Google 1Q profit rises 37 pct (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. is thriving again, and feeling so good about the economy that it's spooking investors.
Business
Apr 15, 2010
0
0
Page 16 - News tagged with marginalization
Biofuel mandates would make corn shortfall costly, experts say
Grocery shoppers face hefty price increases if bad weather withers a U.S. corn crop that is now tethered to grain-intensive renewable fuel mandates, a new University of Illinois study warns.
Economics & Business
Mar 24, 2010
0
0
Perfect peas to push profits and cut carbon
Scientists, pea breeders and the food industry are collaborating to discover how taste and tenderness can be determined by biochemistry and genetics. They will work together to hone the make-up of a perfect pea.
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2010
0
0
Verizon posts 4Q loss on $3B in layoff costs
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday posted an unusual loss for the fourth quarter, as a charge for layoffs in its shrinking landline business overshadowed the growing, and profitable, wireless business.
Business
Jan 26, 2010
1
0
Asia's IT parts makers struggle with demand boom
Wrong-footed by rocketing consumer demand, Asian technology suppliers are scrambling to expand capacity before inventories run dry of everything from semiconductors to flat-panel screens.
Business
Jan 17, 2010
1
0
Electronic Arts lowers 2010 guidance as sales weak
(AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. cut its full-year guidance on Monday, as ongoing weakness in its game disc sales didn't ease up over the holidays as the company had hoped.
Business
Jan 11, 2010
0
0
Netbooks popularity expected to continue in 2010
Small and inexpensive "netbooks" were some of the most popular computers in the recession, wooing consumers with their portability and prices that were often below $400. Now with the economy improving, consumers will be asked ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2010
0
0
HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses.
Business
Nov 23, 2009
0
0
Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance.
Business
Nov 10, 2009
0
0
EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force
(AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
Business
Nov 9, 2009
1
0
