Checking Work Email at a Funeral and Other Inappropriate Moments
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Time off from work no longer means time off from checking company email and staying in contact with fellow employees. But some occasions seem more inappropriate than others. A new survey of workers at sma…
Mexican Company Outsourcing Jobs to the United States
ABC News (MEXICO CITY) — Within in the next three years, one out of three babies born in the United States will be Hispanic. Hispanic American families have become a force, soon spending $1.5 trillion a year on goods, creating jobs for the companies t…
Congressional Budget Office: Federal Deficit Is Lowest Since 2008
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The budget deficit will shrink to $642 billion in fiscal year 2013, its lowest level since 2008, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Issues like an aging population and ballooning medical cost…
Another Amazing Fat Tuesday on Wall Street
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at a new all-time high with a triple-digit surge of 123.57 points.And it’s fitting that the Dow hit a new high of 15,215.25 on a Tuesday because it’s the 18th st…
What to Expect at Google’s Big Conference
KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Last year at Google’s annual I/O conference, skydivers above the Moscone conference center in San Francisco jumped out of planes, landed on top of the building and ran down into the auditorium filled with G…
Three Arrested in Facebook Stock Scam
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Three men who claimed special access to Facebook stock were arrested Tuesday.In the hype surrounding Facebook’s initial public offering, federal prosecutors say Eliyahu Weinstein and Alex Schleider o…
Microsoft’s Windows 8.1: The Resurrection of the ‘Start’ Button?
Microsoft(NEW YORK) — Microsoft will give Windows 8 users who have been frustrated with the big changes in its latest operating system a free update that will bring a host of improvements.
Last week Microsoft announced that it was working on Windows B…
Buying a Tesla Might Become Illegal in North Carolina
Tesla Motors(NEW YORK) — A proposed bill in North Carolina would make it illegal for electric car maker Tesla Motors to use its direct-sales method to sell cars in the state. The bill, which passed the state Senate in a unanimous vote Monday night, wo…
Microsoft Adds Google Chat Support to Outlook.com
Microsoft(NEW YORK) — Microsoft is continuing its mission of getting Google users to switch to its products. And this time, it’s not doing it with an aggressive advertisement or marketing campaign.Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it is adding…
Georgia Man Offering His Coca-Cola Recipe for $5M
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A Georgia man believes he has found a copy of the recipe for Coca-Cola and is trying to sell the top-secret document on eBay for at least $5 million.Cliff Kluge and his wife Arlene of Ringgold, Ga., said they purchased several old…
Nokia Launches All-Metal Lumia 925 Windows Phone
Nokia(NEW YORK) — Nokia announced disappointing financial earnings last month, but May has produced quite a run of new products. In addition to its Lumia 928 for Verizon and the long-lasting Asha 501, which were introduced last week, the Finnish…
European Retailers to Sign Pact on Worker Safety in Bangladesh
MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Some of the biggest retailers in the world have signed on to a new agreement to improve worker safety in one of the world’s poorest nations, Bangladesh.The news comes less than a month after more than 1,100 …
Florida Business Forced Scientology on Employees, Feds Assert
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(MIAMI) — The federal government is accusing a Miami business of having forced employees to practice Scientology.Dynamic Medical Services, which provides medical and chiropractic treatment, is accused by the Equal Empl…
Newt Gingrich Wants to Rename the Cellphone
Scott Eells-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Newt Gingrich is “really puzzled.” No, not about whether he will run for office again — he’s got fairly clear answers to that — but about cellphones. Well, not about the devices themselves,…
United Airlines to Reintroduce Dreamliner Flights Next Week
Duncan Chard/Bloomberg via Getty Images(HOUSTON) – Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes will be taking off again soon. Following extensive reviews by the FAA and Boeing, which ultimately led to battery system repairs and improvement, United Airl…
Major Retailers Sign Worker Safety Agreement After Bangladesh Horror
MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two of the largest global clothing retailers have signed onto an agreement to make major safety improvements to garment factories in Bangladesh, decisions that come on the heels of a deadly building collapse…
Major Retailers Sign Worker Safety Agreement After Bangladesh Horror
MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two of the largest global clothing retailers have signed onto an agreement to make major safety improvements to garment factories in Bangladesh, decisions that come on the heels of a deadly building collapse…
Dow Dips Lower; Retail Spending Up
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Stocks were narrowly mixed at the start of a week loaded with data about the retail sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 26.81 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 15,091.68. The Nasdaq Composite closed the sessio…
“Bloomberg” Admits Its Reporters Snooped on Clients
Keyur Khamar/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — News and information company Bloomberg LP is apologizing after admitting its reporters used their access to client account information from its trading terminals to collect information for stories. B…
Amazon Introduces ‘Coins’ Virtual Currency
Amazon(SEATTLE) — If you’re a Kindle Fire owner, you now have 500 free Amazon Coins in your pocket. Of course, that probably means nothing to you at the moment, but those 500 Coins can buy you $5 worth of apps and games in Amazon’s App Store. On Monda…