The Wikileaks revelations about murderous collusion between Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and the Afghan Taliban have underlined the central role that country plays in the sponsorship of terrorism.
The head of Boeing Co. (BA) said Wednesday the company was likely to cut jobs in a defense unit facing increasing budget pressures from the Pentagon and overseas customers.
Vancouver Sun – July 27, 2010 “Real-time” use of geographic data is the theme for this year’s annual GeoWeb conference, being held all this week at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Conference speaker Stephen Piotrowicz, program manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is involved in one of the best examples of [...]
BP will emerge from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis a smaller and wiser company, according to the man who is due to take over the reins. Bob Dudley, currently in charge of BP’s clean-up operation, will replace Tony Hayward as chief executive in October.
Shares of U.S. financial companies notched gains Monday after the sector was boosted by better-than-expected housing data.
Normally, when companies announce a 40%+ increase in costs and miss analyst expectations, their stock takes a hit. Last week, Amazon was no exception.
An upbeat outlook from FedEx, coupled with encouraging home sales, lifted U.S. stocks on Monday, keeping the S&P 500 above 1,100 for a second day and suggesting the rally could last.
For all the attention given to the joint U.S.-South Korea naval exercise going on this week—and criticism from North Korea and China about it—the people actually doing the work on the lead U.S. ship said Monday their drills were routine.
Stocks seesawed Friday as investors welcomed better-than-expected results from Microsoft, Ford Motor and other companies, but showed caution ahead of reports on European stress tests and executive compensation.
India is in the process of developing a touchscreen tablet that could rival the iPad, but at just a fraction of the cost. Aimed at students and has a Linux operating system.
