President Obama said Wednesday the United States must take the lead on energy, citing the "enormous job creation potential that exists."
Christine Varney has excellent timing. Just two days after the Obama administration's new head of antitrust enforcement announces that she will be a much tougher cop on the beat than her predecessor, the European Union says it is fining Intel $1.45 billion for using its market power to abuse its competitors.
The death toll from a weekend of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has topped 300, Palestinian medical sources said Monday as a third day of air raids hit the Hamas-ruled territory.
With the top U.S. automakers in economic survival mode, "Buy American" is a frequent cry among those trying to save jobs at home.
Hybrid and electric cars play a big part in the business plans Detroit automakers presented to Congress on Tuesday. The only problem is that vehicles like General Motors' Chevrolet Volt won't be profitable for a decade or more.
Warning: Standing in line can cause extreme boredom, annoyance and even rage, which is precisely why there is a fascinating science devoted to what makes people tick -- and ticked off -- when forced to wait.
The United States and Poland on Wednesday signed an agreement to base U.S. ballistic missile interceptors in Poland, a move that angered Russia.
Lee Avery had never really thought of his company's work - producing parts for underwater oil and gas pipelines- as involving research and development: His engineers don't wear white lab coats, after all. So Avery, co-founder and president of Quality Connector Systems of Houston, was initially skeptical when he was told that his four-year-old company was eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in annual tax savings from the $7-billion-a-year U.S. Research and Development Tax Credit Program.
The next time the kids balk at doing their math or science homework, tell them about Chrissie, Kevin, Marc, Dustin and Steph.
Eli Lilly's soon-to-be CEO John Lechleiter is an anomaly. As Lechleiter himself put it in a press conference on Tuesday: "Who would've thought that a kid who joined the company in 1979 as an organic chemist, wearing his whites, would be standing here today?"
President Obama said Wednesday the United States must take the lead on energy, citing the "enormous job creation potential that exists."
Christine Varney has excellent timing. Just two days after the Obama administration's new head of antitrust enforcement announces that she will be a much tougher cop on the beat than her predecessor, the European Union says it is fining Intel $1.45 billion for using its market power to abuse its competitors.
The death toll from a weekend of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has topped 300, Palestinian medical sources said Monday as a third day of air raids hit the Hamas-ruled territory.
With the top U.S. automakers in economic survival mode, "Buy American" is a frequent cry among those trying to save jobs at home.
Hybrid and electric cars play a big part in the business plans Detroit automakers presented to Congress on Tuesday. The only problem is that vehicles like General Motors' Chevrolet Volt won't be profitable for a decade or more.
Warning: Standing in line can cause extreme boredom, annoyance and even rage, which is precisely why there is a fascinating science devoted to what makes people tick -- and ticked off -- when forced to wait.
The United States and Poland on Wednesday signed an agreement to base U.S. ballistic missile interceptors in Poland, a move that angered Russia.
Lee Avery had never really thought of his company's work - producing parts for underwater oil and gas pipelines- as involving research and development: His engineers don't wear white lab coats, after all. So Avery, co-founder and president of Quality Connector Systems of Houston, was initially skeptical when he was told that his four-year-old company was eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in annual tax savings from the $7-billion-a-year U.S. Research and Development Tax Credit Program.
The next time the kids balk at doing their math or science homework, tell them about Chrissie, Kevin, Marc, Dustin and Steph.
Eli Lilly's soon-to-be CEO John Lechleiter is an anomaly. As Lechleiter himself put it in a press conference on Tuesday: "Who would've thought that a kid who joined the company in 1979 as an organic chemist, wearing his whites, would be standing here today?"
The idea of intervening to modify the earth's climate is not a new one. As early as 1836, American meteorologist James Pollard Espy proposed enhancing precipitation by lighting huge fires, which earned him the nickname 'The Storm King'.
Merck posted a 62 percent increase in its third-quarter profit Monday, as the drugmaker's revenues increased by double digits, while lower administration and overhead costs offset more spending on research and development.
