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Yahoo kills 'Livestand' 6 months after debut
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad.
Is China poor? Key question at climate talks
BONN, Germany (AP) - Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.
I never thought you'd ask me
I've been either working for the Social Security Administration or writing a column about Social Security issues for about 40 years now. And I would have bet money that in all that time, I've been asked every question in the book. In fact, I don't recall getting a question in the past 15 years or so that I haven't been asked a dozen, if not hundreds, of times before. And now this week, I've had two questions emailed to me that I've never been asked in my entire career! Will wonders never cease? The ...
AP study: Typical CEO made $9.6M last year to break compensation marks
NEW YORK (AP) - Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.
Consumer confidence highest in 4 ½ years
WASHINGTON (AP) - A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
Stocks fall on Wall Street as Spanish bank teeters
NEW YORK (AP) - Another flare-up in Europe's debt crisis knocked U.S. markets lower Friday. This time, it was more trouble at a major Spanish bank.
Morgan Stanley may refund some Facebook investors
NEW YORK (AP) - Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Weekly jobless aid applications dip to 370,000
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits changed little last week, signaling modest job growth.
Food stamp fraud raising growing concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) - Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash - sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist - and then asking the government for replacement cards.
Facebook launches iPhone camera app
MENLO PARK (AP) - Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.
HP leads Dow to its fourth day of gains in May
NEW YORK (AP) - Hewlett-Packard helped pull the Dow Jones industrial average to a slight gain Thursday, giving the index only its fourth gain this month.
Smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes push price of pack of cigarettes to $15
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
WASHINGTON (AP) - Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.
HP to cut 27,000 jobs, save up to $3.5B annually
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 27,000 jobs as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers.
Facebook stock climbs, but firm faces lawsuits from shareholders
NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company saw an increase in the company's stock price and shareholder lawsuits related to the social network's botched initial public offering.
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Twitter founder unveils search app
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter co-founder Biz Stone hopes to demonstrate that a picture can be worth even more than 140 characters of text.
Mulally staying at Ford, not leaving for Microsoft
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Alan Mulally is staying at Ford.
Your next TV: Will it be Ultra HD?
LAS VEGAS (AP) - After attempts to hawk 3-D and OLED TVs fizzled in recent years, television manufacturers are taking small steps toward making a new technology, Ultra HD, more viable for mainstream consumers.
TV-on-Internet service Aereo gets $34M in funding
NEW YORK (AP) - Aereo, a Barry Diller-backed startup that provides broadcast television channels over the Internet for a monthly fee, said Tuesday that it has secured $34 million in additional funding from outside investors.
People spent $10B on apps during 2013
CUPERTINO ( AP) - Apple says people spent more than $10 billion in its app store last year, on apps such as "Minecraft," ''Angry Birds Star Wars" and "Sleep Cycle" alarm clock.
Apple’s iBeacon now in grocery stores
Apple's iBeacon now in grocery stores
Samsung teams up with Comcast for ultra-HD movies
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of TVs, said Monday that it is tackling the problem of getting ultra-high-definition content to its new TV sets by teaming up with the Internet streaming services of Comcast, Netflix and Amazon.
Dish Hopper set-up can record 8 shows at once
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Dish Network Corp. has unveiled a new digital recorder system that can record eight TV shows at once and can be controlled by voice.
Sony to sell waterproof phone through T-Mobile
NEW YORK (AP) - Sony has unveiled a waterproof smartphone that sports a 21 megapixel camera and expands what users can do with it underwater.
Toyota rolling out hydrogen-powered car first in California
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Toyota said Monday that it expects to sell more hydrogen-powered electric cars in the U.S. than previously planned.
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