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Pfizer discontinues NHL cancer drug development

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:43 -0400

NEW YORK Pharma major Pfizer has discontinued the development of cancer candidate inotuzumab ozogamicin, which is part of a class of therapies called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), in the haematological cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after it failed to show benefit in overall survival during phase III trials. Pfizer has notified the study investigators and appropriate regulatory authorities ...

GrubHub and Seamless to merge

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:51 -0400

WASHINGTON GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the biggest online services for food-delivery in the U.S., have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders. The merger will create a combined company well positioned to drive more orders to restaurants, deliver a better experience for hungry diners ...

Yahoo buys blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 bn cash

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:40:57 -0400

NEW YORK - Yahoo promised "not to screw it up" as it formally announced its acquisition of the popular Tumblr blogging platform for $1.1bn in cash, giving the company a much-needed base in social media to reach a younger generation of users. The relaxed wording of the memo for one of the internet giant's biggest acquisitions was echoed in the memo sent by David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old ...

New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:21 -0400

GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

You don’t need an Xbox to appreciate Microsoft

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:49 -0400

tweaking its Windows 8 operating system in response to a poor reception following its launch in October, you could almost hear the collective one-word response from investors who have avoided Microsoft shares: typical.But while the technology company continues to stumble with many of its new products, its share price has been dazzling this year. It has risen more than 30 per cent in 2013, to its ...

Expect Microsoft’s Xbox One This Holiday Season

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:27 -0400

Microsoft is going out on top. After eight years, the Xbox 360 - which is currently the top selling video game system for the 28th consecutive month according to retail tracking firm NPD Group -is ...

Microsoft Reveals New Xbox One Game System

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:48 -0400

The new Xbox One entertainment and gaming system was unveiled Tuesday by Microsoft. The console includes live TV and advanced voice ...

Earnings Watch Updates advisories and surprises

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:09 -0400

-1.51% said Tuesday afternoon that it plans to lay off about 900 of its workers in a cost-cutting move. The announcement was made, which saw earnings slip on a slight increase in revenues. NetApp shares were up 2.1% in after-hours trades on Tuesday following the report. The company also projected a revenue range of $1.48 billion to $1.58 billion for the current quarter, slightly below Wall ...

Microsofts New Xbox One Offers More

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:55 -0400

With Microsoft's new Xbox, the next time you yell at your TV it will actually be able to respond. The Xbox One, which the software giant unveiled Tuesday, is a next-generation console that aspires to be more than just a plaything. Not only will Xbox One let users to watch live TV, rent a movie, listen to music and play games, viewers can use their voice and gestures to control the ...

What Halo Fans Want To See In Steven Spielberg TV Show For Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:59 -0400

players spend their time wielding gravity hammers and DMRs, it's the story of the Master Chief and his AI ally, Cortana, that have had them hooked through the series. Spielberg is all over that. The filmmaker obviously likes his explosions, but you have but to sit through Elliot crying over E.T. to know his movies favor character. Plus, he is an excellent adaptor of previously created ...

Kids Stay on Facebook As an Obligation and Are Savvy About Privacy

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:58 -0400

Teens, Social Media and Privacy , shows that Facebook's popularity with teens has actualy grown by 1% since 2011 to a whopping 94% of all teen social media users. The next highest service is Twitter (26%) followed by Instagram, the photo-sharing mobile app that Facebook acquired last year. Tumblr, which was just acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion, came in 6th with 5% -- actually below ...

DJ Spooky To Hold Mixing Party At Metropolitan Museum Following His Civil War Commission

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:58 -0400

event , to be held June 21 in the museum's Petrie Court Cafe, will let participants bring their iPhones and iPads to mix, with Miller, a soundtrack for a listening party. He has developed his own iPad software for mixing, which he said "lets you sample, loop and layer." He said party-goers will be able to interact with "the archive and collection of samples I've set up ...

IRS Announces Tax Relief For Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:58 -0400

MOORE, OK - MAY 20: In this handout provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, two firefighters break through concrete during the search for survivors in the remains of the Plaza Towers Elementary School after it was hit by a tornado on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) It was described as ...