Audio equipment maker Harman International Industries Inc. said Monday its first-quarter profit would fall well below analysts' expectations due to higher research and development costs.
Capital One's shuttered GreenPoint Mortgage is the latest mortgage banking explosion to bump Wall Street's panic meter up a notch, and industry insiders say it is just another indicator that retail banks will be stung by the credit mess they helped create.
The nation's trade gap fell unexpectedly in June, as strong exports more than offset higher oil prices and a rise in imports from China.
Take your tax breaks and mind-boggling incentives - give us a low rate.
As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will crank up air conditioners and push the city's power grid to the limit -- but some have found a cool alternative
Few companies generate the kind of excitement before a product launch as Apple has before the debut of its eagerly awaited iPhone on June 29.
Which states are the most entrepreneurial? Which have the most women-owned businesses? Here are snapshots of a few noteworthy locales.
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Without fail, the lightbulbs go off and phones light up every January, when inventors seem to emerge en masse to pitch freshly conceived gadgets, tools, and other would-be "must have" products.
Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned company which set off a furor with its purchase of six U.S. port operations earlier this year, has been cleared to join a federal pilot program to test the methods used to screen U.S.-bound cargo for radiation.
Fitness fanatic and wellness champion Nerio Alessandri started designing gym equipment in his garage about 25 years ago.
The big telcos are back.
Apple computers have long been prized for being virus-free. But as more people use Apple products, experts say the company is increasingly becoming a target for cyber pranksters and criminals writing viruses and other forms of malware.
Perched on a gleaming Harley-Davidson, Ricardo Fisas looks much younger than his 80 years.
"Current evidence" does not show the people involved in an alleged plot to blow up airplanes planned to conduct any operations in the United States, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Sunday.
E-mail is so, like, 2005. Just ask the kids: A recent ComScore Media Metrix report shows teen usage of Web-based e-mail dropped 8 percent last year.
When Lenovo announced early last year that it would buy IBM's personal computer business, the company's shares surged.
Are longtime shareholders of Lucent Technologies finally about to be rewarded for their faith in the downtrodden company?
With $100 billion worth of branded drugs losing patent protection in the next five years, Big Pharma needs new drugs -- and licensing from smaller companies is proving to be a cheaper, less risky way of securing potential products than buying those companies outright.
If Intel has its way, 2006 will be a leap year.
The international community has reacted with outrage to the announcement by Iran that it would resume its nuclear research program, saying Tehran would face consequences if it carried through its plan.
Iran plans on Monday to remove seals at some nuclear research and development sites and resume operations under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the country's foreign minister said.
A new study suggests that spending more on research and development does not translate into better financial results for the company doing the spending, according to a published report.
Normally dull Dell gave Wall Street an unusual double-whammy surprise Thursday - it missed revenue expectations and delivered lower than expected guidance.
Google Inc. was getting ready to celebrate its first year as a public company, but instead its stock was blindsided by the rough-and-tumble earnings expectations game.
A surprise miss in revenues sent Yahoo's stock plunging in after-hours trading, but analysts say the dip is much ado about nothing, with the company boasting strong growth and profitability.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Mark Hurd era at Hewlett-Packard is off to a promising start. Shares are up more than 25 percent since Hurd, formerly the CEO of NCR, took over the helm in March.
The biotechnology sector continued to lose money last year, even as its sales increased, according to a report released Wednesday by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
For most women, and increasingly men, picking up a new potion or lotion from a cosmetics counter is about paying big money in the hope it will keep them looking young.
In early May, Bausch & Lomb CEO Ron Zarrella hit the road to tout his company's turnaround to Wall Street. From a distance, he appears to have plenty to crow about. Shortly after taking the top job...
Johnson & Johnson unveiled data for a potential treatment for male sexual dysfunction, though an analyst downplayed the effectiveness of the drug.
