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Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson accused Google of promoting online news reading a "promiscuity"

Newspaper, Internet titans duel at Web 2.0 Summit

Technology / Internet

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson opened fire on Google, accusing the Internet giant of promoting online news reading "promiscuity."


Q&A: What does Wall Street?s recovery mean to Main Street?

What does Wall Street's recovery mean to Main Street?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, among the world?s most closely watched stock indexes, closed above the 10,000-point mark last week for the first time since October 2008, a milestone that ...


Intel profit falls but outlook upbeat, stock jumps (AP)

Intel stokes hopes for PC recovery

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp. has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock jumped late Tuesday on signs things are picking up ...


Is Wall Street warming to Yahoo's Microsoft pact?

Technology / Business

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When Yahoo Inc. unveiled the details of its anticipated search and advertising partnership with Microsoft Corp. in late July, the reaction from Wall Street mostly ranged from skeptical to disappointed.


Study: Some stock repurchase plans just empty promises

Study: Some stock repurchase plans just empty promises

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study backs longtime speculation on Wall Street that companies sometimes ballyhoo stock repurchase programs they never plan to pursue, hoping to stir a buzz that will mislead investors and pump up sagging ...


Ahead of the Bell: Brocade shares jump

Technology / Business

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shares of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. jumped in premarket trading Monday after a report the network gear and data storage company is up for sale.


Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers

Waze turning road warriors into map builders

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Technology startup Waze is tapping into the collective knowledge of road warriors in order to make life more pleasant for drivers while creating reliable street maps.


Logo of online payment specialty startup Zuora

Online payment startup Zuora wants to rescue newspapers

Technology / Internet

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tien Tzuo on Wednesday called on fellow technology entrepreneurs to join him on a quest to rescue newspapers that are dying as their readers get stories free on the Internet.


Delegates at the Twitter Conference LA in Los Angeles on September 22

Twitter to raise $100 mln in new funding: WSJ

Technology / Internet

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.


The Wall Street Journal is shown on sale at Hudson News

Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access from Oct 24

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The Wall Street Journal announced on Thursday that it will begin charging for access to the newspaper on mobile devices such as the Blackberry or Apple iPhone from October 24.


Coming to mobile phones: Wall Street Journal fees

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 a week to read its stories on BlackBerrys, iPhones and other mobile devices, expanding the newspaper's effort to become less dependent on its print edition.


A woman walks past a Google logo

Swiss watchdog threatens to sue Google over Street View

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Monday threatened to sue Google over its "Street View" facility, saying that measures taken by the American Internet giant to address privacy concerns were inadequate. ...


Google opens the hood on search for Wall Street

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Inc. sought to demonstrate for Wall Street analysts on Wednesday why it continues to pour money into an established Internet search business that already accounts for a majority of its sales every quarter.


A general view shows the Saudi capital Riyadh

News Corp. seeks stake in Saudi media company: WSJ

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

News Corp. is in talks with Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to take a stake in Rotana Media in what would be its first major investment in the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.


A Google Street View camera on top of a car at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Google pledges more blurring in Switzerland

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. said Wednesday its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country's strict privacy laws.