Amazon Inc's Kindle Fire, within just a week of its announcement, has analysts passionately speculating on the possibility of the 7-inch tablet making either a profit or a loss. One among the many such speculations and rumors is a recent virtual teardown of the Kindle Fire by UBM TechInsights, which suggests that the tablet's manufacturing cost stands at $150.
Shailesh Shrivastava
Oct 04, 2011
Anyone hoping that recent falls in commodity prices would provide a boost to powerhouse Asian economies and help lift the developed world out of recessionary danger will be disappointed. The region's focus remains firmly on inflation.
Varsha Priyadarshini
Oct 04, 2011
With Apple's next iPhone announcement just a day away, experts and analysts make their last-minute predictions on what the world can expect to see come out of Cupertino tomorrow.
Dave Smith
Oct 03, 2011
Signs of a U.S. recession, if not a global recession, are multiplying daily -- so much so that the cover on the latest issue of The Economist shows a black hole with the words, Be Afraid.
Mike Obel
Oct 03, 2011
When Bank of America announced last week that it would begin charging a $5 monthly fee to customers using their debit cards at retail locations, it understandably caused a fair amount of complaining from consumers, a fact that was noted across the board by various media sources Friday. But it also inspired a wave of anger against banks in general.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Oct 03, 2011
What's the lowdown on gasoline prices for U.S. motorists? By and large the story remains encouraging -- a 7-cent drop in prices in a week, and a roughly 21-cent plunge from a month ago, in early September.
Joseph Lazzaro
Oct 03, 2011
Country singer Martina McBride is lighting up New York City this month, setting the Empire State Building awash in a pink glow to fight breast cancer as she launches an album that breaks new ground.
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Oct 03, 2011
Fitbit, which is the market leader in wireless activity tracking, has launched its newest tracker - the Fitbit Ultra.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 03, 2011
After posting an $8.5 billion loss last fiscal year, the postal service is on a pace to go $10 billion in the hole in fiscal 2012.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 03, 2011
Microsoft is continuing to lose the market share for its Internet Explorer (IE) browser faced with the largest drop in users globally last month since December 2010, with the main beneficiaries being Google and Apple.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 03, 2011
Gold strengthened further on Monday as falling equities and lingering worries about a debt crisis in Europe drew investors to the precious metal, which posted its the biggest quarterly gain this year, but a firm U.S. dollar could still cap gains.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 03, 2011
California-based Manning Beef is recalling 80,000 pounds of beef products over possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
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Oct 02, 2011
Amazon.com Inc.'s recently announced 7-inch tablet -- Kindle Fire -- appears to have already stoked the flames of the tablet market, even before it has been released.
Shailesh Shrivastava
Oct 02, 2011
The Ten Things That Techies Want on Apple's iPhone5
Aditi Mathur
Oct 02, 2011
The Samsung Galaxy S2 has finally set foot in the U.S., on AT&T's network for $200 with a two-year contract.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 02, 2011
The rumored launch of the much-awaited iPhone5 on Tuesday might finally put an end to all the anxieties and speculations centered on the new product, while pleasing all the inquisitive techies.
Aditi Mathur
Oct 02, 2011
Between 2006 and 2010, mail volume in the U.S. dropped by 20 percent, from 213 billion pieces to 170 billion. Over that span, the USPS lost $20 billion.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 01, 2011
After the cantaloupe-associated listeriosis outbreak linked to a Colorado farm that has left 15 people dead and 84 sick across 19 states, it is romaine lettuce now threatening to spread the infection in North America.
Shailesh Shrivastava
Oct 01, 2011
The New York City Wine & Food Festival 2011 is officially under way. Friday night's Meatpacking Uncorked saw participants racing across the meatpacking district sampling food and wine from nearly every local merchant.
Mark Johanson
Oct 01, 2011
The economy grew in July, the second straight month of expansion, setting the stage for a positive third quarter after the second-quarter's worrying contraction.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 30, 2011
On Thursday, shares for Research in Motion Ltd. continued dropping as the BlackBerry PlayBook remains in production. With two senior staff resigning, RIM is fighting rumors that their commitment to the tablet market is coming to an end.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 30, 2011
The entire technology world is looking forward to the Oct. 4 iPhone event at Apple's headquarters, where the tech giant is expected to unveil its next-generation iPhone, presumably called as iPhone5.
Manikandan Raman
Sep 30, 2011