CenturyLinkVoice 5 Emerging Technologies That Every Office Will Have In 2020

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:58 -0400

making their predictions on the future of computers in the workplace. Computers showed tremendous potential for word processing and automation, they said, but would they really ever be user-friendly enough for general use? Despite ominous forecasts from typewriter executives, we all know how this story ends. And a slew of other innovations have followed: the Internet, email, smartphones, Wi-Fi, ...

BusinessAviationVoice Another Reason Why Our Nation Needs Business Aviation

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:57 -0400

Pogue Airport, Sand Springs, OK Is not served by commercial flights A recently published report by MIT's International Center for Air Transportation documents the trend of US Airlines to reduce the number of flights to airports throughout our nation. Since 2007, the 29 largest hub airports lost 8.8 percent of their yearly scheduled domestic flights in the six years ending in 2012, and ...

Is Your Business Aware of Disability

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:57 -0400

. My initial reaction was, "What, people don't know they can become disabled?" We've all seen situations where an unexpected disability disrupted or even destroyed a family or business. Upon further reflection, I realized the issue is "insurance." Many people don't understand the kinds of disability insurance that are available. Let's help out the cause by ...

Kardashian Trademark Rip-Off Or Not Seven Questions To Ask Yourself

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:57 -0400

Khloe has been sporting a knock-off of an official emblem of the New York Department of Agriculture? We have a clash of the old and the new. The state institution versus the pretender. The long-established versus the new order. Between the old-fashioned power family and the reality TV. No, not the T-shirt; the Cuomos versus the Kardashians. What's a more powerful brand, a political ...

David Beckham To Earn Huge Windfall From New Yorks MLS Expansion

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:57 -0400

David Beckham is going to score big time with Manchester City and the New York Yankees bringing Major League Soccer to New York City for the 2015 season ...

Review Fast And Furious 6 Proves 5th Time Was The Charm

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:56 -0400

chapter was so thoughtful, meditative, and emotionally potent that it set a bar too high for the rest of the entertaining gee-whiz space adventures to reach. By the standards of every other entry in the cars-and-capers series, Fast & Furious ...

Jive Looks Like A Turkey Here

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:56 -0400

Jive is looking to get businesses use its software to increase collaboration, content movement and enterprise portals / intranets. Jive's mission is to change the way work gets done, but with nearly 1 ...

Windows role at the core of Microsofts Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:54 -0400

(Credit: Credit: James Martin/CNET) Microsoft's Xbox One home-entertainment console has three operating systems at its core, company officials said during the Tuesday unveiling of the device. Why three? Marc Whitten, Microsoft's chief production officer of its Interactive Entertainment Business, explained during the hour-long reveal event in Redmond, that there'd be ...

The new consoles from Microsoft Nintendo and Sony

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:57 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from ...

Cook defends Apple on Senate hotseat

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:43:25 -0400

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook defended the tech giant's tax practices in a lengthy Senate hearing on Tuesday, telling lawmakers that the company is acting fairly and also laying out targets for lowering its tax ...

Samsungs men are pigs ad for TVs gets YouTube love

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:00 -0400

You might have missed a Samsung ad for its Evolution TV Kit. However, almost 9 million have analyzed its depiction of men as Neanderthal slobs on ...

Human-like opponents spur gamer aggression study says

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:58 -0400

It's not the bizarre monsters that really bring out the aggression in gamers, concludes a study that monitored Quake 3 Revolution players. It's the human-like characters that get people ...

Optical drives not working with Mountain Lion for some

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:58 -0400

inability to access their systems' internal optical drives . Once installed, inserting a disc results in a couple of noises before the disc is ejected. While this can sometimes happen for burned discs that are no longer readable, it appears to happen for all discs, be they home-burned or commercial. If this is happening on your system, first try testing the problem with multiple operating ...

Get a Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad for $39.99

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:57 -0400

Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad for $39.99 shipped . It lists for $99.99 and sells elsewhere (like at Amazon) for around $75-80. True to its name, the Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad is an iPad cover with a built-in keyboard -- and it's ultrathin. It connects via Bluetooth, runs for months on a battery charge, and holds your tablet in either portrait or landscape orientation. ...

