After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization’s computers. ...
Yahoo! executives are scrambling to finalize a search-advertising pact with Google in the face of a fresh challenge to its independence from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, The Post has learned. Acc ...
The Saudis announced that they had increased output starting on May 10, but they seemed to reject a request by President Bush, who was visiting, to raise oil production further. ...
Some people who have lost jobs, and many more struggling to hold them, say banks are keeping employees in the dark about the size and timing of layoffs. ...
Reuters - The United Auto Workers and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc reached a tentative contract agreement late Friday aimed at ending an 11-week-long strike that had triggered thousa ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc reached a tentative contract agreement late Friday aimed at ending an 11-week-long strike that had tr ...
The utility proposes eight projects that could prevent the equivalent of 3.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions -- an amount comparable to taking 800,000 cars off the road. ...
Research on financial bubbles is hot in academia. The hub is Princeton, where three young economists use mathematical methods to study them. The Princeton squad argues that the Fed can and should try ...
Anthony Pellicano was a ripped-from-a-pulp-novel private eye who made himself an indispensable Hollywood fixer. ...
Home construction unexpectedly jumped 8.2% in April, making the biggest increase in two years. However, the rise was driven by a surge in multi-family housing, while single-family starts dropped. ...
Yahoo’s chairman rejected accusations from the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that the company’s board had acted irrationally in rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft. ...
The deal between Yahoo and WPP Group, the advertising holding company, will give WPP’s clients a broader swath of Web sites where they can aim their messages. ...
The FAA is looking into why American Airlines ordered mechanics to skip safety inspections to detect damage to planes from lightning strikes. The AMR unit made the procedural changes and revised its m ...
Thanks to its aggressive push into renewable energies, cloud-wreathed Germany has become an unlikely leader in the race to harness the sun’s energy. ...
U.S. refiners are trying to maximize output of more-profitable diesel fuel, rather than gasoline production. ...
A winery spokeswoman says California winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi has died. He was 94. ...
The president of Fox Entertainment announced a plan that would allow two of its new dramas, “Fringe” and “Dollhouse,” to run as many as 50 minutes of story each episode. ...
Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, but analysts said it’s far too soon to declare an end to the prolonged slump. ...
Robert Mondavi was the California winemaking patriarch who built his winery into a thriving business using innovations such as cold fermentation and stainless steel tanks. ...
The president has promised to veto the bill because he says it would not do enough to limit subsidies at a time of record grain prices. ...
Larry King, who said last year that he hoped Ryan Seacrest would succeed, sought to tamp down speculation that any succession was imminent. ...
TYR Sport Inc. describes a climate in which elite athletes have been led to believe they cannot excel on the world stage unless they wear Speedo’s newest high-tech suit. ...
So-called piggyback loans have been highly vulnerable to homeowners who walk away when property values fall. ...
Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps ... ...
Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valle ...
Retailers join forces to compete with low-cost toy superstores like Wal-Mart and Toys ''R'' Us. ...
DETROIT - An American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. spokeswoman confirms the auto parts supplier has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers that could end an 11-week strike. ...
A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative contract agreement rea ...
The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were: 47-11-46-39-06. Meganumber: 26. Jackpot: $196... ...
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