Chinese factories rise but U.S. manufacturing slows
Report by Steven C. Johnson and Koh Gui Qing | NEW YORK/BEIJING | Mon Apr 1, 2013 9:05pm IST: (Reuters) – Strong demand at home boosted activity at Chinese factories last month, but U.S. manufacturing More...
Gun enthusiasts pack shows to buy assault weapons
Report by Dave Warner Kevin Murphy ALLENTOWN, Penn./KANSAS CITY, Missouri | Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:25pm EST (Reuters) – Gun enthusiasts thronged to shows around the country on Saturday to buy assault weapons More...
Taking a tip from tech, food incubators launch startups
Report by Neal Ungerleider, Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:12pm EST - A new group of food-based startups are applying tricks learned from the technology industry to grow a new wave of businesses to cash in on the growing More...
Twitter, privacy advocates eye Occupy case after guilty plea
Report by Joseph Ax, NEW YORK | Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:36pm EST (Reuters) – An Occupy Wall Street protester who tried unsuccessfully to keep prosecutors from subpoenaing his tweets pleaded guilty Wednesday to More...
U.S. federal agency to test RIM’s BlackBerry 10
Report by Euan Rocha TORONTO | Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:18am EST (Reuters) – Research In Motion said a U.S. federal agency, which recently outlined plans to move away from BlackBerry in favor of Apple Inc’s More...
Rock legends take to New York stage for storm Sandy victims
Report by Christine Kearney and Edith Honan, NEW YORK | Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:39pm EST (Reuters) – Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and Alicia Keys were among the musical stars headlining an all-star More...
Analysis: Mortgage break no longer sacred as U.S. tightens tax belt
Report by Margaret Chadbourn, WASHINGTON | Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:28pm EST (Reuters) – The U.S. tax code has many politically sacrosanct tax breaks and few rank higher than the deduction for home mortgage interest. For More...
Scope of Sandy’s devastation widens, death toll spirals
From New York City’s Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials on Friday faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy, mounting anger More...
The Nano Revolution 2: Learning from Biosystems
While humans have been experimenting for centuries, nature has been doing it for millions of years. Biological systems are far superior to human creations when it comes to using nature’s gifts like sun’s energy. More...
Laughing all the way to the White House
Column by M.J. Akbar On which occasion were Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the two claimants for the White House, more accurate? When they were making claims amid amateur posturing during the second Presidential More...