This is an update of a story that originally appeared March 29.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - If you're looking for a well known tech stock that's been able to stand out this year, the pickings are slim.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The game of merger musical chairs in the online search market just got a lot more interesting.
The demise of TiVo, it turns out, may have been greatly exaggerated.
One barbed line making the political rounds addresses the administration's plan to pay for its proposed reform of the nation's public retirement system by cutting future benefits: "President Bush's reform means taking the security out of Social Security." One corollary of the proposed Social Security overhaul seems to read: "Remember, we're all in this alone."
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Google will report its fourth quarter results after the bell Tuesday and it is safe to say that Wall Street is anticipating a blowout quarter.
Procter & Gamble announced the largest acquisition in its history Friday, agreeing to buy Gillette in a $57 billion deal that combines some of the world's top brands and could lead to further mergers involving products consumers know and love.
As Stryker Corp. gets set to announce fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, analysts wondered whether the maker of artificial hips and knees can keep up its prodigious, long-term earnings growth under the direction of a new CEO.
Close allies Australia and the United States are continuing their talks on missile defense cooperation, concentrating on research and development, the Australian government said Thursday.
As Hilmar Janusson begins his weekly hike up a volcano in southwestern Iceland, he strides up a sloping, moss-covered hill for a while, then lifts and bends his right knee to hoist himself onto an ...
Let's say you're reading this while relaxing poolside in Las Vegas (lucky you). There's a good chance that whatever you're lounging on was made by Debbi Somers's company. As the name says, Somers C...
It's hard not to admire the perseverance of some people like Josef. He has three Skodas and battles most of the time to keep then running and on the road.
Pledging to create 10 million new jobs in four years, presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry on Friday will begin to roll out his economic plan for the country in a series of three speeches, his campaign said.
During Hewlett-Packard's contentious $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer, HP's charismatic CEO, Carly Fiorina, promised that the combination would create an information technology dynamo. Th...
Anyone who has been waiting for the recovery to get rolling--and that includes most current stock investors--has to be disappointed that the market and the economy are both still so listless. Stock...
Anyone who has been waiting for the recovery to get rolling (and that includes most current stock investors) has to be disappointed that the market and the economy are both still so listless.
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Once you look beyond the drug companies' current woes--expiring patents and few obvious new blockbusters as well as political concerns--there's ample reason to believe that this sector can continue...
Washington, D.C., is one place that many small business owners naturally shun when prowling for assistance and expansion financing. After all, the nation's capital is the place where those crushing...
Here's just one big problem with the record-setting stock market: As stock prices keep spiraling to ever-dizzying heights, it gets harder to find equities that aren't wildly overvalued--and even mo...
We wouldn't blame you if our headline makes you wonder if we have fallen off our rockers. After all, lately tech stocks have been in the midst of a stomach-churning plunge. For example, the Morgan ...
Scan the personal bookshelves of Netscape's Marc Andreessen and Microsoft's Nathan Myhrvold, and you're in for a surprise: Among the glossy, futuristic tomes of the age of silicon you'll find three...
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Disney on 42nd Street? The mind boggles. In February 1994, when the Walt Disney Co. announced it would be staging theatrical productions on "the Deuce"--the porn-plagued, drug-infested, crime-ridde...
Want to invest like a pro in the risky high-tech field? Then listen to Garrett Van Wagoner, who now heads his own San Francisco money-management firm after three years as skipper of the Govett Smal...
A glance at the rankings of one-year leaders tells you just how great 1995 was, with No. 1 growth fund Alger Capital Appreciation gaining nearly 80%, for example, and top total-return fund Baron Gr...
The fundamental premise of the new model executive...is, simply, that the goals of the individual and the goals of the organization will work out to be one and the same. The young men have no cynic...
Candidate Bill Clinton promised a technology policy that would make U.S. industry more competitive. What has the President delivered so far? -- Congress will probably increase the Commerce Departme...
