Activist investor Carl Icahn has decided his work is done at Yahoo Inc. after muscling his way on to the slumping Internet company's board nearly 15 months ago.
Low prices, solid customer service and an increasing willingness by consumers to spend on discretionary items contributed to Amazon.com Inc.'s solid third quarter, and the growth should continue despite weakness elsewhere in retail.
In an Oct. 22 roundup on earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Amazon.com Inc.'s third-quarter net income rose 62 percent. The company's net income actually rose 68 percent.
In an Oct. 22 story about Amazon.com Inc.'s third-quarter earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the online retailer's net income rose 62 percent. The correct rise in net income was 68 percent. The same error was in an Oct. 22 overview on Wall Street developments.
In a move praised by activists as a way to save lives but criticized by industry as potentially driving up electricity costs, the Obama administration has agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic emissions of mercury, soot and other chemicals from all coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
There's some real news among today's Northwest headlines, beginning with a Southeast Portland elementary school that is borrowing a page from the playbooks of child care centers, video stores and libraries.Two words: late fees.
RFID keeps getting smaller. On February 13, Hitachi unveiled a tiny, new "powder" type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm — the smallest yet — which they aim to begin marketing in 2 to 3 years.
Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is promising to push the country out of the top ten for fraudulent emails thanks to arrests and proactive action to scan all emails.
Since its inception, Google Maps has always rolling out little tweaks and new features that are useful. But today comes the first large-scale overhaul of the look and feel of the service in quite a while. But you may not even notice it.
