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Recent news that Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) will split itself into two companies has raised speculation about a potential merger deal with EMC Corporation (EMC), the data storage company widely rumored to have reached...

Lenovo has extended its joint venture with Japanese technology conglomerate NEC that sells PCs in Japan.

Performance is the end result of activity, but activity does not necessarily equal results. Have you ever had a sales rep who worked long hours, made hundreds of cold calls, sent out dozens of proposals, and hardly ever ...

A man says Comcast contacted his employer and got him fired after he called to complain about the company's service.  The Consumerist reports that a man known as Conal complained to Comcast after he was billed for serv...

The leading name in subversive desserts, Miss Cakehead is back, with Cakeageddon, the first edible horror farm. Burgers that taste like human flesh and a butchered pig made from cake are all in a day's work for London-ba...

At the northwest corner of Wrigley Field, adjoining the outer wall of the lower grandstand, sits a one-story building.

Around a dozen major banks are being investigated after being accused of colluding to set currency levels, and several are expected to plead guilty.

WASHINGTON -- The US government imposed harsh terms for a bailout of AIG during the 2008 financial crisis in order to prevent the "moral hazard" of other companies seeking taxpayer-backed...

(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is heading for its first annual earnings drop since 2011 after it revealed its July-September profit would be the lowest in more than three years and said short-term pro...

Not all lunar eclipses are created equal, and this Wednesday, Oct. 8, you'll get the chance to see one of the rarest types, called a selenelion or horizontal eclipse. But you have to be quick, because you'll only have be...

In tribute to the leadership of Steve Jobs, flash back to 1997, when Jobs had recently returned to the company after Apple's acquisition of NeXT. At an internal company meeting, Jobs talks about the reboot at Apple and r...

Lululemon's leggings are the hottest thing in teen retail right now.  "Leggings/lululemon" were named as the top fashion trend in Piper Jaffray's semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey.  More than a quarter of teen...

With all the new title releases coming out every other day and each with their insane hardware requirements, it is often difficult to keep up with machines that can play them. The more RAM, computing power and memory you...

Chiba, Japan—To be honest, the Umron ping pong playing robot can barely hold its own on the table.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slightly downgraded its forecast for the world economy despite mounting signs the U.S. is "leaving the financial crisis behind and achieving decent growth."

Apple is working on a new headquarters in Cupertino, California, with Foster + Partners, a British design firm. In fact, we got a construction update on Apple Campus 2 on Monday. Apple anticipates the new building to ...

The stock market is slumping as investors worry that global economic growth is slowing. The Dow Jones industrial dropped 207 points, or 1.2 percent, to 16,784 as of 3:11 p.m....

Menu research firm Datassential surveyed thousands of consumers to find out the most popular sandwiches in America.  Turkey and ham were the most popular choices, but grilled cheese and PB&J were also top contenders.  ...

Hedge fund Kerrisdale Capital says shares of data communications company Globalstar are worth $0. In a lengthy research report, accompanied by a long slideshow presentation, Kerrisdale argues that Globalstar's $4 billion...

Kobe Wagyu beef, New Zealand venison, smoked Himalayan salt, black truffle brie, lobster poached in Iranian saffron. Shall I keep going?

U.S. stock futures point to a lower open for Wall Street as investors look set to spend another session booking profits as the earnings season gets underway.

Quaker Oats, the brand's owner, denies that its figurehead was based on any living person