Heres what we know about Xbox One games

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:56 -0400

Xbox One , and it will be a machine that will wear many hats. But what did we learn about the games? First off, Microsoft tells CNET that the Xbox One will not be backward compatible with any previous Xbox game. Xbox One games will also need to be fully installed, and if the install disc is used on another console, there will be a small fee for doing so. We don't have a lot of the details ...

Xbox One Unveiled Microsoft Promises More Intelligent TV With Snap Mode Voice Commands

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:09 -0400

Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One during a Tuesday video broadcast streamed on Xbox.com, featuring cameos from Steven Spielberg and the makers of "Halo" and "Call of Duty." Xbox One devices will enter the market sometime later this ...

Foreclosures defaults up in April

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:20 -0400

San Diego foreclosures and mortgage defaults rose in April, but those numbers remain lower than normal in light of an improving economy and rising home prices, suggests a report from real estate tracker DataQuick on ...

NJs Revel casino exits bankruptcy court

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:25 -0400

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Revel, a brand new but struggling Atlantic City casino, has formally emerged from bankruptcy.Just 13 months after it opened with sky-high hopes, the casino got out of bankruptcy court Tuesday. The pre-planned Chapter 11 filing wiped out $1.2 billion of the casino's $1.5 billion in debt by giving lenders an 82 percent ownership stake.Jeffrey Hartmann, the casino's ...

JPMorgan Directors Glance How shareholders voted

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:24 -0400

Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of the nation's largest bank, keep both his jobs Tuesday. Dimon also received strong support to be re-elected to the bank's board of directors.Three directors - James Crown, David Cote and Ellen Futter - received the backing of less than 60 percent of shareholders. Shareholder advisory firms had urged that ...

TaxWatch Why IRS scandal is good for tax cheats

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:53 -0400

In addition to facing multiple congressional hearings and a change in leadership, thanks to budget cuts, the IRS is also about to begin furloughing employees. As MarketWatch contributor Eva Rosenberg notes, the IRS hasn't been under this much scrutiny since the hearings in the 1990s that led to the Tax Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, which reorganized the IRS and created new rules for ...

Viva Italia Crowdfunding Leader Of The Pack

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:07 -0400

The following guest post is by equity crowdfunding expert David Drake, founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a New York City private equity firm, and of The Soho Loft, a global financial media company with divisions in conference and ...

Xbox One Will It Help or Harm Cable TV

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:07 -0400

today's Xbox One reveal talking about it's live TV capabilities, especially the "augmented TV" experience, or the ability to access relevant data during a broadcast. If you're watching a football game and a player scores, for example, you can see your fantasy league's stats update in real time. Another part of today's event was the reveal of HALO: The ...

The Xbox One Looks Like One Wonderful System--With Two Caveats

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:06 -0400

A PlayStation fangirl admits it: Today's reveal of the Xbox One kind of blew the PlayStation 4 reveal out of the water. Even the name, Xbox One, rather than the casually monikered Xbox 720, is surprising and different. The PS4 reveal was centered on the games (and yes, the graphics capability of the PS4 seems superior). But the Xbox One focused on the integration of the Xbox with all of the ...

IRS Turn over a new leaf Open up Data

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:06 -0400

Stefaan Verhulst The core task for Danny Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the IRS, is to repair the agency's tarnished reputation and achieve greater efficacy and fairness in IRS investigations. Mr. Werfel can show true leadership by restructuring how the IRS handles its tax-exempt enforcement processes. One of Mr. Werfel's first actions on the job should be the immediate ...

Its Important To Tell Our Story 5 Ways Apples Tim Cook Stayed Cool Under Fire

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:06 -0400

today and the second is from Apple CEO Tim Cook as he testified today before a Senate subcommittee investing the practice of protecting offshore profits from U.S. taxes. "It's important to tell our story and that you hear directly from me," Cook said. Cook is a skilled communicator and today he put on a display on how to handle tough questions. I've worked with many ...

