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Microsoft iPad killer? Coming 'soon'
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that the software giant is urgently working with its partners to unveil a host of tablet computers running Windows 7, to compete with Apple's fast-selling iPad. |
How to save $1 million by 65
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Worst job on Earth up for grabs
It could quite possibly be called the worst job on Earth -- and the position is open. |
Stocks: Best monthly gain in a year
Despite a mixed performance on Friday, stocks booked the best monthly gain in a year, with the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 both rising nearly 7% in July. |
China says it tops Japan as No. 2 economy
China has surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest economy, lagging only behind the United States, a Chinese government official said in remarks published on Friday. |
Married couple, separate finances
Michelle Spranger and Scott Zuckerberg have been husband and wife for eight years, but they've yet to marry their finances. |
Bernanke's nest egg bounces back
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For sale: Dennis Hopper's compound
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Let's fund every entrepreneur
There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator's AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham's comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington's comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I'll join in now. |
Obama's consumer confidence problem
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$300 for a hotel? Get a house instead
Book a hotel in a popular destination and you know what to expect: a bed, a mini-fridge, and a big bill at checkout. In Europe's big cities, for example, you can easily spend anywhere from $150 to $300 a night (hotels in Florence average $205). |
When a Wall St. resume is political poison
Poor John Kasich. When he made that fateful decision in January 2001, he was just doing what politicians have done since time immemorial: he was taking a cushy Wall Street job between a couple of public office gigs in order to pad the family pocketbook. |
States are broke. You're on the hook.
The states are broke, and like many consumers, they're borrowing big time to get out of their fiscal binds. |
Facebook app maker vanishes
Facebook said Wednesday it has deleted all applications created by Pencake, wiping out widgets used by an estimated 45 million Facebook members. |
The future of social media
Gaming is already wildly popular. A recent spate of deals with Google, Disney, and Gamestop, suggest that social games have the promise to be wildly profitable, too. |
Is Kindle 3 a game-changer?
Amazon unveiled its long-awaited Kindle 3 on Thursday, slashing the price to $139 and setting the tech world abuzz about what the move means for the ongoing e-reader wars. |
Google search OK in China
Google users in China were temporary blocked from accessing the search engine, the company said Thursday, but the site was was once again working a few hours later. |
Summertime tax savings
April may be eight months away, but it is never too early to start thinking about saving on your taxes. Take advantage of these summer savings before it is too late. |
Want to invest abroad?
Question: What is the difference between a total world index fund and a total international index fund? How you see such funds as part of a retirement portfolio? --Dave, Apple Valley, Minnesota |
The world's best balance sheets
At the G20 summit in Toronto last month, the leaders of world's largest economies embraced a brave new theme: Halting the alarming, potentially ruinous growth in already mountainous sovereign debt. |
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