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…
Reuters: The Fed Beige Book says some regions see economic slowing. Reuters: The China People’s Daily ran an editorial which encourages the US to take account of China’s rising power. Reuters: Amazon.com…
Reuters: BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) new CEO called the spill a “wake up call” for the oil industry. Reuters: The IMF backed down on its comments about the yuan’s value. Reuters: Google…
Yahoo! Japan will use the Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) search engine technology. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has a stake in the Japan operation, but is not the controlling shareholder. The decision is a…
Reuters: UBS (NYSE: UBS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) posted good earnings. Reuters: The EU opened antitrust investigations into IBM (NYSE: IBM) Reuters: Ask.com, owned by IACI (NASDAQ: IACI), will use humans…
Social networks and search engines have been restricted by regimes that want to control access to news and manage public opinion. Now the Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry is under siege…
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