MarketWatch: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) upped its full-year forecast Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) began the “static kill” of its well in the Gulf. Reuters: Japan is worried because the yen is…
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), a slightly younger brother to Blockbuster in the retail industry, has gone up for sale. The book store firm’s stock moved up 30% after hours to $16.10,…
Jen-Hsun Huang, the co-founder, president and chief operating officer of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), is reportedly a perfectionist who has little patience for screw-ups by employees. Too bad he isn’t held to…
The clock has run down for Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) already. The Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based smartphones is made by a bevy of manufacturers. The Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone has…
Accuweather, The Weather Channel and their websites have the market cornered to give consumers maps of weather patterns and forecasts. That era may be over. Google Earth has added a weather layer.…
The time that PC users spend on social networks has surged according to Nielsen. “Americans spend nearly a quarter of the time they’re on the Internet from their PC, or about six…
Douglas A. McIntyre The weak 2.5% GDP showing for the second quarter has brought dozens of new theories into the shopping bazaar of explanations about America’s growth prospects. One school says that the effect of…
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Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) has made final plans to plug its well. Reuters: The dollar index fell to a three-month low due to a slowing economy. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:…
Thousands of hackers will be able to break into the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS. The new software will allow experts to break into Android-powered phones to steal personal information from…
Douglas A. McIntyre Day traders and active traders have many stocks on the move to choose from this Friday. Some of the top percentage movers and standout stocks are Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been pretty good at protecting a lead. Its Windows 7 franchise has kept it well ahead of any other PC operating system and produced record sales after the…
Reuters: Second quarter growth slowed on imports and lower consumer spending. Reuters: Republicans blocked a small business plan. Reuters: The House will take up legislation on offshore drilling. Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE: C)…
If you heard CNBC in the last few minutes or have watched news wires, multiple reports are out that China has blocked the Google.cn site. Sound familiar? It should. This is not…
The June audience of ESPN.com soared to 30.6 million unique visitors as people checked out the World Cup online, according to research firm comScore. That moved it ahead of well-known sites including…
