After several delays, the Travis County Commissioners Court has officially given its final stamp of approval on the tax incentives package offered from the state and local governments, which means Apple can start preparing to build facilities and add jobs in its sprawling campus in Austin, Texas.
Now that the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden?s death shed renewed light on the ?needle in the haystack? side of data analysis that helped catch him, investors might wonder how to take advantage of it.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Jose Padilla's lawsuit against Bush administration counsel and torture memo author John Yoo.
?League of Legends,? the widely popular real-time strategy game released in 2009, will be concluding its second season of competitive play on October 13st. Publisher Riot Games revealed that players will have off for a $3 million prize pool, which is the largest prize in eSports history.
Hiring in the U.S. probably picked up somewhat in April after a disappointing showing in March renewed fears of another spring slump in the labor market, economists said in anticipation of the April non-farm payroll report due Friday.
Nokia is filing patent suits against HTC, Research in Motion and Viewsonic in the U.S. and Germany over technology used in mobile devices from each of the companies.Their actions parallel those taken by several other major technology companies including Google, Facebook and Motorola.
?Why is it that so many of these eligible men and women we know who say that marriage is in their future aren?t even dating??
Two members of the Florida Legislature argue the self-defense law empowers women against potential attackers, despite its questionable application in domestic violence cases.
Palestinian prisoners have entered the third week of a hunger strike against conditions and practices in Israeli prisons, with numbers swelling to some 1,500 participants.
Loud music and erratic driving in an Australian neighborhood led a couple men to break out the big guns...or rather a chainsaw and samurai sword.
With a ceremony in Frankfurt, Lufthansa became the first airline in the world to take delivery of the 747-8, the latest version of the Queen of the Skies.
As a result, the San Francisco company?s IPO could raise the $5 billion as outlined in the latest amendment to its IPO filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23.
?Little Big Planet? has added a new dimension to the platforming genre, integrating mods and costumes into gameplay along with oddball maps and characters. It now seems that the adorable little Sackboy will be making its way to the racetrack as well, with the debut of ?LittleBigPlanet Karting, set to debut in October 2012 according to its Amazon.com listing.
Sanduk Ruit and his team of doctors at the center have developed a simple surgical technique to remove cataracts involving little equipment and instruments that can be used manually. No stitches are needed, and the technique can be used on a simple table in field camps.
Wynn Resorts, Limited (Nasdaq: WYNN) received approval to begin breaking ground at its 51-acre casino sight on Macau's Cotai strip, an approval that has been in limbo since March, the company said Wednesday.
The Chinese manufacturing sector continued to weaken in April, although its rate of deterioration slowed from March, as demand remained low and new business declined, according to HSBC and Martkit's China Manufacturing PMI survey Wednesday.
Spain?s chief economist said Wednesday Bolivia will ?compensate Red Eléctrica Española the costs invested in the country?s electricity network? after the South American country announced it would expropriate the local unit of the Spanish utility, Transportadora de Electricidad S.A.
Dragged down by a precipitous slump in demand for civilian aircraft, U.S. factory orders dropped at the highest rate in three years during March, data released by the Commerce Department Wednesday morning showed.
Shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp., the No. 2 natural gas producer in the U.S., plunged Wednesday after a report that the CEO and co-founder secretly ran a hedge fund that traded in the same commodities that the Oklahoma City company produces.
Euro zone manufacturing shrank at the sharpest level in nearly three years, sending the euro falling against the dollar and raising more concerns for the region.
Motorola Mobility Holdings (Nasdaq: MMI) won a patent ruling in Germany that bans Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, from selling Windows 7 and other products.
Twitter, the social media site that already claims 100 million members, is running fine and sees no need for an initial public offering -- at least not yet, CEO Dick Costolo said.
In an attempt to entice developers, Research In Motion (RIM) has given a glimpse of the new BlackBerry 10 phones at the BlackBerry World conference that kicked off in Orlando, Florida, May 1.
The IPO on everyone's minds for the past few years -- and possibly the biggest one in history -- is upon us: Facebook will finally make its Wall Street debut on Friday, May 18, 2012. Sources also say Facebook will begin its IPO roadshow on Monday, May 7. Will Mark Zuckerberg enjoy the biggest IPO in history?
Virgin Group CEO Sir Richard Branson is going to do the impossible - be on board every Virgin Atlantic flight from now on. Or at least his likeness will be after Virgin Atlantic announced Little Richard ice cubes so Branson can chill with passengers.
On May 1st fans were thrilled when Activision finally announced its sequel to 2010?s ?Black Ops,? and now a day later details about the campaign are beginning to emerge. Recently ?Black Ops 2? has been the worst kept secret among the gaming community, with numerous leaks leaving fans expectant and excited rather than surprised.
Le Pen?s refusal to support Sarkozy may lead many of her supporters to similarly boycott the election, which would likely hand a victory over to Hollande.
Respected semiconductor maker Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) said it will acquire smaller Standard Microsystems (Nasdaq: SMSC) for $939 million.
Barrick Gold Corp., the world's largest gold mining company, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 3 percent as a big jump in sales and a higher selling price offset rising costs and slightly less gold production.
Germany's jobless rate edged higher last month on a seasonally adjusted basis after touching a post-reunification low in March, data showed on Wednesday, reviving concerns about the resilience of the German economy to the euro zone crisis.
