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Jobs reveals tiny laptop, confirms iTunes movie rentals
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took the wraps off a super-slim new laptop at the Macworld trade show today, unveiling a personal computer less than an inch thick that turns on the moment it's opened.Read more : 15.01.2008 20:57:00
Citigroup reports $10 billion loss in 4Q
Largest US bank cuts 4,200 jobs, turns to foreign investors for cash infusion Bad bets on mortgages drove a $10 billion loss for Citigroup Inc. in the last three months of 2007, the worst in its 196-year history, adding to a wave of weak economic data pointing toward a recession.Read more : 15.01.2008 23:12:00
Stocks plunge amid concerns about recession
Dow falls 277 as investors react to weak retail sales, Citigroup writedown A growing conviction that the US is headed toward recession sent Wall Street plunging today, with weak retail sales figures and disappointing results from Citigroup Inc. exacerbating investors' pessimistic mood. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled nearly 280 points.Read more : 15.01.2008 23:21:00
Car of the future remains just that
GM's fuel-cell car is great to drive but faces many hurdles Journalists frothed over General Motors' fuel-cell car. Hydrogen fuel! NASA technology!Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
City's sale of pier up for vote today
1914 Recreation Pier may bring $2 million; hotel is planned Baltimore is preparing to sell Fells Point's landmark Recreation Pier for up to $2 million, advancing a plan to convert the historic structure into a trendy hotel.Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
Counties begin trimming jobs, freezing hires
Pia Jordan wore a red suit and a pleasant smile as she directed a small crew from Howard County's in-house cable TV studio.Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
Bowling-pin plant mothballed
Shutdown in Wisconsin city puts dozens out of work, leaves US with single maker First it was the shoes, the bag and the ball. Now it's the bowling pin.Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
Fed auctions $30 billion in funds at 3.95%
The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a serious credit crisis, said yesterday that it had auctioned $30 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 3.95 percent.Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
Calif. lender IndyMac to drop 2,403 workers
Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc. said yesterday that it would slash its work force by 24 percent, laying off 2,403 employees in a bid to cut costs as it tries to weather the worsening housing slump and sagging demand for home loans.Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
Insurer to offer quality rewards
CareFirst will pay doctors who meet new health criteria CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield launched yesterday a new program designed to reward physicians for practices that improve patients' health - an approach it believes could ultimately lower medical costs.Read more : 16.01.2008 05:00:00
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