Yahoo Profit Drops; Layoffs Announced- January 30, 2008 Yahoo has been losing ground to its rival Google, while newcomers like Facebook take up more of Web surfers' online time -- major factors that continued to take a toll on the company's financial results.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012902282.html?nav=r... Court Bars company From Online Sale of Phone Records- January 29, 2008 A U.S. court in Wyoming has ordered a Web-based information broker to stop selling telephone records without owners' consent and to turn over nearly $200,000 in profits from the operation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Monday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/28/AR2008012802512.html?nav=r... Executive Who Steered EBay's Rise to Retire- January 24, 2008 Meg Whitman confirmed yesterday she will soon step down as chief executive of eBay, the online auction company that went from wobbly start-up to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303488.html?nav=r... Apple Profit Jumps 57 Percent, but Shares Slide- January 23, 2008 Apple reported a 57 percent jump in first-quarter profit, but it also gave a forecast that missed analysts' estimates, sending shares down.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012202359.html?nav=r... IBM's Forecasts Strong Earnings- January 18, 2008 BOSTON -- International Business Machines Corp. told Wall Street to raise its 2008 estimates Thursday, further boosting a stock that was already buoyed by strong fourth-quarter earnings.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101700695.html?nav=r... USDA Recommends That Food From Clones Stay Off the Market- January 16, 2008 The U.S. Department of Agriculture yesterday asked U.S. farmers to keep their cloned animals off the market indefinitely even as Food and Drug Administration officials announced that food from cloned livestock is safe to eat.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011501555.html?nav=r... Identity Theft Gets Personal- January 13, 2008 It had been a pleasant Saturday afternoon until I got the dreadful cellphone call. The woman on the other end said she was from Bank of America. I immediately thought she was going to offer me another credit card. I told her I was busy.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011200275.html?nav=r... You Can Lend P2P, but Can You Collect- January 13, 2008 In the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown, traditional financial institutions have tightened up on who gets to borrow money. But some people are still finding ways to borrow what they need, thanks to another area of lending that is booming.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011200267.html?nav=r... |