The global tobacco industry is under attack from pirates that are ripping the heart out of cigarette...

Believe it or not, the Reagan Revolution is alive and well. Just don't go looking for it in Washington, D.C. Instead try Asia, Latin America or eastern Europe."It's kind of like the early days of...

There is a universal wisdom to healthy eating. Pile on the fruits, vegetables and whole grains and skip the meat and saturated fat. Consume everything in moderation, especially alcohol. But certain...

These days, car buyers have the upper hand when they walk into the showroom. They have access to dealer invoice prices and day supply data on the Internet--not to mention a recession that has spurred...

An enhanced version of Miller Heiman's sales planning and communication tool, Sales Access ManagerSM, is now available for use with Microsoft...

WASHINGTON -- Three Illinois banks were shuttered Thursday as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks. Regulators shut down John Warner...

THE dollar eked out marginal gains on Friday in activity made narrow and illiquid by the close of US financial markets for the long Independence Day...

The economic downturn has been hard on the city of sin. Nevada has been a capital of home foreclosures, and cash-pinched gamblers have tired of finding that what they stake in Vegas stays in Vegas....

iPhone , which emerged around the same time, but it's meant for a completely different experience: collaborative public spaces rather than solo communications. Unfortunately, I haven't had much...

, but the lower 48 states will be seeing a lot more of her--not in the media capitals of New York or Los Angeles, but in smaller markets, including towns in New Hampshire, Iowa and other states that...

The US recession and the swine flu outbreak have delivered a one-two punch to Mexico's sources of revenue, threatening gains against poverty made in the past two...

The good, the bad, the ugly ... anything that's posted about you on the Web will likely come up in an online search or with a little digging. And that can mean trouble.Erik Kopelman, a business...

Anyone who knew that Mozilo was exercising options for 5.1 million shares of Countrywide and selling the underlying shares for $140 million should have guessed that the price of Countrywide was about...

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Not being good at building gadgets is kind of like saying you're no good at spitting out long strings of prime numbers. It's one of those freakish talents most of us don't...

The means that support each new communications system follow a similar curve of imitation and maturity. At first, practitioners try to make money through the old model--after all, it is what they...

The U.S. dollar rose against the yen in Asian trade yesterday as fresh worries about the health of the U.S. economy supported the "safe-haven" greenback, dealers said.The dollar firmed to 96.09 yen...

Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place....

The country first got into debt to help pay for the Revolutionary War. Growing ever since, the debt stands today at a staggering $11.4 trillion — equivalent to about $37,000 for each and every...

Market Fireworks Before Independence Day? What investors need for a firm commitment to riskier assets — one that can sustain the relief rally of the last quarter — is concrete evidence that banks...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Major countries should support the dollar as the key international currency, although emerging nations may discuss a new global reserve currency on the sidelines of the G8 summit...

(Fortune Small Business) -- Tired of hearing that everything tastes like chicken? So are Seattle entrepreneurs Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow. They want it all to taste like bacon.Two years ago the...

General Motors Corp. will build a new luxury stretch sedan called the Cadillac XTS at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., according to suppliers briefed on the automaker’s latest product...

WASHINGTON: Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing. Microsoft said...

As the hype around a "smarter" power grid has heated up, tech giants like Google and Microsoft are vying to create the universal remote for your home's energy use: Both have released software that...

Those standards sound more typical of the American Stock Exchange, or NYSE Amex since the two exchanges merged last year. The Amex was once wrought with fraud and scandal -- though it was a pioneer...

The U.S. yesterday introduced a federal "Cash for Clunkers" scheme, providing incentives for motorists to trade-in old vehicles for new, more fuel-efficient models. This type of program--also...

A 30-second snippet of Michael Jackson rehearsing two days before his death was released Thursday, part of more than 100 hours of footage that could be turned into live albums, a movie and a...

(Figures in Rupees) Currencies Buy Sell US Dollar 45.30 50.65 Sterling Pound 74.45 82.65 Euro 63.20 70.45 Australian Dollar 36.50 40.25 Bahrain Dinar 119.15 135.75 Canadian Dollar 38.50 43.35 Danish...

Mumbai, Jul 3 : The Rupee today fell by 20 paise to 48.15/16 in the opening trade against the US Dollar due to heavy Dollar purchase by foreign banks and others, dealers at the domestic interbank...

Now short-sellers, the market skeptics who correctly called last year’s downturn, are coming under even more unwanted scrutiny, this time from federal regulators. The Securities and Exchange...

NEW YORK - General Motors Corp. may have to wait out the long holiday weekend to learn if its bankruptcy plan is moving forward, after U.S. Judge Robert Gerber adjourned a three-day hearing without...

Mumbai, Jul 2 : Rupee today ended five paise weaker at 47.94/95 against dollar from it previous day close on fresh speculative demand from foreign banks and others, traders at the domestic interbank...

WASHINGTON -- New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported...

MICROSOFT has bowed to public outcry and pulled from the web an ad rapidly gaining fame as "the worst technology commercial ever". The ad, which plugs Microsoft's Internet 8 browser,...

announced today that they can now confirm the sale of 310 hydrogen fueled generators to a wireless infrastructure company in India. Ballard, based in Burnaby, BC, manufactures the FCgen-1300 fuel...

Who’s Playing at the Battle of the Tech Bands? Stay Tuned… Seattle-based Ground Truth, a stealthy startup led by Sterling Wilson and Michael Libes, has raised $2.6 million in equity...

Like many unemployed older workers, 64-year old Allan Kellum fears his age has made it harder to find a new job. At a recent job fair, Kellum expressed interest in a supervisory role coordinating an...

Posted on: Thursday, 2 July 2009, 16:10 CDT Microsoft is including some “tweets” from prominent Twitter users in search results generated by its new Bing Internet search engine, the AFP news...

CSC has announced an agreement with Microsoft where the systems integrator will resell cloud-based Microsoft online services. Under the agreement, CSC will resell the Microsoft Business...

SOS: Send loans now With bank lending to small businesses nearly frozen, these 8 entrepreneurs are among the thousands fighting for the credit lines and loans they need to keep their companies...

Sick pay: 9 stories of health costs From $10,000 deductibles to no coverage at all, CNNMoney.com readers and viewers reveal their battle with the rising costs of health...

-(Dow Jones)- The Federal Reserve warned state contractors, local governments and other potential recipients on Thursday to consult with their banks before depositing warrants issued...

the terms remain the same. The FDIC will notify you by mail about your accounts/loans. Contact the FDIC with any questions until further notice If your bank is purchased, you will be contacted...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- One year ago, on July 3, 2008, oil prices settled at a record high -- a once-unthinkable $145.29 a barrelOn Thursday, it settled at $66.73, less than half the record price,...

ILMN ) will sequence your genome -- in other words, your entire genetic code.Until now, the only other company offering personal genome sequencing services is biotech startup Knome. It charges...

To support its Bing search engine and Azure hosted services, the software giant has opened its largest data center outside the U.S. in temperate...

Bing News could have done a much better job delivering relevant stories during the two or so frantic hours in which searches went through the roof. "By most reports, Bing did not deliver the best...

CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plans to issue new rules that could make it slightly easier for private equity firms to buy failed banks, according to people familiar with the agency’s...

With joblessness rising, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was "deeply concerned" about unemployment and conceded that too many families are worried about "whether they will be next" to suffer...