Dear High School Graduate Everything Youve Been Told Is False

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:05 -0400

Omaha Creighton Prep High School back in 1977, my fellow grads and I entered a benign, forgiving, if U.S.-hegemonic, economic order where one could find paid work -- albeit of a blue collar variety -- just by completing high school. A world where even a C-student was guaranteed some kind of white-collar employment just by earning a college degree; any kind of degree, with any kind of major, from ...

Heres The New Call Of Duty Ghosts From Activision

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:05 -0400

game from Activision. Here's the brand new trailer for the next-gen game, showing off a new game engine for a next generation of video game ...

The More Executives Collaborate via Cloud the More They Appreciate Its Power

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:05 -0400

Collaborating in the Cloud ." While 64% of survey respondents overall said cloud-based collaboration tools accelerate business results, enabling companies to execute faster than would be possible otherwise, that figure rises to 82% among "leaders." The survey defined leaders as executives with significantly more experience with cloud-based collaboration tools than others--they made ...

Jeff Berger Of Doostang And The Universum Group Answers Your Entrepreneurship Questions Via Live Chat

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:05 -0400

Doostang , a community of over one million elite professionals with inside access to thousands of jobs from top employers. He welcomes anyone to reach out to him ...

The Worst Enterprise Cloud Strategies

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:04 -0400

With all of the claims and counter-claims, the big money acquisitions and advertising hype, it's easy to get the impression that every big enterprise software company out there has easily made the jump to the Cloud, mastered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and is forging ahead to a glorious future that you are lucky to share. Unfortunately, the reality is that most of these claims are a ...

Microsoft Stumbles Through Xbox One Announcement

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:04 -0400

my live coverage of the Xbox One reveal, an event that was half as long as most thought it would be, and one hour longer than it should have been. Meaning, this shouldn't have been an event in the first place. The Xbox One announcement was an hour long, though really only 45 minutes if you don't count the 25% of the presentation devoted solely to being a singular ad for the (non-Xbox ...

Startups The Case For Hiring Generalists

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:04 -0400

I am a multi-tasker by nature. I'm energized by catching fly balls from left field and adding them to my juggling act. That's why I thrive in a start-up environment. My bias is to hire like-wired professionals because, as a start-up, we are still too thin on the ground for broad based specialization. That will come later when we have "more meat on our bones." Here is what ...

Microsoft unveils new generation XBox

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:15 -0400

ATTEMPTING to replace all your living room devices with a single unit, Microsoft has launched its new gaming console, the Xbox One, at Microsoft HQ in Seattle. The successor to the hugely successful Xbox 360, the Xbox One was unveiled to an audience of a few hundred journalists by Microsoft's president of interactive business Don Mattrick, who outlined the company's plans to take over ...

Microsoft debuts Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:51 -0400

The Xbox 360 has been around since 2005 and, despite retaining its popularity, the console grows long in the tooth. That changestoday, as Microsoftannounces a new generation of its stealth living room takeover device. Speculation around what was coming has been growing for sometime and reached a crescendo when the company ...

10 killer new features of Microsofts Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:55 -0400

Xbox game console Tuesday, touting a device it claims will revolutionize the experience of using your television. Eight years after the launch of the Xbox 360, which is currently the best-selling games machine in the U.S., Microsoft finds itself the last of the three big game-makers to show off new hardware. The device is due out later this year. No price was announced. Here's a closer ...

Microsoft unveils Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:54 -0400

From a hardware standpoint, while everything is more powerful, little is radically different from the Xbox 360. Similar to Sony's PlayStation 4, the Xbox One has a custom-built 8-core CPU, with 8 gigabytes of RAM, a 500 gigabyte hard drive, USB 3.0, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and a Blu-ray ...

The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:40 -0400

Don Mattrick, the software giant's president of Interactive Entertainment, told an audience of gaming journalists at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington, that the new Xbox ONE was not simply a games console, but "The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment ...

Spielberg to work on new live-action Halo TV series

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:04 -0400

(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Microsoft and 343 Industries have recruited film director Steven Spielberg in the creation of a new Halo live-action TV series. The companies announced the new series during ...

Microsoft reveals Xbox One game console

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:11 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new videogame console called the Xbox One on Tuesday, though the company took great pains to tout the device as an "ultimate, all-in-one home entertainment ...

