The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread around the world in recent days. It has led to clashes with police in Melbourne, violence in Rome and massive protests. Protests in the U.S. have even shown hints of conflict in recent days. China is watching developments carefully and doesn’t want the movement to spread to its nation. An Occupy China Facebook [...]
Netflix’s biggest new release this week isn’t Captain America. It has little to do with America at all, in fact. Netflix has announced they they will launch their streaming service in the United Kingdom and Ireland in “early 2012.” It appears that they are only bringing streaming movies and TV shows across the pond, as there is [...]
How Apple got its name, why Steve Jobs wore black turtlenecks and the bizarre interview questions the Apple CEO would ask job candidates: these are just a few of the revelations presented in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. The 571-page book, out October 24, is based on more than a hundred interviews, including over forty with [...]
Zynga Inc is currently planning to price its initial public offering and have its shares begin trading the week before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 24, two sources briefed on the offering said on Monday. The sources cautioned that the social gaming company’s plan has not been finalized and could change. They spoke on [...]
A growing number of cyberattacks are targeting small businesses, from construction companies to local grocery stores, presenting an emerging threat that government officials are trying to combat. While attacks against large corporations like Sony and Citigroup have garnered attention this year, experts are increasingly worried about the digital vulnerabilities of small businesses, who often lack [...]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union and Chrysler have reached a tentative four-year labor contract deal, the automaker said on Wednesday. The deal follows agreements between the UAW and Chrysler’s Detroit rivals General Motors and Ford. The UAW deal is Chrysler’s first since its bankruptcy and government bailout in 2009. It covers its 26,000 hourly [...]
General Motors plans to introduce an electric version of the Chevrolet Spark in the U.S. The electric minicar will go on sale in limited quantities in select U.S. and global markets starting in 2013, including California, the automaker said. GM made the announcement during a media event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chevy brand. “The [...]
DETROIT — Long ignored by most American auto buyers, and slighted by others due to quality problems, Hyundai is now tops when it comes to corporate loyalty, according to a new study. But Ford Motor Co. is also making gains in the marketplace, according to the report by Experian Automotive, a data service that tracks vehicle [...]
Union workers at Ford Motor Co. overcame early opposition to a new four-year contract with the company and overwhelmingly approved the deal in voting that lasted two weeks. More than 26,000 workers, or 63 percent of those who cast ballots, voted in favor of the pact, while almost 15,000, or 37 percent, opposed it, the UAW said [...]
Harley-Davidson is recalling about 308,000 motorcycles to fix a switch problem that can cause failure of the brake lights and possibly even the rear brakes themselves. The company says in government documents that brake light switches can be exposed to too much heat from the exhaust system. The brake lights can fail, and the [...]
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