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Sci/Tech
Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Facebook started rolling out a revamped profile design called Timeline that makes the entire history of photos, links and other things shared on Facebook much more accessible with a single click. This may be the first moment that many of Facebook’s 800 million members realize just how many digital breadcrumbs they’ve been leaving on the [...]
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Business
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The giant online retailer blames the drop in 2nd-quarter net income on a rise in operating expenses, including new distribution centers. The firm’s stock climbs after the earnings report. Even as Amazon.com Inc. gears up for a legal battle over sales tax in California, the online retailer’s stock continues to climb after posting second-quarter [...]
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Autos, Business
Monday, May 2nd, 2011

The Chrysler Group posted on Monday its first quarterly profit since going through bankruptcy reorganization in 2009, as the company sold more cars at higher prices. Chrysler has reported its first quarterly profit since it emerged from bankruptcy protection 2 years ago. The US carmaker made a net profit of $116m (£69m) in the [...]
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Business
Monday, March 28th, 2011

US stocks traded higher Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 50 points to 12270, the Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 5.4 points to 1319 and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 7.1 points to 2750. Among the companies whose shares are actively trading in the session are Eastman Kodak Co. (EK), GSI Commerce Inc. (GSIC) [...]
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Sci/Tech
Saturday, March 12th, 2011

iPad 2 starts to retail in the United States, gizmo aficionados are already excited about the number of new features offered by Apple Computers which will be gearing up for another successful launch with the initial sales expected to eclipse the original iPad. The iPad 2 further blurs the line separating tablet PCs and smart [...]