PayPal taking more steps into offline payments

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:11 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- PayPal Inc. estimates that its efforts to extend its offline payment-processing technologies to traditional retailers will see a nearly ten-fold increase in users by the end of the year and will eventually lead to the end of the retail cash ...

Slide Show 11 things to know about bike-share programs

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:10 -0400

, among others. But it also is part of a much bigger phenomenon; the number of programs world-wide is exploding, reaching into much smaller communities and spurring other ...

Bond Report Treasurys swing to gains on Fed speeches

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:08 -0400

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasurys gained Tuesday as two Federal Reserve officials indicated in public comments that they are committed to maintaining the monetary-policy status quo in the near ...

Microsoft Unveils Xbox One An All-In-One Entertainment Console

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:46 -0400

Xbox gaming console: Xbox One, a cloud-powered, all-in-one home entertainment system. At a press event on Microsoft's Redmond campus Tuesday, Xbox chief Don Mattrick said Xbox One is an attempt to answer the question, "Can we improve a living room that's become too complex, too fragmented, and too slow by harmonizing your ...

2013 is the year of the voice command

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:40 -0400

Xbox One , I was struck by just how many voice commands Microsoft programmed into the device. Kinect brought a rudimentary set of commands to the gaming console, but now everything from opening movies to launching apps can be done via voice. "Xbox, Live TV" may be my new favorite phrase in the living room. Microsoft's not the only one who's betting big on voice commands. The ...

Xbox 360 games wont work with the Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:36 -0400

Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled Because the new gaming system has a different chip architecture -- Advanced Micro Devices' x86 instead of IBM's PowerPC -- the Xbox One won't have native compatibility with 360 games. It's unclear at this time whether Microsoft will create a solution for that -- such as making some of the more popular games compatible or allowing ...

Five unanswered questions about the Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:34 -0400

Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled With the pre-E3 announcement of Microsoft's next living room video game console, the parlor game of speculation about all the missing details can begin. As with ...

NASA funds attempt at 3D food printer for pizza

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:33 -0400

(Credit: Systems and Materials Research) "Star Trek" food replicators will always be the holy grail of space-snack technology, but we could be edging a step closer to the dream thanks to the work of mechanical ...

EA announces Ignite engine for next-gen sports games

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:32 -0400

(Credit: Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET) Over the years, sports games have become more and more realistic, and EA is promising to take that realism to a whole new level in next-generation versions of many of its popular sports franchises. At Microsoft's unveiling of ...

Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:31 -0400

With specs revealed for the Xbox One, we finally have a chance to directly compare it with that other yet-to-be-released gaming console, the PlayStation ...

Supercharged Xbox Live enhances cloud support for Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:29 -0400

Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled The Xbox One was just announced, and with it, Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox Live. The service will include more capabilities, such as Skype and a dedicated game DVR for capturing in-game footage. The company also said that users can install games in segments so they can play without waiting for the whole program to install; the system will download and ...

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:53 -0400

Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash.I t's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered in 2005. (AP Photo/Ted S. ...

United Tech CEO sees stronger economy airlines

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:52 -0400

HARTFORD, Conn. -; The chief executive of aerospace giant United Technologies Corp. is optimistic about an improving economy and airline ...

Horsman joins Torrey Pines Bank

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:51 -0400

A long-time San Diego banker, Horsman was previously Chief Executive of San Diego National Bank. In 2009, San Diego National was taken over by federal regulators and sold to U.S. ...

San Diegos Cubic to train foreign military

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:50 -0400

Cubic Simulation Systems division, based in Orlando, Fla., uses digital video projectors, high-definition screens and game-based computer graphics for marksmanship and other ...

2 guilty in SDSU mini-dorm case

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:47 -0400

A real estate broker and a property owner have been sentenced for violating a city of San Diego ordinance that cracks down on mini-dorms, privately owned homes that are rented out to college students. The recent case sheds light again on a long-standing issue around the San Diego State University ...

