Microsoft gives details on next version of Windows
Microsoft has announced the latest version of its Windows operating system, called Windows 10, at an event in San Francisco.Terry Myerson, Windows chief said: "There's about one and a half ...
View ArticleClimate plan aims for jobs greener city
SAN DIEGO -; Mayor Kevin Faulconer will unveil a new city blueprint for fighting climate change Tuesday afternoon during a news conference atop a La Mesa water treatment plant lined with solar ...
View ArticleSummer homebuying season fizzled
"It was kind of an outlier in terms of typical summer activity," said Mark Goldman, a loan officer and real-estate lecturer at San Diego State University. "We had very low inventory ...
View ArticleSnack attack Convenience replacing meals
More consumers than ever are replacing meals with snacks, creating an opportunity for food manufacturers to create more convenient healthy and savory ...
View ArticleThe government skinny on caffeinated underwear It wont help you lose a latte...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- If you purchased caffeine-infused underwear because of promises it will make you thinner, federal regulators say you were hoodwinked -- but at least you can get your money back. The ...
View ArticleAlexander Should you click links in e-mails
A: At a time when many corporate-looking e-mails are really clever fakes containing links to malicious websites, how are consumers to know which e-mails to trust? I suggest erring on the side of ...
View ArticleAfter govt discloses first US-diagnosed case of Ebola shares of cos. studying...
NEW YORK -- Shares of companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S. The Centers ...
View ArticleBankruptcy judge grants Trump Entertainment request for hearing on union...
WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge will hold a hearing Thursday on a request by Trump Entertainment Resorts to be relieved of its pension obligations under a collective bargaining ...
View ArticleComplaints about utility scams soar
The scammers were pros: They had the St. Paul restaurant's utility account number and the amount of its last utility bill when they called last spring and threatened to cut the power for lack of ...
View ArticleCase-Shiller Twin Cities house prices up 5.4 percent during July
Just Listed brings you the latest news and information from the Twin Cities-area commercial and residential real estate market and beyond from veteran reporters Jim Buchta and Kristen Leigh ...
View ArticleUS stocks meander to close out month with a loss eBay jumps on plans to spin...
NEW YORK -- A suddenly stormy month on the stock market came to a quiet end on Tuesday. Major indexes drifted to a slight loss, leaving the Standard & Poor's 500 down 1.6 percent for ...
View ArticleDrug device companies paid $3.5B to doctors hospitals
The federal government reported Tuesday that doctors and teaching hospitals were paid $3.5 billion in the last five months of last year by companies that sell medical equipment and ...
View ArticleUS stocks meander in afternoon trading
FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, as investors set aside worries about the protests ...
View Article4 charged with hacking Apache simulator software $100M of Microsoft data
The DOJ has accused four men of stealing $100 million worth of information from Microsoft Corporation and simulator software used to train Apache attack helicopter pilots. (U.S. Army photo by CW4 ...
View ArticleFCA to investigate Tesco accounting scandal
which wiped 3 billion pounds from the troubled British grocer's stock market value last month. "Tesco will continue to co-operate fully with the Financial Conduct Authority and other ...
View ArticleHackers targeted Microsoft game makers says US
Forward together we go - chalein saath saath, that's the message sent out by PM Modi & US President Obama in their joint editorial for Washington ...
View ArticleWatch PayPal Splits From EBay
I'm Michelle -- of the New York -- the financial markets close on Wall Street for this Tuesday September 30 that the story stuck. Today a look at how investors treat each day after the big ...
View ArticleStocks Slip Leaving SP 500 Down for September
FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, as investors set aside worries about the protests ...
View ArticleDrug Shares Jump After News of First American Ebola Case
The Centers for Disease Control announced this evening that they had confirmed the first case of an individual being diagnosed with the deadly virus, at a hospital in ...
View ArticleShares of Companies Testing Ebola Vaccines Rise
Shares of some companies that are studying potential vaccines for Ebola climbed after federal officials announced that the first case of the disease has been diagnosed in the U.S. The Centers for ...
View ArticleJudge Eyes Trump Entertainment Pension Obligations
A Delaware bankruptcy judge will hold a hearing Thursday on a request by Trump Entertainment Resorts to be relieved of its pension obligations under a collective bargaining agreement with workers at ...
View ArticleAsian Stocks Mixed After Wall Street Decline
FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, as investors set aside worries about the protests ...
View ArticleContinuum Microsoft finally makes touch and mouse make sense together
The most important thing that Microsoft showed at its Windows 10 unveiling in San Francisco today won't actually be in the Technical Preview that's ...
View ArticleFour charged with stealing intellectual property from US Army Microsoft
indictment unsealed today , the Justice Department revealed that it had charged four men with stealing information from the US Army, Microsoft, and a host of other game developers. Two of the charged ...
View ArticleTracy Morgan I cant believe Wal-Mart is blaming me for injuries
Tracy Morgan is not at all happy with Wal-Mart’s accusation that the "30 Rock" star and his entourage weren’t wearing seat belts when a tractor-trailer hit his limo on the New ...
View ArticleQuebec takes stake in LNG marketer as Plan Nord push resumes
MONTREAL - Quebec is pushing further with a plan to power its remote north with natural gas in a bid to stoke investment, joining a growing shift toward the fuel source in many parts of the world. ...
View ArticlePipeline company Plains Midstream under investigation by NEB after failing...
CALGARY – The National Energy Board confirmed Tuesday it is investigating a pipeline company that has, until last month, been closely monitored by the highest levels of the Alberta Energy ...
