Google announces cloud-based music service

Google Inc. unveiled its long-planned music service Tuesday, but it will likely need deals with the recording industry to reach its full potential.
Called “Music Beta […]

GM earns $3.2 billion in 1Q on higher sales

General Motors Co. reported its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade, helped by fuel-efficient cars and smaller SUVs that were in demand as […]

Analysis: So far at least, this Sun doesn

What if they launched an all-news channel and hardly anyone watched?
The fledgling right-wing Sun News Network has barely registered on the audience charts since its […]

Savvis acquired by large telecom company

CenturyLink, Inc. and Savvis, Inc. announced a merger on Wednesday under which CenturyLink will acquire all outstanding shares of Savvis common stock in a cash […]

Banks Lag S&P as Slow Loan Growth Eclipses Higher Dividends - Bloomberg

Bank stocks are underperforming the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, even after Federal Reserve stress tests showed some financial institutions have regained enough strength to […]

Stocks steady after S&P warns about US debt

Standard & Poor’s warning that it could downgrade the United States’ credit rating continued to haunt the markets Tuesday, but hopes for a small recovery […]

Rising inflation rates weigh on stocks

Rising inflation around the world weighed on stock markets Friday as investors wondered how fast central banks will raise borrowing costs to counter the threat […]

Police search for bodies around Japan nuke plant

Hundreds of police hunted Thursday for up to 1,000 bodies believed buried in rubble near Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear plant, searching for the first time within […]

How to avoid the credit card spending trap

In an excerpt from his book I(Heart) Money, author David Lester explains why credit cards can be dangerous.
My rules for credit cards are easy. You […]

Japan rattled by aftershock 1 month after tsunami

A strong new earthquake rattled Japan’s northeast Monday just hours after people bowed their heads and wept in ceremonies to mark a month since the […]