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FCC invites comments on Comcast-NBCU deal

published about 13 hours ago
Anyone wishing to comment - pro or con - on Comcast Corp.'s planned takeover of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal unit has until May 3 to contact the Federal Communications Commission.

Tapping The Power Of The Wind

published about 13 hours ago
CEO of NYISO discusses New York's drive to harness wind energy.

Mortgage rates still below 5 percent (AP)

published about 16 hours ago
AP - Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the third straight week as the Federal Reserve prepares to end a program that has kept rates at or near record lows.

Porsche takes top spot in dependability study (AP)

published about 20 hours ago
AP - Porsche shot to the top of a closely watched study of long-term vehicle dependability, overtaking U.S. and Japanese rivals, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday.

Gov't orders recall of 1.2 million high chairs (AP)

published about 21 hours ago
AP - The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children.

Funding squeeze spurs student backlash

published Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:17 GMT
After a 40-year absence, revolution is again in the air in California, with university students taking to the streets to mount noisy and increasingly angry ... more

Exporters exhorted

published Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:16 GMT
Since his inauguration, the world has been waiting for a coherent, substantive policy on trade from Barack Obama. And the wait goes on

The lesson from Lehman's failure

published Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:08 GMT
If there are lessons to be learned from Lehman, it is not simply that its management succumbed to temptation, it is that institutions with bank-like ... more
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Xaar maintains dividend in spite of loss

published 1 day ago
Restructuring costs pushed the ink-jet printer technology group to incur pre-tax losses of £186,000, but the company has decided to stick to its 2.5p per ... more

Confidence returns to tech transfer realm

published 1 day ago
Development companies that fund and commercialise university spin-outs have seen investor appetite return to the sector over the past 12 months

Engineers seek expansion through Brics

published 1 day ago
The UK government and trade bodies trumpet Britain's advantages to inward investors, but emerging economies look set to benefit from investment by British engineers

India asks US to relax visa norms for workers

published about 2 hours ago
India has strongly taken up the difficulties faced by its companies and American MNCs in getting a US visa for Indian professionals with the Obama ... more

Hyderabad: IBM programme to foster NGOs

published about 2 hours ago
The programme brings 10 IBM professionals from seven countries (Denmark, US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Austria) to Hyderabad to work on critical projects ... more

BSE in talks for overseas listing of indices

published Thu, Mar 11 2010 01:30 GMT
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest bourse in Asia, is looking at listing its benchmark 30-share index Sensex on the US-based International Securities Exchange that ... more
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State Grid in joint deal with Quadra

published Mon, Mar 08 2010 20:01 GMT
The power utility will spend $900m to develop a Chilean copper deposit in partnership with the mining group, in the latest move by a Chinese ... more

Satyam case tests foreign investors' rights

published Mon, Mar 08 2010 18:52 GMT
A legal case brought in New York against the outsourcing company will show how far overseas shareholders in Indian companies are able to seek damages ... more

China to loosen control over book publishing

published Mon, Mar 08 2010 16:39 GMT
The country's largest publishing house intends to transform into a global player as it spearheads Beijing's plans to restructure the industry while keeping it under ... more
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Windows Phone 7 won't kill Zune HD

published Wed, Mar 10 2010 18:36 GMT
But Microsoft is telling game developers to concentrate on the phones.

Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award

published Tue, Mar 09 2010 13:42 GMT
Researcher Chuck Thacker, who helped pioneer several key aspects of the personal computer, gets honor seen as the Nobel Prize of computing. In an interview, ... more

Home Builders Can't Compete With Foreclosures

published Mon, Mar 15 2010 17:20 GMT
Sentiment among home builders is still lousy and cheap foreclosed homes are a big reason why.

Copper prices fall amid concerns over China (AP)

published Mon, Mar 15 2010 16:32 GMT
AP - Copper prices have fallen amid speculation that China will take steps to slow its economy.

Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen (Reuters)

published Mon, Mar 15 2010 11:19 GMT
Reuters - Industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New ... more
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