Death By Firearms Around The World

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:36 -0400

Even countries with strict gun laws are not immune to random acts of out-of-control gun fire. Most of the countries where people are killed by firearms are riddled with social problems and drug gangs. The U.S. however leads the world in school shootings and leads the world's core economies in terms of firearms related deaths. Here's a look at the top 12 worst offenders, as ranked by the ...

The NRAs Amazing Hypocrisy About Hollywood Gun Violence

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:36 -0400

press conference after the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, last December, Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association blamed mass murders on everyone from legislators who pass gun control laws to the makers of videogames-everyone except gun manufacturers and sellers, ...

P.M. Kitco Roundup Gold Ends Down But Up From Daily Low U.S. Federal Reserve Events Loom

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:36 -0400

Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session moderately lower Tuesday. The market saw a downside technical correction and some chart consolidation following a surge higher in late trading Monday. Comex June gold last traded down $9.30 at $1,374.80 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted down $17.00 at $1,377.50. July Comex silver last traded down $0.147 at $22.44 an ounce. The gold market ...

Its The Taxes Hikes Not The Spending Cuts That Weigh On Growth

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:35 -0400

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) By J.T. Young Although sequestration's spending cuts grab headlines, the tax hikes are having greater fiscal effect. Unlike the much-mentioned March 1, sequester, the tax hikes began January 1, and are permanent. The disparate impacts and disproportional reaction have everything to do with Washington's entitlement culture - that Washington feels entitled to ...

Why Your Online Program Just Wont Sell

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:35 -0400

women's success coach , I've sold a myriad of products, services and programs online, and I've learned the hard way a number of very big lessons about online marketing. In fact, I'm still learning and still making mistakes, but thankfully I'm getting more and more right each time I launch a program. Recently, I noticed that a number of female entrepreneurs I admire have ...

Japan Basks In Its New Position As An Affordable Travel Destination

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:35 -0400

The difference a year can make: When I spoke with Yuki Tanaka, the Executive Director of the Japan National Tourism Organization in the U.S., last May, travel to Japan was just recovering from the a drastic decline following the March 11, 2011 Sendai earthquake and a close call with disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. What's more, tourism to Japan was also facing a structural ...

How To Make Company Employees Think Like Their CEO

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:34 -0400

Walmart's company-wide goal is to create zero waste. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Have you ever had one of those "big company" customer service experiences that make you wonder how the company stays in business? One year when I was CEO of a software company, I had an aggravating experience with the hotel we booked for our staff during a Las Vegas trade show. We negotiated a very ...

Xbox Ones Exclusive Content For FIFA Could Be A Gamechanger In Europe

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:34 -0400

's reveal of the Xbox One could have broad implications for what happens when both the PS4 and the Xbox One hit the market this fall. EA Sports announced a vague "special relationship" with Microsoft, and said that the Xbox One would receive some sort of exclusive content for FIFA -- arguably the most popular game in the world. This could have make a real difference when these ...

What We Should Do About 3D Printed Guns

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:34 -0400

Congressman Steve Israel is leading the charge to make 3D printed guns illegal. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) As most people are aware by now, a man ...

TSA Pre-Check Now Speeds International Travelers Through Airport Security

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:33 -0400

Actual time it took me from presenting my boarding pass to getting through security using TSA Pre-Check. (Photo credit: Andrew Bender) About the best news - OK, about the only good news - for air travelers in the last few years has been TSA Pre-Check, which allows passengers to speed through security at dozens of U.S. airports without removing shoes, laptop bags and light outerwear. Domestic ...

The Worst Traffic Jams In History

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:33 -0400

According to Wikipedia, traffic congestion occurs when a volume of traffic or modal split generates demand for space greater than the available road capacity; this point is commonly termed saturation. Most of us - particularly if we happen to be sitting in our cars crawling along at a snail's pace at the time - refer to it in far less civilized terms than that. Following up on our recent ...

Twister One of Five Costliest In History

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:15 -0400

The worst of it lasted for about an hour. But the human, physical and economic toll in Oklahoma will rank among the most devastating weather events of its kind. "This is going to be one of the top five costliest tornadoes in U.S. history," said Evan Gold, vice president of client services at Planalytics, a weather consulting firm. The full impact of the human loss was still unknown ...

