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1. Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted a clean-up of New Zealand's second biggest city on Sunday following the country's most damaging earthquake in 80 years.
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:29:19 -0400
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2. Remember when...
How much can you trust the human memory?
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:16:57 GMT
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3. Medieval munchies
How an ancient diet could aid healthy eating
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:13:14 GMT
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4. BP blowout preventer 'removed'
BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:55:07 GMT
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5. Heavy rains devastate Guatemala
A state of emergency is declared in Guatemala where heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides, killing at least 18 people.
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:17:56 GMT
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6. Frank to hold hearing on regulation of Wall Street pay practices
Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that he will hold a hearing this fall to examine whether regulators are being tough enough in curbing pay practices at Wall Street firms that can lead to excessively risky practices.
 
Business - Wall Street - United States - Products and Services - Healthcare
Updated: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:00:00 EDT
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7. Political Economy: Durable goods orders rise a disappointing 0.3 percent
Spending on big-ticket items rose less than expected in July, a sign that one of the areas of economic strength over the first half of the year -- business investment in equipment -- is starting to fade.
Durable good - Economics - Business - Social Sciences - United States Department of Commerce
Updated: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:57:56 EDT
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8. SEC gives shareholders more power to nominate board directors
For years, the nation's largest companies - from FedEx and Macy's to AT&T and IBM - have opposed proposed federal rules that would make it easier for shareholders to oust directors on corporate boards. These industry giants have said that the proposed rules would be costly and hurt average in...
Business - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Board of directors - United States - Institutional investor
Updated: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:58:01 EDT
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9. Credit card reform has companies treading lightly on campus
Credit card reform came too late for 20-year-old Tamaira Shaw.
Credit card - Business - Financial Services - Business and Economy - Merchant Services
Updated: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:10:00 EDT
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10. Among Democrats, economic pressures are changing tax-cut dynamics
With the economy rapidly weakening, some senior Democrats are having second thoughts about raising taxes on the nation's wealthiest families and are pressing party leaders to consider extending the full array of Bush administration tax cuts, at least through next year.
Tax cut - United States - Taxation - Politics - Republican
Updated: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:34:00 EDT
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11. Amid poor economic indicators, Dow falls below 10,000 for first time since July
NEW YORK - Stocks fell Thursday after early gains from a better report on jobless claims faded in late trading, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its first close below 10,000 since early July.
Economic - Social Sciences - Indicators and Statistics - Official Statistics - United States
Updated: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:16:00 EDT
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12. Volcker-led economic panel pushes lawmakers to simplify U.S. tax code
American taxpayers spend 7.6 billion hours and roughly $140 billion a year to comply with the bewildering thicket of requirements in the federal tax code, according to a report released Friday by a White House advisory board whose members urged Congress to adopt their ideas for simplifying people...
United States - Politics - Taxation - Paul Volcker - President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Updated: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:17:00 EDT
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13. Microsoft co-founder Allen sues Apple, Google, other tech giants over patents
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen lobbed a patent violation lawsuit at some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies on Friday, accusing them of using ideas hatched at one of his former businesses.
Google - Microsoft - Apple - Paul Allen - Searching
Updated: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:15:01 EDT
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14. Back-to-school shopping goes mobile
Back-to-school shopping deals are just a text message away this year as retailers wade into the brave new world of mobile commerce.
Business and Economy - Telecommunications - Mobile phone - Mobile - Communications
Updated: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT
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15. New employee's vacation request will only be a bigger bombshell if she waits
I recently accepted a position at a company and have been working here for two weeks. I was unemployed a long time and really love this job. However, I am having an issue over the allotted vacation time. The company only grants two weeks vacation each year, and I long ago purchased a three-week...
Business - Canada - Business and Economy - Fashion - New York City
Updated: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT
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16. Neil's Must Reads
Check out the papers presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The papers include one by Carmen and Vincent Reinhart on the prospects for post-crisis growth.
