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17 More Newspapers Join Yahoo Group

NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has added 17 more newspapers to its group of online publishing partners, giving the group added heft as it approaches its one-year anniversary....

Samsung Work Force Shrinks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The number of employees at Samsung Electronics has fallen for the first time in five years, the company said Monday, though it emphasized the reductions were not part of any broader restructuring....

High-Tech Gadgets for TV, Movie Lovers

TV lovers have never had it better. You don't have to stay glued anymore to the boob tube just to catch a favorite show. You don't even have to be home to watch....

Get Smart: a Guide to Spiffy Phones

Apple Inc.'s iPhone has shaken up the "smart phone" business and set other manufacturers scrambling to add features and make it easier to get e-mail, surf the Web and enjoy music and movies on a cell phone....

Amazon Sells Own Gadget to Boost E-Books

NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to invigorate a nascent market for electronic books by introducing its own e-book reader with free wireless connectivity....

SAP Shakes Up TomorrowNow Leadership

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Battling allegations of corporate espionage, business software maker SAP AG cut its ties with the leaders of a subsidiary that infiltrated rival Oracle Corp.'s computers to fetch information about Oracle's products....

Sony BMG, Yahoo Ink Online Video Deal

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sony BMG Music Entertainment has inked a licensing deal with Yahoo Inc. that clears the way for people to upload files with music or video content by the record company's artists to Yahoo, the companies said Tuesday....

Newspaper Advertising Down 7.4 Pct in 3Q

NEW YORK (AP) -- Advertising at US newspapers fell 7.4 percent in the third quarter, an industry group reported Tuesday, as another sharp plunge in classified ad revenues more than outweighed gains in online advertising....

EU Fines Japanese Videotape Makers

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union regulators Tuesday imposed fines totaling about $109.6 million on Japanese companies Sony Corp., Fujifilm Holdings Corp. and Hitachi Maxell Ltd. for running a cartel that fixed prices on professional videotapes sold in Europe....