Feds Dudley says new plan needed to end stimulus

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:23 -0400

The Federal Reserve needs to go back to the drawing board to plan its strategy for winding down its controversial stimulus program, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley suggested ...

Herbalife hires new auditors

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:23 -0400

Investors seemed pleased with the progress, sending shares of Herbalife up sharply in afternoon trading. Herbalife has been in the spotlight for several months, after hedge fun ...

UPDATE 3-Microsoft unveils Xbox One with Spielberg Activision tie-up

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:48 -0400

Tue May 21, 2013 3:21pm EDT By Bill Rigby and Malathi Nayak REDMOND, Wash. May 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a "Halo" series produced by Steven Spielberg. The Xbox One, which will be available later this year at ...

Microsoft Xbox launch event live blog

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:48 -0400

Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centres and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets.A tented stage has been set up at the technology giant's headquarters in the city of Redmond in Washington State for an "Xbox Reveal" event to play out just weeks before a major annual E3 videogame conference ...

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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:30 -0400

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Shareholders hand J.P. Morgan chief a big win

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:34 -0400

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. shareholders on Tuesday easily defeated a proposal to split the roles of chairman and chief executive at the financial giant, handing a big victory to the bank's leader Jamie Dimon and leaving him free to retain both ...

Dimon is dead long live Jamie Dimon

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:34 -0400

In all, it was a big win for Dimon and for the J.P. Morgan board. The directors were re-elected. The proposals and requests to require more transparency in lobbying and divestment from ...

Tech Stocks Apple turns positive Yahoo gains

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:33 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks edged higher Tuesday, as Apple Inc. shares reversed course, turning positive, as CEO Tim Cook took the stand at a congressional hearing in Washington, ...

Rescue efforts focus on finding tornado survivors

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:32 -0400

MOORE, Okla. (MarketWatch) --Search and rescue efforts continued Tuesday, after deadly tornadoes tore through towns just south of Oklahoma City on Monday, killing and injuring dozens and destroying numerous buildings, including more than one elementary ...

Verizons CTIA event Join us Wednesday 11 a.m. PT

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:58 -0400

Join CNET for coverage from Verizon's press conference at the CTIA Wireless show. Our live blog will kick off about 30 minutes beforehand and bring you news updates, photos, and running ...

Whats new in Xbox Live

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:57 -0400

The Xbox One has just been announced and Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox Live which will include more capabilities such as Skype and a dedicated game DVR for capturing in-game ...

New smart fabric mimics the way skin perspires

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:56 -0400

Lab on a Chip describes the fabric's microfluidic platform. Multiple woven threads suck droplets of water off the human skin and into the fabric. Those droplets then drain along the threads and are expelled from the fabric's exterior -- in effect, making the fabric water-repellent. What's more, this expelling action continues to work even after the fibers are totally saturated ...

Sprint says more to come from BlackBerry

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:56 -0400

(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Sprint Nextel is planning at least one more BlackBerry to join its line up this year. "We're not done with BlackBerry," said Lois Eichelberger Fagan, director of product portfolio for Sprint Nextel, in an interview with CNET on Tuesday. "There's more to ...

PayPal wants to get rid of your wallet

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:55 -0400

(Credit: PayPal) SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- PayPal spotlighted its retail partners Tuesday, showing off new campaigns for its in-store purchase feature as it tries to get into 2 million locations by the end of this year. PayPal president David Marcus said PayPal is expanding its Jamba Juice "order ahead and skip the line" feature to more of the juice chain's locations and taking ...

Acting FCC Chairwoman Were still focused on spectrum

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:55 -0400

(Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS --Acting Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Mignon Clyburn said that the agency is not slowing down when it comes to getting new spectrum on the market, even though the commission is down two members. Clyburn, who made her first appearance as the interim head of the FCC at ...

Boost Mobile wants to be its customers digital wallet

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:52 -0400

(Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Sprint Nextel's prepaid arm, Boost Mobile, is taking its own stab at the digital wallet. The company on ...