Neil Patrick Harris - Neil Marshall - David Burtka - Arts - David Cohen
Updated: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:32:00 EDT
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17. IMF loosens lending rules to combat crisis
The International Monetary Fund on Monday further loosened its lending rules in an effort to prevent future financial crises from spreading around the world.
Economic - International - Bretton Woods Institutions - International Monetary Fund - United States
Updated: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:14:00 EDT
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18. Political Economy: Home prices increase in 20 major cities, with Washington among the leaders
U.S. single-family home prices in 20 major cities saw a modest increase of 4.2 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, but economists cautioned that the bounce was likely due to the final days of the tax credit and that prices would likely fall, perhaps dramatically, in the coming months.
Washington DC - Washington - Gary Pinkel - Barack Obama - United States
Updated: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:53:15 EDT
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19. Homes prices up 4.2% in U.S., 7.3% in Washington area
Prices for single-family homes in major U.S. cities rose a modest 4.2 percent in June from a year earlier, but economists cautioned that the bounce was likely due to a now-expired home-buyer tax credit and that prices would likely fall, perhaps dramatically, in the coming months.
Washington - United States - Local News - Eastern Washington - National Weather Service
Updated: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:03:01 EDT
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20. Political Economy: Exiting Romer to call for more spending
In her final speech as White House chief economist, Christina Romer on Wednesday will call on Congress to summon the political will to approve additional spending on the economy.
Economic - Christina Romer - Social Sciences - Barack Obama - Council of Economic Advisers
Updated: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:29:28 EDT
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21. Apple unveils new box for streaming movies, TV
Apple Inc. announced today a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet. Here is a play by play of Steve Job's introduction of Apple TV to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
Apple - Steve Jobs - IPod - Netflix - Companies
Updated: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:35 EDT
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22. Apple revamps iPods for fall product line
Apple Inc. introduced a new line of iPods today, touting new colors, improved camera functionality and better battery life. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's demonstration of the music players to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
Apple - Netflix - Macintosh - Apple II - Television
Updated: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:57 EDT
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23. Former Lehman Brothers CEO Fuld: U.S. regulators acted on 'flawed information'
U.S. regulators acting on "flawed information" denied Lehman Brothers the bailout assistance that its Wall Street competitors received, dooming the investment bank to collapse, former company chief executive Richard S. Fuld said Wednesday.
Lehman Brothers - Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission - Financial crisis - Richard Fuld - Business
Updated: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:10:01 EDT
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24. 25 percent of employed were jobless during recession, study says
Just over a quarter of the nation's 139 million currently employed workers endured a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession, according to results of a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. And they tend to be less satisfied in their current jobs than are other workers.
Recession - United States - Unemployment - Employment - Education
Updated: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:32:00 EDT
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25. 'Overhaul' details rescue of U.S. automakers
In one of the first detailed insider accounts by a member of President Obama's team, a chief architect of the federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler has penned a 300-plus page description of the policy improvisation performed by the administration as the economy swooned at the outset of...
United States - Health - Search and Rescue - Public Health and Safety - Emergency Services
Updated: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:00:01 EDT
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26. Economy treading water as jobless rate edges up
It's not a recession, and it's not much of a recovery. Instead, the U.S. economy is treading water.
Business - Recreation - Picture Ratings - Unemployment - Economic growth
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:22:01 EDT
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27. 7 strategies to avoid the college debt trap
Is it worth it to pay $200,000 for a liberal arts education, especially if it means taking out loans? One of my 20-something Kiplinger colleagues answers bluntly: "If I had realized how much debt I was getting into, I would have gone to my state school instead of an expensive private college."
Finance - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Government
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT
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28. For the young set to learn about saving, debt and money management, it all starts at home
Some families watch TV after dinner. Others review white papers on economics.
