Apple promised a July release date for OS X Mountain Lion, the eighth edition of Apple's OS X software for Mac, and the company came through. As confirmed by Apple's fourth quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday evening, OS X Mountain Lion promptly released on Wednesday for $19.99. The upgrade is exclusively downloadable via the Mac App Store.
Former Citigroup chief executive Sanford I. Weill, one of the most important players in the deregulatory push of the 1990s that repealed the Glass-Steagall Act and allowed the formation of too big to fail banks, said on CNBC Wednesday morning that the nation's financial supermarkets should be split up by government mandate.
The UK government (which represents England and Wales) is expected to pass same-sex marriage by 2015.
This time, China's bid is unlikely to be blocked by the government, as its attempted takeover of Unocal was seven years ago
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), the largest maker of construction and mining equipment, reported a 67 percent jump in its second-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates and boosted its full-year outlook as demand increased from North American builders and overseas miners.
Apple shares tumbled 5 percent in after hours trading on Tuesday after the tech giant announced lower-than-expected sales of its flagship iPhone.
Sunshine Heart, Arm Holdings, Seadrill Ltd, Qiagen NV, Johnson & Johnson, Netflix, Apple Inc, LivePerson and Deutsche Bank AG are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.
The whistleblower case between Infosys, India's second largest IT services exporter, and one of its employees in the U.S. would go to trial next month as a mediation conference Tuesday fell through.
The hits kept coming for Penn State on Tuesday when State Farm, an official sponsor of the football program, announced it would no longer sponsor the team.
Thirty years ago (ironically, about the same time Mubarak seized power in Egypt), the Taiwanese initiated the path towards forming a democratic state.
Asian stock markets declined Wednesday as mounting concerns over the euro zone debt crisis continued to weigh on the sentiment while disappointing earnings from Apple hit tech shares.
The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower opening Wednesday as investor confidence continued to be dragged down with no resolution to the euro zone crisis visible on the horizon.
Most European markets fell Wednesday as investors continued to have concerns of the worsening economic conditions in the euro zone.
The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Tuesday were Riverbed Technology Inc, Ancestry.com inc, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc, Altera Corporation and iRobot Corporation Inc.The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Netflix, Inc, Buffalo Wild Wings Inc, TripAdvisor Inc, Amyris Inc and Horizon Technology Finance Corporation.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Tuesday were Unisys Corp, Tempur-pedic International, McEwen Mining, InvenSense and Sanchez Energy Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were DigitalGlobe, Genco Shipping & Trading, International Game Technology, Crestwood Midstream Partners and Owens & Minor.
Most Asian markets fell Wednesday as investors continued to worry that the debt crisis faced by the euro zone would weigh down the global economic condition.
Samsung may be celebrating the success of its flagship smartphone for 2012, the Galaxy S3, but that doesn’t mean the company is finished with the device. Samsung is reportedly testing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S3 and S2 devices.
The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), publisher of the third-largest U.S. newspaper by circulation, is expected to have higher earnings in the second quarter on lower revenue as print advertising is flat but online subscribers increase.
Based on a median estimate among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, ExxonMobil will report earnings of $1.96 a share on revenues of about $115.08 billion -- a decline of 8.3 percent from the year before. The company will post its second-quarter earnings on Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Clark Tabor was arrested on Sunday for causing a disturbance in a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” when he allegedly asked Does anyone have a gun? and exclaimed I should go off like in Colorado. As people become more sensitive after the tragedy, free speech and gun control are brought into question.
The New York Yankees' trade for 10-time All-Star Ichiro Suzuki should help baseball's most popular team both on and off the field.
Apple will be rolling out Mountain Lion, the latest iteration of its Mac OS platform, tomorrow following its Q3 earnings report.
The financial and fiscal crisis in Spain entered a new and dangerous phase Tuesday as economic, political, civic and diplomatic links appeared to quickly disintegrate in the face of panic-stricken markets.
Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) plunged 14.5 percent, to $68.73, in Tuesday's after-hours trading even as it reported better-than-expected earnings.
Wal-Mart, in a bid to protect consumers, said it was not happy with the proposed $7.25 billion retailers' settlement with Visa Inc., and MasterCard Inc., over interchange and processing fees to cover credit and debit card payments.
In the first half of this year, 15 states managed to pass almost 40 laws that restrict women's reproductive rights.
Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), the world's largest social networking platform, is expected to post a profit in its first quarter as a publicly traded company following revenue growth in the April-through-June period.
While there is public outcry for a discussion on gun control, residents in Colorado have begun seeking background checks needed to buy guns. A local paper reported there has been an increasing number of people showing interest in carry-permit training.
Millions of Americans have gone broke by buying their dream home and now financial innovation is needed to help savers and mortgage holders get out of debt.
A small group of Russian fishermen have discovered some 248 human fetuses dumped in a forest near the Ural Mountains 45 miles (70 kilometers) north of the city of Yekaterinburg.
