» SEC finds shortcomings in credit raters
08/07/08 17:30 from Reuters: Business News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Credit rating agencies did not properly manage their conflicts of interests when assigning ratings to structured products such as mortgage-backed securities, a report by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sai..

» Microsoft sets pricing, fee sharing for services
08/07/08 13:20 from Reuters: Business News
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp introduced on Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage other companies to sell the software company's products.

» G8 sees downside economy risks, prods China on yuan
08/07/08 09:41 from Reuters: Business News
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight industrial nations expressed strong concern on Tuesday about sky-high food and oil prices, which they said posed risks for a global economy under serious financial strain.

» Ford H1 China sales rise 21 percent over year ago
08/07/08 04:54 from Reuters: Business News
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it had posted a 21 percent gain in first-half China sales over the same period last year, with 172,411 vehicles sold.

» Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
07/07/08 23:33 from Reuters: Internet News
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.

» Any Yahoo-AOL deal unlikely before Aug 1: source
07/07/08 20:40 from Reuters: Internet News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Any deal between Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc's AOL division would be unlikely to be struck before Yahoo's annual meeting on August 1, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Monday.

» Microsoft says willing to restart Yahoo talks
07/07/08 18:59 from Reuters: Internet News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Monday said it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc -- but only if a new Yahoo board is elected, a major boost for investor Carl Icahn's board slate.

» Russian blogger sentenced for "extremist" post
07/07/08 17:08 from Reuters: Internet News
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man who described local police as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of a crackdown on free speech online.

» Icahn says Microsoft still interested in Yahoo
07/07/08 13:41 from Reuters: Business News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financier Carl Icahn quoted Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer as saying Microsoft would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc if a new board were elected at Yahoo's August shareholder meeting.

» Power worry fuels aluminum rise to 2-year high
07/07/08 12:52 from Reuters: Business News
LONDON (Reuters) - aluminum jumped to its highest in more than two years on Monday as investors bet on higher prices of the energy-intensive metal amid escalating worries over power problems in China, the world's largest producer.

» Apple MacBook: Change is in the Air
07/07/08 12:02 from CNET News.com - Newsmakers
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Apple MacBook: Change is in the Air -- Some of the upgrades we might see in the next MacBook Air include a bigger and better solid state drive, improved design, and ..

» WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world
07/07/08 03:43 from Reuters: Internet News
Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United States. When she's not running the Canadian news file, she enjoys long bicycling trips in Canada and beyond. In the follo..

» Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest
06/07/08 14:21 from Reuters: Business News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.

» Alabama likely site of new VW plant: paper
05/07/08 13:13 from Reuters: Business News
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The U.S. State of Alabama will be the likely home of a new Volkswagen manufacturing plant, beating two other states, German industry newsletter Automobilwoche said on Saturday, citing senior company sources.