Money management - Home - Personal finance - Financial Services - Business
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT
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29. Must-have mobile apps for job seekers
What are the must-have mobile apps for job seekers? Consider these, in addition to LinkedIn, Twitter and Craigslist:
Employment - Job Search - Business - Canada - Business and Economy
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT
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30. Making Social Security less generous isn't the answer
There are a lot of things Congress doesn't know right now. What to do about jobs, for instance. Who'll be running the House come January. How to balance the budget. But there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer.
Social security - United States - Politics - Privatization - Law
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT
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31. In struggling housing market, buyers and sellers are out of sync
Jack Donnelly put off selling his Capitol Hill rowhouse for three years until he thought he saw glimmers of life in the housing market this past spring. At $950,000, he said, the red brick Victorian is a "solid deal."
Real estate economics - Real estate - Business - Business and Economy - Residential
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:32:00 EDT
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32. Chrome Browser Updated After Two Years of Growth
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome browser is now two years old, and the youngster -- and its proud parent -- are celebrating its steady rise in popularity. According to Net Applications, Chrome had 7.5 percent of the browser market in August -- putting it in third place behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, and above Apple's Safari.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:51:10 GMT
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33. Craigslist.com blocks access to adult services ads
(Reuters)
Reuters - Craigslist.com has dropped its "adult services" listings, which have become the target of U.S. state attorneys general who say the much-visited online classified ad site is not doing enough to quash prostitution.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:17:30 GMT
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34. Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back, IDC Says
(PC World)
PC World - The market for enterprise disk storage systems grew strongly in the second quarter, continuing to recover from a slump brought on by the economic slowdown of 2008 and 2009, research company IDC said on Friday.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:46:00 GMT
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35. Facebook Glitch Let Spammer Post to Walls
(PC World)
PC World - A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:30:12 GMT
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36. WordPress upgrades free app for blogging on the go
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates include fixes to numerous, annoying bugs like unexpected app crashes, log-in issues and more.Most notable in the recent upgrade is a new comment feature, which displays comments in real time as comments arrive in your Droid notification bar.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:39:00 GMT
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37. Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere
(PC World)
PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:22:00 GMT
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38. Aiptek I2 Shoots 3D Video on a Budget
(PC World)
PC World - Aiptek has introduced the i2, a pocket-sized twin lens camcorder that can record 3D video, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:10:10 GMT
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39. The iWatch Is Real: It's the New iPod Nano [PIC]
(Mashable)
Mashable - Apple makes computers, tablets, phones, portable media players, TV set-top-boxes, displays and a dozen other things, but to date, it hasn't made a wristwatch. Oh, wait, actually, it has! It's called "the new iPod nano."
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:21:09 GMT
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40. Google plans to sell music online
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The search giant is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would let its mobile phone users play songs wherever they are. Google (NMS:GOOG) hopes to launch the service by Christmas, according to sources. Google is trying to compete with Apple, which dominates via its iTunes Music Stores, accounting for 70% of all U.S. digital music sales. It rose 1.5% to 470.30.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:31:00 GMT
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41. Over one million join Apple's music social network Ping
(AFP)
 AFP - More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:09:38 GMT
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42. Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool
(AP)
 AP - Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:43:45 GMT
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43. GoGear Connect Plays Music and Movies, Runs Android
(PC World)
PC World - Philips introduced the GoGear Connect, an Android-powered device that can play music and movies, take pictures and surf the web, during the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:20:09 GMT
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44. Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation?
(Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.
Updated: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:19:43 GMT
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45. iPhone 4 sales in S.Korea start this week
(AFP)
 AFP - South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:42:33 GMT
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46. Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings
(AP)
 AP - Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:54:31 GMT
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47. Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality
(AP)
 AP - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:48:43 GMT
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48. Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure
(AP)
 AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
Updated: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:12:27 GMT
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49. Britons priced out of South Africa
Visitor numbers have slumped in South Africa since the World Cup, says Oliver
Smith.
Updated: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:09:40 +0100
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50. New Zealand earthquake: state of emergency declared
Curfew announced in Christchurch after magnitude 7.1 earthquake destroys
hundreds of buildings.
Updated: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:41:59 +0100
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