Department on Friday will...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Wal-Mart wants women's class-action suit tossed


Wal-Mart asked the Supreme Court to throw out a gender discrimination class-action lawsuit against it...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Stocks drop after sharp fall in July home sales


Stocks fell for a fourth day after another disappointing report on housing deepened worries that the economic recovery could be fading.....

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Guilty plea in NY in Disney insider trading scheme


A man charged with selling secrets about finances at Walt Disney Co. pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to wire fraud charges and conspiracy......

Monday, August 23, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Apple Exec Pleads Not Guilty in $1M Kickback Scheme


The Apple executive accused of taking $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers...

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Key Mexican drug cartel suspect extradited to U.S.


A drug cartel responsible for killing thousands of people in Mexico's border cities has been dealt another law enforcement setback...

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Deficit


Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Google Offices Raided In Street View Probe


According to a police official, a cyber crime unit is investigating Google Korea for possibly violating communications and privacy laws...

Sunday, August 15, 2010

FHA Gets Tougher on Mortgages


Consumers looking for home loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration will face tougher hurdles...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Wall Street Tries to Sort Through Economic Reports

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The economic reports, on business inventories, retail sales and the Consumer Price Index, were in much the same vein as those that Wall Street....

Friday, August 13, 2010

Repossession threat as Government reduces home owner support


More families will lose their homes, charities warn, as the Government prepares to reduce the amount of financial support it provides to borrowers...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Afghan civilian deaths spike in 2010: UN


An Afghan youth carries a bundle of hay on his back as U.S. Army soldiers pass by during a patrol in Kolack, a village in northeastern Afghanistan.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Google Agonizes on Privacy as Rivals Emerge


A confidential, Google "vision statement" shows the company in a deep round of soul-searching ..

Monday, August 9, 2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Saudi Arabia, RIM Reach Agreement


Saudi Arabia has reached a preliminary agreement with Research In Motion over the handling of BlackBerry data that...

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Friday, August 6, 2010

Pentagon demands Wikileaks files


The Pentagon has demanded that the whistle-blower website Wikileaks hand over all classified US military documents it has not yet published...

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Intel Settles Antitrust Case


Intel Corp. agreed to a series of restrictions as part of an antitrust settlement with U.S. regulators to resolve charges the Silicon Valley giant engaged in...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Monday, August 2, 2010