Wild week on Wall Street ends with subdued gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After one of the most volatile weeks in memory, stocks ended higher on Friday in a tentative sign that the worst of the selling may be over.
Get the full story >>Sprint ditches 4G model of RIM PlayBook
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp has scrapped plans to sell a high-speed version of Research In Motion Ltd's PlayBook tablet because of slack demand, delivering another blow...
Get the full story >>Security expert warns hackers can attack Android
BOSTON (Reuters) - A mobile security expert says he has found new ways for hackers to attack phones running Google Inc's Android operating system.
Get the full story >>$25 billion Groupon valuation "very high": analyst
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Estimates that Groupon Inc is worth $25 billion are very high because the largest online daily deals company is losing money, Benchmark Co analyst Fred...
Get the full story >>Exclusive: Wal-Mart changes e-commerce leadership
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is shaking up its e-commerce structure, putting the people who run stores in developed markets such as the United States in charge of the...
Get the full story >>Roundup herbicide research shows plant, soil problems
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The heavy use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide appears to be causing harmful changes in soil and potentially hindering yields of the genetically...
Get the full story >>Analysis: China costs start to worry U.S. multinationals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For years, low prices on China-sourced goods helped dampen inflation in the United States. Now China's efforts to boost domestic consumer spending, reducing...
Get the full story >>Insight: China's microbloggers rattle the censor's cage
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - When Chinese journalist Wang Keqin found himself cornered in the countryside two years ago by police who were trying to stop him looking into a rape...
Get the full story >>U.S. companies on buyback binge but at whose expense?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies are pouring their cash stockpiles into buying back their own shares, betting on a Wall Street rebound rather than investing in new operations or...
Get the full story >>Zynga draws fewer paid players than expected
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game publisher Zynga may for the first time be less reliant on its top games to make money, but it still depends on under 5 percent of its users for...
Get the full story >>Nvidia shares jump but Tegra growth worries analysts
(Reuters) - Shares of Nvidia Corp rose as much as 11 percent on Friday on the company's strong third-quarter revenue forecast, but brokerage Evercore Partners said it was...
Get the full story >>German court sets Samsung, Apple hearing for Aug 25
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Korean company Samsung Electronics will go to a German court on August 25 to try to overturn a ban on it selling flagship Galaxy tablets in most of the...
Get the full story >>HuffPo loses editor: Is culture clash to blame?
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Is Huffington Post going to have a hard time holding onto its high-profile hires from traditional media outlets?
Get the full story >>Cisco bulls may underestimate tough road ahead
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc still faces tough challenges with tight public spending and fears of a new economic downturn, analysts warned, after the giant Silicon...
Get the full story >>Renren posts small Q2 profit; Q3 view drags down stock
(Reuters) - Chinese social networking site Renren Inc posted a small quarterly profit as online advertisement segment rose, but forecast third-quarter revenue largely below...
Get the full story >>Google and Facebook face-off in social games
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook is not the only game in town anymore.
Get the full story >>Analysis: Apple going after Google in tablet spats?
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's increasingly effective patent war against rivals like Samsung Electronics may mask its real target: arch-foe Google Inc.
Get the full story >>Twitter makes it easier for users to track themselves
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Twitter unveiled two new features on Wednesday to help users better monitor their corner of the social media universe.
Get the full story >>Caution marks mobile device market in H2: Gartner
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Uncertainty in global financial markets will likely take its toll on the market for mobile devices in the second half as growth slows in Western Europe,...
Get the full story >>Climate scientists shine new light on methane mystery
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Atmospheric levels of methane, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat, stayed steady for two decades to 2006 on wider fertilizer...
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