Amazon is preparing to take on Apple's iPad in a head-to-head battle that promises to get interesting soon -- as soon as Amazon launches its new tablet, possibly as early as October. If you thought the discontinued TouchPad's brief success as a $99 fire sale product as the first realistic competitor to Apple's iPad was interesting, you haven't seen anything yet. Amazon has shown the company can be successful with a mass consumer tablet-like product -- the Kindle e-reader.
David Magee
Aug 29, 2011
Energy firms along the Eastern Seaboard scrambled on Monday to resume operations after Hurricane Irene left 5.5 million customers without power.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 29, 2011
After Hurricane Irene forced a massive shutdown of mass transit in New York City, subway service has been fully restored citywide, NBC New York reported.
Elisha Maldonado
Aug 29, 2011
Dominion Resources Inc., which generates 28,200 megawatts of electricity and operates 6,300 miles of electric transmission lines in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England, said Monday nearly all its customers who suffered Hurricane Irene-related outages will have power restored by the end of the day Friday.
Mike Obel
Aug 29, 2011
The hard-working maids of The Help hung on to the top of a storm-battered box office over the weekend and beat a trio of new releases with $14.3 million in domestic ticket sales, studio estimates released on Sunday showed.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
The New York Blood Center, which serves more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey, is the first blood bank to suffer from an urgent need of blood donors because it lost an estimated 2,000 donations during the Hurricane Irene storm.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Jose Sierra, 68, was found floating in a City Island marina on Sunday morning, just a few hours after the hurricane tore through the area.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 29, 2011
There's an axiom that says, A crisis brings out the best and the worst in the human condition. And that was certainly the case with Hurricane Irene.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 29, 2011
Irene does damage to 1,400 cell towers, but for the most part, telecom infrastructure was left alone.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Irene brought sustained winds of 60 mph, a five-foot storm surge and dumped 12 inches of rain on the city.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 29, 2011
New York City was slowly getting back to business as usual on Monday after Hurricane Irene but hundreds of thousands of people who normally travel in from the surrounding area faced a hellish commute as flooding knocked out some transit routes.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Tropical Storm Irene battered Vermont state with heavy rains late on Sunday, forcing hundreds of evacuations even as the storm's winds lost strength.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
In the wake of Hurricane Irene, airlines are struggling to resume a normal schedule, particularly in New York City.
Mark Johanson
Aug 29, 2011
Investors appear to be relieved that the destruction wrought by the storm turned out to be less than feared.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene, which ravaged through 10 states on the East Coast, left countless communities from North Carolina to New Jersey damaged, flooded and sans power as photos of the aftermath emerged.
Nadine DeNinno
Aug 29, 2011
Not disguising his complete aversion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said he believes the country would be better off without it.
Elisha Maldonado
Aug 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene could cost U.S. state and local governments billions of dollars in damages, but funds from the federal government might ultimately cover much of this expense.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene prompted a death toll of at least 25 across eight states, the Associated Press reported. States of Emergency were declared in Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Maryland, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
Claims by Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck that last week's earthquake and hurricane were merely attempts by God to get our attention aren't funny. Nevertheless, Bachmann says her quote was only made in jest. Some of us aren't laughing, however.
David Magee
Aug 29, 2011
President Barack Obama said Monday he is continuing to direct Hurricane Irene recovery and rebuilding efforts, as federal, state, and local officials assess damage in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, even as Northeast states like Vermont and New Jersey continue to get people out of harm's way of rising flood waters.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 29, 2011
The effects of Hurricane Irene have not been as dire as expected, but the storm did wreak havoc on universities throughout the Northeast, many of which shut down part or all of their campuses or postponed student move-in dates.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 29, 2011
After finding out that I'd finally get my hands on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt -- but during the weekend of Hurricane Irene's assault on the East Coast -- major concerns filled my head.
John Talty
Aug 29, 2011