+ The Council of Economic Advisers sure has changed. While chairmen in the Reagan and Bush Administrations professed near-absolute faith in free markets and free trade, Laura D'Andrea Tyson believe...
IF YOU DON'T LIKE the hand you're dealt, get yourself another hand. That's what the Imcera Group did. In just six years Imcera transformed itself from an ailing producer of fertilizer and commodity...
IS AMERICA investing enough in research and development, a cornerstone of future economic success? Total U.S. outlays for government and civilian R&D peaked at $157 billion in 1989 and have since s...
FOR THE FIRST TIME since Japan devastated the U.S. consumer electronics industry in the 1970s, American companies have a chance to stage a comeback in a mighty market that has annual sales of $32 b...
The auto executives, politicians, and consumers working themselves into an anti-Japan frenzy ought to put down the sword and pick up the mirror. No question, Japan's import barriers to goods such a...
Today the U.S. has the world's highest standard of living, but we will not retain that No. 1 position forever if we become complacent. Left unattended, four worrisome domestic problems -- our low s...
AS EVEN the most casual newspaper reader can attest, debt has become a four- letter word. In the past decade total IOUs of U.S. nonfinancial corporations ballooned to $2.2 trillion, or nearly half ...
AMONG CONSUMERS, Carter-Wallace is best known for such products as Arrid antiperspirants, Nair hair remover, and Trojan condoms. But investors seem more interested in the company's drug and health ...
TECHNOLOGY/Cover Story 56 AMERICA'S HOT YOUNG SCIENTISTS Let FORTUNE introduce you to 12 brilliant thinkers who have achieved important breakthroughs -- from Susan Solomon, who is solving the riddl...
AN IMPRESSIVE turnaround, a popular CEO, a magnificent stock performance, and the potent deployment of a great brand name -- no wonder Wall Street can't stop genuflecting before the Walt Disney Co....
Simon Ramo, 74, is one of the elder statesmen of U.S. high technology. He was a co-founder of two FORTUNE 500 companies. One of them was TRW, an enormously successful defense electronics concern th...
SCIENCE BESPEAKS power, both military and economic. The U.S. has long had the most productive scientific establishment in the world: Since the explosion of the first atomic bomb in the New Mexico d...
AFTER ITS DEFEAT in World War II, Japan was content to take foreign inventions -- the transistor, the laser, the videotape player -- and convert them into products that it could market around the w...
FEW CHIEF EXECUTIVES have been as aggressive in the buy-'em-out, bust-'em-up, and spin-'em-off sweepstakes as Edward Hennessy Jr., 59, chairman of Allied- Signal. Since 1979 this seminary dropout (...
As steel mill blast furnaces went cold and auto assembly lines shut down across the Midwest during the past 10years, many investors decided that American manufacturing companies were a lost cause, ...
While much of the computer industry slumps with IBM (see Corporate Performance), feisty Apple Computer has been shining on Wall Street. In the past 17 months Apple stock rebounded to a recent $42 a...
RUSHING to introduce an instant camera by 1976, Eastman Kodak's development committee issued a startling directive: ''Development should not be constrained by what an individual feels is potential ...
AFTER YEARS of erratic performance, GAF Corp. emerged last year like a reborn boxer -- in fighting trim and restless for a big-name opponent. It found one in huge, seemingly vulnerable Union Carbid...
THE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR industry has touched the bottom of the deepest slump in its wildly cyclical history. Sales of integrated circuits, which plunged a dizzying 19% in 1985, drenching chipmakers ...
BIG FOOD-PROCESSING companies guard their technical secrets with all the zeal of defense contractors. Last year, after Keebler, Nabisco, and Frito-Lay marketed cookies that were crisp on the outsid...
SOME high-powered industry experts are forecasting double-digit growth in computer sales next year, sparked by hot new products -- so-called super minicomputers, new software. That doesn't square w...
THE U.S. IS FEELING on top of the world again. Poll after poll shows Americans brimming with a confidence in their country and a faith in their personal futures exceeding even the brief blip in opt...
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