US payroll, financial firms hacked; eight charged (Update)

U.S. prosecutors announced fraud and other charges Wednesday against eight alleged members of an international cybercrime ring that the government said hacked into the computers of more than a dozen leading financial institutions ...

Consumer confidence continues to improve in March

Consumer confidence continued to improve in March due to more positive signs of expanding employment, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys ...

Fujitsu plunges into huge loss, eyes job cuts

Japan's Fujitsu said Thursday it lost almost $1.0 billion in the nine months to December and was looking into slashing 5,000 jobs worldwide as it struggles to compete with cheaper overseas competition.

Consumer confidence plunges in December

(Phys.org)—Confidence plunged in December as consumers confronted the rising likelihood that political gridlock would push the country over the fiscal cliff.

White House takes tax fight to Twitter

The White House has taken its battle with Republican lawmakers over a crucial tax extension to Twitter, inviting Americans to weigh in on what the extra $40 per paycheck means to them.

San Francisco vote set for Twitter tax break

(AP) -- City lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a tax break to keep Twitter from fleeing San Francisco as part of an incentive package to revive a blighted neighborhood.

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