SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.
"It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more... Full story
LOS ANGELES — Blue-skinned aliens are helping Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. see green.
The runaway global success of James Cameron's 3-D spectacle, ``Avatar'' — his first feature film since the record-breaking ``Titanic'' in 1997... Full story
It's not a typical marketing technique. Japanese automaker Suzuki, well known for its motorcycles, is reaching out to its motorcycle owners as it launches its newest car, the 2010 Kizashi.
With exterior styling that is similar to a Volkswagen... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) — Energy prices flattened today with a majority of futures traders taking the holiday week off, though a stronger dollar helped keep a barrel of oil below $79.
Benchmark crude for February delivery added a penny to $78.78 a... Full story
Retail Web sites have bumped back deadlines and offer free express shipping after weekend snowstorms kept holiday shoppers home in large areas of the East Coast.
Amazon.com has extended the cutoff for standard shipping by one day through Monday.... Full story
NEW YORK — The Nielsen Co. is selling some of its most prominent trade journals — including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard — and shutting down Editor & Publisher, which has chronicled the newspaper business for 108... Full story
TOKYO — Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it will take majority control of Sanyo Electric Co. in a $4.6 billion deal, forging one of the biggest electronics makers in the world with an edge in green technologies.
Panasonic said it will buy... Full story
PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable channels and a major... Full story
NEW YORK — AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month.
Major job cuts had been... Full story
NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.
The move led rivals Amazon.com and Target to reduce the prices... Full story
You don't see this very often: a car company dropping a V-8 engine from a performance car and replacing it with a V-6. But German automaker Audi does it in its 2010 S4 compact sedan.
The move not only creates a more fuel-efficient vehicle during... Full story