? The fire is still smoldering from a natural gas pipeline explosion that occurred in San Bruno, Calif. in September 2010. While the actual flames took eight lives and destroyed whole neighborhoods, the heat from that incident is radiating. At issue is who will pay for the necessary upgrades to Corp.'s pipeline system: customers or ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 15:24

There?s a lot of talk about dongles recently. Square has always relied on a dongle and now PayPal is sporting a fancy triangle-shaped dongle, nicknamed the ?Blue Dorito?. Both of these dongles equip your mobile phone to accept and process credit cards securely by inserting the device into the smartphone?s 3.5mm audio input jack. Apparently, ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 17:25

Don't discard those flannel long johns just yet. There's every indication that you are going to need them over the next many years.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:26

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $35.46, changing hands as high as $35.49 per share. Walgreen Co. shares are currently trading up about 1.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of WAG shares, versus its 200 day moving ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:26

Modern-day online Trojan War ends with prison for most of the cyber attackers. A chilling tale.

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 17:26

Although there are certain doubts on the slowing of China's growth and the raising of interest rates by the central bank, we think that Caterpillar's sales will continue to grow fast in this region in the coming year.

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 17:26

The film version of Suzanne Collins?s first novel, The Hunger Games, topped $155 million at the box office its opening weekend, making it the third highest debut of all time. Obviously the economics of the film itself are working out just as planned, and everyone involved in the project can rest assured that the second ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 19:27

A confluence of factors??including an??inflexible regulatory enviroment that disourages??research and??discovery,??a??paltry research pipeline for drugs??for the most serious illnesses, and??a??tendency for physicians to unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics for routine aches and pains??is??largely responsible for??the rise??of antibiotic-resistant infections in humans, speakers at a major conference on infectious diseases this week announced. ?It is a perfect storm ? antibiotic ...

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 05:53

The odd one out. It's not easy being different. Being different means that you don't blend in completely with the status quo. It means that you don't perfectly fit in to the everyday jigsaw of life. It means that what works for and applies to others does not always work for or apply to you. ...

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 14:24

Avnet this morning said it has agreed to buy Acendant Technology, an Austin, Texas-based international IT consulting firm with operations in North America, Europe, Brazil and India. The company said Ascendant ?specializes in developing end-to-end IBM solutions that help organizations optimize their information technology investment and achieve business results.? Ascendant had 2011 revenue of about ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 15:55