Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook....
Honda expands airbag inflation recall
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
DETROIT (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday....
Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He''s scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months....
Stocks jump on hopes for Greece debt rescue
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that a resolution was near for Greece''s debt crisis....
Consumers tepid as Disney posts flat 1Q profit
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Consumers sent tepid signals to The Walt Disney Co. during the holiday quarter, as many of them still required discounts to step into theme parks and reduced spending on food, beverages and merchandise when they got there....
Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers'' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can....
EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street....
Another winter blast helps boost heating oil price
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot of snow on the East Coast....
