For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.The federal figures, released Wednesday, showed that
Hitachi posted a quarterly loss Tuesday on slow television sales and a tax write-down but said it would rebound to a profit this year on a recovery in hard drives, pushing its shares up almost 6 percent.Hitachi, the biggest Japanese
Online classifieds giant Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., alleging the online auctioneer is violating federal and state antitrust laws.The legal spat, which began last month, pits two of the Internet's most popular Web sites against one another.It lays
Yahoo is fighting back against Carl Icahn. Saying Yahoo's current board, led by CEO Jerry Yang, "completely botched" negotiations with Microsoft, the infamous corporate raider on Thursday filed an alternative slate of directors to run the company. Yahoo shareholders will
Written by Scott Scheper for Gaebler Ventures PayPal has been embraced by many small businesses. If you are new to PayPal and how it can help you grow your small business, this is a great article for you. Imagine, as
The price of steel is going through the roof across the world, mainly because the cost of transporting it and buying the raw materials used to make it have risen dramatically. But the Antimonopoly Service believes some Russian steel producers
An innovative life sciences start-up company in Truro's AgriTECH Park will soon be turning local produce and seafood into health foods, medicinal supplements and cosmetics for export to the growing Asian market.
Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.Besides Dictionary.com, Ask is picking up Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its
The company that runs many of the Internet's core directory systems has won a patent for its controversial service that helps Internet users find sites even when they mistype addresses.VeriSign Inc. said it has no intentions of resurrecting the Site
MARION - Anyone who stops by for a bite to eat at the former Pulley's Barbecue on Old Illinois 13 in Marion will notice a change in ownership. Kevin and Michelle Borum opened the business under their name, KB Bar
Eleven major Brazilian companies, along with six Brazilian subsidiaries of mulitnational firms, have signed up to a new programme to report greenhouse gas emissions. (15 May 2008)
In 2002 Sony Ericsson paid actors to pose as tourists, who would ask passers-by to take their photograph with the company's new camera phone. Whilst doing so, the actors would rave about how great the phone was, without disclosing their
The chairman of the group of European finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said that they are looking for ways to reign in what he described as scandalous pay packages for business senior executives. (14 May 2008)
The Federation of Small Businesses is calling for the Chancellor to share the tax proceeds of higher than predicted North Sea oil prices with hard-pressed consumers, motorists and small business owners.
For the first time in The Highland Council's history, the four political groupings on the Council have signed an agreement to work jointly and co-operatively to achieve a review of the Crown Estate in Scotland so that the resources involved,
Fairways of Wick was established in 1981 by Ernest Adams. The shop began in rented premises on Bridge Street before moving to its current store at 118 High Street in the mid 1980's. ...
What is Web 3.0? It's coming soon and it's going to be big. If you don't start figuring it out now, you will miss some big money-making opportunities. Web 2.0 is so 2005. It's passé. Old. Boring. Done. (article continues
