Search Results

Looking to boost confidence among both investors and customers, online brokerage E*Trade Financial said Wednesday it had received a US$2.55 billion investment from a private equity firm ...

Cyber Monday lived up to and even exceeded its much-hyped advanced billing, with U.S. consumers setting a new spending record on the unofficial kickoff to the online holiday shopping season ...

Google will invest heavily in a green power initiative during 2008 and beyond, with the ultimate goal of developing a renewable energy source that creates electricity at a lower cost thancoal, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions ...

The president of South Korea will appoint an independent investigator to explore allegations that electronics and industrial giant Samsung Group had diverted money into a secret fund that was later used to bribe government officials ...

After years of relying mainly on its own Web site as an online sales vehicle for its airfares, discount carrier JetBlue changed course Monday, striking deals to allow third-party travel sites sell tickets for its flights ...

With brick-and-mortar retailers reporting a blockbuster Black Friday, Internet merchants looked to counter with a strong Cyber Monday, with at least one analyst firm predicting sales would set a record by exceeding 2006 levels ...

MoveOn.org, the civic and political action group best known for espousing Democratic ideals, has launched a campaign aimed at pressuring Facebook to change its privacy policy in the wake of a newly launched advertising program ...

Telecommunications giant AT&T may make an offer to buy Dish Network parent company EchoStar, according to a published report that sent EchoStar's stock soaring Monday ...

Telecommunications giant AT&T may make an offer to buy Dish Network parent company EchoStar, according to a published report that sent EchoStar's stock soaring Monday ...

Telecommunications giant AT&T may make an offer to buy Dish Network parent company EchoStar, according to a published report that sent EchoStar's stock soaring Monday ...

A range of factors will drive down software licensing costs in coming years, benefiting enterprises but creating a challenge for leading application vendors to keep profits rising, according to a new report ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), stripping out a key provision that provided legal immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with secret wiretapping programs ...

Garmin, the No. 1 maker of portable navigation systems, said it will drop out of what had become a bidding war for the right to acquire the last independent producer of the digital maps that power GPS (global positioning system) devices ...

GPS (Global Positioning System)-enabled device makers Garmin and TomTom have reached an agreement to settle a slew of intellectual property lawsuits between the companies ...

Sony's pricing gambit has finally helped light a fire under sales of its PlayStation 3 model, with the electronics giant reportedly sellingtwice as many consoles in the U.S. last week as the prior week ...

The European Commission will open an in-depth investigation into Google's proposed purchase of interactive ad giant DoubleClick, dashing the search company's hopes for a swift end to the ongoing regulatory review ...

XM and Sirius on Tuesday took two key steps closer to having their merger finalized as shareholders from both companies gave their blessing to the deal, which is still awaiting regulatory approval ...

Information systems and outsourcing giant Electronic Data Systems (EDS) will buy a controlling interest in Saber Holdings, a firm that provides software and services to government agencies across the country ...

Microsoft on Monday announced its intention to buy France-based mobile music services provider Musiwave in a move that could dramatically boost the software giant's presence in the cell phone music space ...

Shares of E*Trade plummeted more than 50 percent Monday after the online stock brokerage firm backed down from previously announced profit targets, said it would be forced to take more write-downs due to its exposure to the subprime mortgage industry and disclosed it was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...