Obama promotes manufacturing at Wisconsin plant

Monday, February 13th, 2012

President Barack Obama is using the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing to make an economic case for his re-election, touring factory floors and promoting a made-in-America message that seemed to fit his political campaign like, as it turned out Wednesday, lock and key. Most presidents like to surround themselves with proud ...

Intuit: Small business adds 50,000 jobs in January

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Small businesses added 50,000 new jobs in January but paid employees slightly less and gave them fewer hours, according to Intuit Inc.s INTU -1.41% monthly small business employment index. For the period spanning Dec. 24 to Jan. 23, Intuit reported small business employment inched up 0.2%, equating to an annual ...

Google to unify privacy policy across products

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Google Inc. GOOG-Q said it will revamp its privacy policy and terms of service to unify the policy across a wide array of its online offerings to make it ...

Clean Energy Makes Big Strides, but Just How Sustainable is the Growth?

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Global investment in clean energy capacity expanded by 5 percent in 2011 to $260 billion. The growth comes despite the considerable drag from economic crisis in Europe and weak growth in the U.S. The new research, compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, was announced yesterday in New York ...

Olympus sues executives for damages in cover-up

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Financially battered Olympus Corp. is suing 19 former and current executives for damages that the Japanese camera and medical equipment maker says it has suffered over a massive cover-up of investment losses. The lawsuit, filed Sunday by auditors on behalf of the company in Tokyo District Court, targets former CEO ...