Galaxy S3 arrives at Boost Virgin Mobile armed with LTE

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:52 -0400

Galaxy S3 to its prepaid Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile brands next month. The device will operate on 3G and LTE networks for both operators. The design and features of the reborn GS3 will be unchanged from the original version. Expect the same slim profile and 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, while inside you'll ...

Twitter granted refresh patent vows to use it only defensively

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:49 -0400

(Credit: Twitter/USPTO) Twitter has won a new patent that it hopes to use as an example to stem the tide of patent lawsuits. Granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today, the patent named ...

Operas Android browser leaves beta stage

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:48 -0400

Android , which was available as beta software in the Google Play marketplace, is now complete and officially launched. Getting it out of beta means that Opera is confident that most of the bugs are gone and the software is ready for wide ...

Microsoft announces Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:53 -0400

Microsoft announced Monday its next-generation video game console, the Xbox One. "Today, we look forward," said Don Mattrick, Microsoft president of interactive business."It's time for technology to step behind the curtain and for you and entertainment to take center stage." The next-generation console's new features include: voice command, cloud integration, ...

EA Microsoft ink “strategic partnership” for Xbox One

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:30 -0400

Microsoft and EA unveiled a "new, broad, strategic partnership," at the Xbox One announcement today. EA Executive Vice President Andrew Wilson was on hand to show four ...

Former head of Federal Reserve Miami joins Ocean Bank board

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:02 -0400

Juan del Busto, Ocean Bank board member. Ocean Bank added Juan del Busto, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantas Miami branch, to its board of directors. The move should give the Miami-based bank a boost in its dealings with regulators. The bank has been under enforcement orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation since 2007, ...

JPMorgans Dimon survives shareholder referendum

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:04 -0400

Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.At the bank's annual meeting, 32 percent of shareholders voted for a measure that would have required the bank to split the roles. Had the measure succeeded, Dimon would have had to relinquish the role of chairman.Shareholder groups lobbying for the split gained momentum from last year's ...

Energy Stocks Energy stocks stretch winning streak to second day

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:19 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks edged higher on Tuesday, extending a wining streak to a second day as the broader U.S. equity market was more ...

Herbalife names Pricewaterhouse new auditor

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:19:52 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Herbalife Ltd. says it has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to be its new auditor.The nutrition company's previous auditor KPMG resigned last month after insider trading allegations against a rogue executive of the accounting firm. The former KPMG partner, Scott London, has been charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.KPMG's resignation came at a sensitive time for ...

Oil slips as traders wait for Fed supply data

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:19:47 -0400

BANGKOK - The price of oil fell to near $96 per barrel Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for June delivery was down 60 cents to $96.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 on Monday.On Wednesday, Fed chairman Ben ...

The Logic Of Biologics - Is Regeneron The Next Roche

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:08 -0400

recently announced its first-quarter results, few were surprised that the company's flagship wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) product Eylea had once again exceeded consensus expectations. With three-monthly sales of $314 million, management reiterated that full-year revenues for 2013 are expected to hit $1.3 billion. Furthermore, note analysts, this figure is on the conservative ...

Spirit Airlines We Board an A320 in 20 Minutes

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:06 -0400

Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-132 at Tampa International Airport (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As American has moved to change its boarding process in order to save time, Spirit is staying right where it is. Spirit says it can board an A320 in about 20 minutes. And it says its average "turn time," or the amount of time the aircraft spends at the gate, is about 35 minutes. That is somewhat ...

BusinessAviationVoice From The Highways To The Skyways Hondas New Jet Prepares For Takeoff

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:06 -0400

At the 2013 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland today, Honda Aircraft Company announced a number of achievements and significant milestones in the development of its new advanced light jet called the HondaJet. This ...

30 Under 30 Games Apps

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:06 -0400

Creator and producer of "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing?" an independently-produced web series about video games; also a lead writer at Gearbox Software, he helped write the hit game Borderlands ...

Carl Icahn On How To Bring Your Kids Into The Business

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:06 -0400

Last year Brett Icahn, 33, was handed up to $3 billion to invest for Icahn Capital. But he's had to prove himself in the 11 years he has worked for his dad. (Daughter Michelle will join this spring.) What's the best way to bring your kids into your ...

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