Research in Motion can expect to get a boost in unit-sales of its struggling Playbook Tablet this weekend as major U.S. retailer Best Buy is slashing prices on the devices in its stores across the country.
Apple's iPad is the global tablet leader, though the fire sale $99 TouchPad made a brief appearance on the sales radar, but the biggest threat to the industry leader is on its way. Amazon has a new tablet -- its first -- expected to start shipping in October, according to a report in Taiwan's DigiTimes.
The story about Apple's lost iPhone 5 prototype just keeps growing, with San Francisco police involvement while the company has no comment. Employees are just laughing all the way to the corporate bank, ready to pile more onto the company's $76 billion cash hoard once the iPhone 5 is released to unprecedented global smartphone demand.
A newly-formed congressional panel on deficit reduction next week will kick off months of arduous negotiations that will be closely watched by financial markets hoping for a deal that puts the United States on an improved fiscal path.
Dish Network will launch a Blockbuster streaming-movie service, meant to compete with Netflix, in October, according to Bloomberg.
Labor Day weekend is just around the corner so take advantage of the Labor Day sales offered by countless retailers. Here is a list of the 25 places to score the best deals during the Labor Day weekend sales both online and in stores.
Joe Roth has risen again to be one of Hollywood's most prolific producers, so it's easy to forget that he undertook one of the most: disastrous studio ventures in recent times with Revolution Studios.
In a rare interview about his eight-year attempt to mount an independent movie production studio, producer Joe Roth reflected on what went wrong at Revolution Studios and why.
Starbucks Corp chief executive Howard Schultz urged members of the public on Friday to join a novel campaign he launched last month seeking to break partisan gridlock in Washington and spur economic growth.
Stocks of large financial companies, such as Bank of American and Goldman Sachs, have taken a pounding Friday over a likely lawsuit concerning mortgage sales.
Whole Foods pulled Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel's popular Skinnygirl margarita line from shelves because it contains a potentially toxic ingredient.
Employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the economy.
U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the economy.
Demand in Germany and the United States, among the world's biggest solar markets, has failed to improve strongly so far this quarter, SolarWorld's chief executive said.
The bad news just keeps on coming for Netflix after contract negotiations with Starz broke down -- taking away a huge library of movies from subscribers.
Starz has said it ended contract renewal negotiations with Netflix Inc. and will not renew its streaming deal. Jefferies believes this news will weigh on Netflix stock short-term.
The death of Rebecca Zahau at millionaire Jonah Shacknai's Spreckels mansion in Coronado in July was a suicide, investigators have said, but the dead woman's sister has said the family is not convinced.
Mexican authorities have arrested a police officer in connection with an attack last week on a Monterrey casino that killed 52 people, the attorney general's office said Thursday.
Kelly's skull was last thought to have sat on the desk of a Victorian state police detective in 1929. The successful identification of Kelly's remains happened 131 years after he was hanged for murder. Scientists used DNA from Kelly's great great nephew, a Melbourne teacher, Leigh Olver, to identify his bones from others in a mass prison grave.
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.N) on Thursday completed its $1 billion deal to acquire optionsXpress (OXPS.O), expanding its options and futures reach at a time when other brokerage sectors have stalled.
Longer-term, the CVS story remains enviable: CVS has helped transform the drug store sector from a neighborhood-oriented, proprietor-owned sector in to a methodical, scalable, profitable corporate business model.
Ford Motor Company's momentum continued in August, as sales increased 11 percent last month. Ford's resurgent Lincoln brand saw August sales increase 25 percent. Ford's August sales totaled 175,220. Ford brand sales were up 16 percent, paced by utilities (up 49 percent), as Ford's Escape sales were (up 39 percent) and sales of the company's new Explorer were up 300 percen
Gasoline gained in West Coast markets on Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed the regional gasoline inventory fell nearly 1 million barrels last week, traders said.
Golden Star Resources said it has resumed mining at its Pampe gold deposit in Ghana, a move that will help increase overall production and slash cash operating costs at the Bogoso/Prestea mine in the region.
The chief executive of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Robert Kelly was fired on Wednesday reportedly because of his “abrasive” personality and management style.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. chief executive officer Robert Kelly was fired for an abrasive management style, according to CNBC.
Wedding dress maker Priscilla of Boston, known for crafting Grace Kelly's wedding dress in 1965, will close its doors this year in an effort to expand parent company, David's Bridal.
There's a story you may have heard today. It's about Apple's iPhone 5, and how a prototype of the product supposedly got left in a bar. The story goes that an Apple employee left his prototype for the iPhone 5 in a tequila bar in San Francisco, since a similar situation happened with the iPhone 4 last year.
An iPhone 5 was somehow lost at a bar, Venus Williams has Sjogren's Syndrome, Obama pushed back his job speech, and more in today's Daily Scoop.