View ArticleFord Canada to hire 1000 workers as it gears up to manufacture new Edge vehicle
TORONTO o In a rare sign of growth for the Canadian auto industry, Ford Motor Co. of Canada is adding more than 1,000 jobs even as its parent company slashes its profit forecast and recalls hundreds ...
View ArticleCutler attacks LePage over Great Northern Paper deal says taxpayers on hook...
Independent governor's race candidate Eliot Cutler accused Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday of leaving taxpayers on the hook for $15.9 million over seven years with a failed deal that ...
View ArticleLargest pipeline yet in North Dakota delayed a year Enbridge cites Minnesota...
A Canadian company that wants to build the largest oil pipeline yet from western North Dakota's booming oil patch is delaying the project for at least a year due to permitting problems in ...
View ArticleIdaho Land Board to consider approving Tamarack Resort ski area lease
Battered and bruised Tamarack Resort could take a significant step this week toward a clearer financial picture and getting on track to being the kind of four-season destination playground early ...
View ArticleJapans Tankan Survey Offers Mixed Picture Yen Rises
LOS ANGELES – The Bank of Japan's tankan survey of business sentiment, closely monitored by economists, came in somewhat better than expected for the largest manufacturers, but showed a ...
View ArticleJapan Stocks Zigzag In Early Trade Fujifilm Up On Ebola News
LOS ANGELES – Japanese stocks turned south in the early minutes of Wednesday trade only to rebound to the flat line, as the yen zigzagged off the latest tankan business-sentiment survey. Ahead ...
View ArticleAustralia Stocks Pull Back On Commodity Weakness
LOS ANGELES – Australian stocks bopped back to losses Wednesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 0.4% after a 0.5% gain in the previous session. Weak iron-ore and gold prices sent Rio Tinto Ltd. ...
View ArticleAP Source US and Brazil resolve decade-long trade fight over cotton subsidies
An official close to the negotiations says the United States and Brazil have resolved a decade-long trade battle over subsidies Washington provided to American cotton growers. The agreement would ...
View ArticleCasino mogul Steve Wynn tells gambling industry its not about slot machines...
Steve Wynn had some advice. It hasn't been the gambling that's key to casinos' success. It's everything else. That's why after he recently won the opportunity to build ...
View ArticleAlgerian presidents silence after hostage beheading provokes new speculation...
FILE - This Thursday, April 17, 2014, file photo shows President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, centre, in a wheelchair, waving as he leaves after voting in the presidential elections in Algiers. The absence ...
View ArticleUK watchdog probes Tesco over £250m profits overstatement as sales fall at...
Rolling business and financial news, including the latest troubles at Britain's supermarkets and fresh factory output data from around the ...
View ArticleThe Wall Street Journal Softbank to sell Sony flagship phone
+1.46% ?latest smartphone, the two companies confirmed on Wednesday, possibly giving the heavily diversified electronics maker's struggling mobile business a lift. The Wall Street Journal ...
View ArticleCurrencies Crude oil rebounds slightly after overnight slump
Crude-oil futures rebounded modestly in Asian trading hours Wednesday after an overnight sell-off that pushed prices to their lowest in more than a year. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, ...
View ArticleWith Windows 10 a contrite Microsoft will try to atone for Windows 8 mistakes
Humbled by businesses' dislike for Windows 8, Microsoft has issued a mea culpa, offered the world a first peek at Windows 10 and pledged that the new OS will delight IT executives. But the true ...
View ArticleTesco £250m overstatement probed
Britain's biggest supermarket said it had been notified by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it had launched a "full investigation" after details emerged in an announcement ...
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Overtech Provides Update on Acquisition of Beatmungspflege 24 GmbH
STUTTGART, GERMANY--(Marketwired - Oct 1, 2014) - Overtech Corp. (OTCQB:OVET) Overtech Corp. (the "Company" or "Overtech") is pleased to provide an update regarding its acquisition of ...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches revamped MSN site ahead of next Windows OS release
Microsoft has reportedly launched a completely redesigned MSN web portal right ahead of its scheduled Windows announcement. New versions of its MSN apps will become available on Tuesday on its ...
View ArticleMicrosoft unveils Windows 10 with return of start menu
Microsoft has unveiled the first details of the company's next operating system (OS), Windows 10 which comes with the return of the Start menu that had been removed from its earlier version. ...
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Strong dollar leads to drop in gold prices
LOS ANGELES - Gold seems to be losing its luster. The precious metal on Tuesday posted its sharpest monthly loss in the past 15 months on expectations of fast gains in the American dollar. ...
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Q2 recovery process in UK faster than earlier estimates
LONDON - Britain's economy grew faster than earlier estimated having regained the output lost in the recession a year ago and is now 2.7 percent larger than pre-financial crisis period, the Office ...
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Spain's Enagas joins TAP project to avail Azerbaijan gas supply
TBILISI - Enagas, the main carrier of natural gas in Spain, has bought out two shareholders in the Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP), a 870 km project to bring Azeri gas to Europe, in a bid to ...
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PayPal to be separated from eBay next year
NEW YORK - Online auction site eBay plans to spin off its PayPal electronics payment business into a separate publicly traded company next year, the company announced on Tuesday. The surprise move ...
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Late 2015 launch planned for next Microsoft OS version Windows 10
SAN FRANCISCO - On rumouors of talks that Microsoft may choose a different name for its next version of the Windows operating system, the software giant Tuesday gave a sneak preview of its next ...
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