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The Boss: Pixability Chief Is an Entrepreneur at Heart

NY Times - News On Business - 25 min 23 sec ago
The chief of Pixability drew on her and experience in business, law and government to found her company, a provider of video marketing software and services.

Categories: Business News

In Facebook Stock Rush, Fanfare vs. Realities

NY Times - News On Business - 28 min 22 sec ago
The small gain for Facebook’s stock on its first day of trading suggests that many professional money managers viewed all the hype as just that.

Categories: Business News

Preoccupations: Training for a Marathon, With Your Co-Workers

NY Times - News On Business - 30 min 26 sec ago
A grade-school teacher describes how she and four of her colleagues have trained together to run a marathon — and have found a new sense of camaraderie along the way.

Categories: Business News

Strategies: Facebook’s Swings Are Ho-Hum to a Nobel Laureate

NY Times - News On Business - 37 min 24 sec ago
To Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory, the Facebook stock hubbub is a yawn. He’d rather focus on a rigorously diversified mix of stocks and bonds.

Categories: Business News

SpaceX Aborts Rocket Launch

Wall Street Journal News - 37 min 35 sec ago
Launch of the first private spacecraft aimed at docking with the international space station was scrubbed at the last split-second early Saturday, due to a technical problem.
Categories: Major News

Economic View: How National Belt-Tightening Goes Awry - Economic View

NY Times - News On Business - 39 min 26 sec ago
An overextended family can solve its problems by cutting spending, increasing savings and paying down debts. But such belt-tightening doesn’t work as a metaphor for the national economy.

Categories: Business News

The Haggler: E-ZPass, and the Cash Lane That Wasn’t — Haggler

NY Times - News On Business - 41 min 56 sec ago
What happens when your car doesn’t have E-ZPass, but you’re forced to use the “E-ZPass Only” lane at the tollbooth? A reader asks the Haggler to help resolve the resulting mess.

Categories: Business News

Novelties: Wristwatches That Help Screen Your Messages, and More

NY Times - News On Business - 44 min 26 sec ago
A new generation of watches connects with smartphones and other devices to offer news feeds and e-mail, text and other alerts.

Categories: Business News

Corner Office | Chris Barbin: Chris Barbin of Appirio, on Boiling Down Answers

NY Times - News On Business - 46 min 41 sec ago
Chris Barbin of Appirio, an information technology company, says he asks job candidates how a best friend would describe them, and then how they would describe themselves.

Categories: Business News

Google Gets Approval From China for Motorola Deal

Google says authorities in China have approved its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. This brings the Internet search giant closer to completing its biggest deal ever.

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Discord at JPMorgan Investment Office Blamed in Huge Loss

NY Times - News On Business - 1 hour 31 min ago
Discord in 2010 and 2011 contributed to the JPMorgan chief investment office’s giant losing trades in 2012, current and former bankers said.

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Credit Suisse Asks Argentina's Grupo Petersen To Repay Loans

Fox - News On Business - 1 hour 39 min ago
Credit Suisse AG (CS, CSGN.VX) has informed Argentine conglomerate Grupo Petersen that it must pay back loans used to buy a stake in oil company YPF SA (YPF, YPFD.BA) after it missed a $400 million payment.
Categories: Business News

Fair Game: A Bailout Analysis That’s Incomplete - Fair Game

NY Times - News On Business - 1 hour 42 min ago
A recent Treasury analysis paints a glowing picture of the eventual outcome of the 2008 financial rescues. But taxpayers deserve a better breakdown of the costs and benefits.

Categories: Business News

Is Insider Trading Part of the Fabric on Wall Street?

NY Times - News On Business - 2 hours 7 min ago
The S.E.C. has been getting tougher on insider trading on Wall Street, but maybe its potential target has grown too wide.

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Apple commentator John Gruber jumps ship

CNN - Money and Techology - 2 hours 53 min ago
Daring Fireball's John Gruber, one of the most influential Apple commentators on the Internet, is switching networks.
Categories: Money News

ConocoPhillips, Eastman Chemical To Invest $5.35 Billion In Malaysia - Report

Fox - News On Business - 3 hours 37 min ago
ConocoPhillips (COP) is expected to make an additional $5 billion investment to ramp up its operations in Malaysia, the New Straits Times daily reported Saturday citing Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak.
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On-the-go gear for your kids' entertainment kit

MSNBC - News On Technology - 4 hours 30 min ago

Summer travel season is here. And whether you plan on traveling by train, plane or automobile, the chorus of "Are we there yet?" is inevitable. You may be able to stave it off, though, if you pack your kid's travel entertainment kit properly. Here's what I suggest you take with you.


Categories: Technology News

Is your HDTV underperforming? Here' s a really quick fix

MSNBC - News On Technology - 4 hours 40 min ago

Every TV has a button that zooms in on the picture, or changes the aspect ratio. These modes have a variety of names, but all have the same purpose. In reality, most of the time there is only one “correct” mode for a better picture. Here’s how to do it.


Categories: Technology News

G-8 Leaders to Discuss Economic Woes

Wall Street Journal News - 5 hours 18 min ago
Leaders of the world's eight richest economies gathered in Camp David, Md., Saturday to discuss how to deal with the European debt crisis amid fresh concerns that it could spark widespread financial turmoil.
Categories: Major News

Possible rocket engine problem triggered SpaceX launch abort

MSNBC - News On Technology - 5 hours 19 min ago

A potential rocket engine problem may be to blame for the unexpected abort of a private SpaceX rocket launch before dawn on Saturday, officials said.


Categories: Technology News