Jobless Claims in US Increase More Than Forecast
More Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, bringing a halt to the recent progress in the labor market. First-time jobless claims rose by 16,000 to 357,000 in...
View ArticleBlackstone may be open to Michael Dell staying CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Blackstone Group is open to keeping Michael Dell as CEO of the PC maker he founded should the private equity firm be successful in its buyout bid for Dell Inc. (US:dell),...
View ArticleS&P Has Seen Enough From JPMorgan’s London Whale Response
Is JPMorgan America’s New Bad Bank? Halah Touryalai Forbes Staff Dimon’s Bonus Halved After London Whale Fiasco Steve Schaefer Forbes Staff Highest Paid At JPMorgan? Not Jamie Dimon Halah Touryalai...
View ArticleEuro edges up versus dollar but Cyprus concerns weigh
By Anooja Debnath LONDON | Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:50am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – The euro traded near four-month lows against the dollar on Thursday, remaining vulnerable to the crisis in Cyprus where banks...
View ArticleMassive cyberattack: Here’s what happened (Q & A)
Here are some answers to questions about perhaps the biggest cyberattack ever, which recently targeted Spamhaus, an anti-spam group based in Geneva and London. It ended up slowing down or blocking...
View ArticleGlobal economic growth prospects better, says OECD
LONDON: World economic activities are picking up with better growth prospects seen in the US, Japan and other major developed nations while emerging countries continue to drive the momentum,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Claim of Limited Windows Phone Success Comes Under Attack
Since Microsoft launched Windows Phone in late 2010, the firm has struggled to come up with positive news for the platform, which by all accounts has achieved, at best, 3 percent market share...
View ArticleFacebook says paying gamers surge by 24%
When it comes social networking on the Internet, Facebook is the site most people go to. Facebook has been trying all sorts of ways to generate more revenue from the approximately 1,000,000,000 members...
View ArticleBlackBerry profit rises as 1 million BB10 devices shipped
A person tries out a BlackBerry Z10 in New York when it was announced Jan. 30.(Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry shocked Wall Street with a surge in profit during the...
View ArticleDaniel Craig paid $US1m for appearance that lasted just minutes at NY auto show
Daniel Craig poses during a Range Rover appearance that lasted just minutes at the New York auto show. The actor picked up $1 million for the gig. Picture: AP/Starpix Source: AP JAMES Bond star Daniel...
View ArticleQuarter of US firms in China face data theft: business lobby
By Michael Martina BEIJING | Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:06am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – A quarter of firms that are members of a leading U.S. business lobby in China have been victims of data theft, a report by...
View ArticleUS Clean-Gasoline Rule Opposed by Oil Group Said Near
The Obama administration will propose new gasoline rules today to help curb air pollution from cars, a move backed by automakers and environmentalists though opposed by oil producers who say it will...
View ArticleSprint, Softbank vow not to use Huawei gear in Sprint’s network
In response to national security concerns, Sprint Nextel and Softbank pledged not to incorporate gear from Huawei Technologies into Sprint’s network core, the chairman of the House intelligence...
View ArticleApple designs iPhone with wraparound 3D display
“By holding a finger over the volume indicator an action could be triggered expanding the volume control over the entire left side of the device,” Apple’s patent filing explains. “This would allow a...
View ArticleSprint, SoftBank vow to drop Huawei equipment
Wireless carrier Sprint and SoftBank, its Japan-based suitor, have assured lawmakers in the U.S. that they will stop using equipment manufactured by China’s Huawei. Softbank is seeking to buy 70% of...
View ArticleI’d rather have employees who don’t just ‘lean in,’ but are ‘all in’
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 12:00 am I’d rather have employees who don’t just ‘lean in,’ but are ‘all in’ By Jim Sollisch Inside Tucson Business | 0 comments In the 1990s while Sheryl Sandberg was...
View ArticleWas ‘the biggest cyberattack in history’ all just a PR stunt?
The headlines have been apocalyptic: “Global internet slows after biggest attack in history”; “Biggest ever cyberattack slows internet for millions”; “The attack that nearly broke the internet”; “Cyber...
View ArticleConsumer Spending in US Climbs by Most in Five Months
Consumer spending in the U.S. climbed in February by the most in five months as incomes rose, signaling an improving job market is spurring demand. Household purchases, which account for about 70...
View Article‘Lean In’ author Sandberg: It’s time for women to lead
“Because boys are expected to lead and girls are not,” Sandberg said. And until that changes, she said, too few women will rise to top leadership positions in the U.S., where just 21 women head Fortune...
View ArticleSAC Capital Advisors Trader Is Arrested
BY MICHAEL ROTHFELD AND JENNY STRASBURG Federal authorities, deepening a criminal insider-trading investigation, continued to work their way up the ranks at SAC Capital Advisors LP. Early Friday...
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