April 19, 2006
Entering his sun-filled office in Citigroup’s Manhattan headquarters, Sanford I. Weill punched a few buttons on a computer near a window before looking over his shoulder and smiling broadly.
April 19, 2006
April 15, 2006
Brain trauma patients with certain visual deficits, including gaps in the visual field, can gain back a good portion of sight by using a novel computer program that retrains brain circuits, scientists have found.
April 15, 2006
April 15, 2006
Like many American teenagers, Julissa Vargas, 17, has a minimum-wage job in the fast-food industry—but hers has an unusual geographic reach.
April 15, 2006
April 15, 2006
The Internet is entering its Lego era. Indeed, blocks of interchangeable software components are proliferating on the Web and developers are joining them together to create a potentially infinite array of useful new programs.
April 15, 2006
April 14, 2006
Read it? Watched it? Now swap it at zunafish.com — a web site that matches people with discs, tapes, video games and paperback books to trade
April 14, 2006
April 13, 2006
Alan Moldawer’s adopted twins, Matt and Andrew, had always thought of themselves as White.
April 13, 2006
April 11, 2006
Wal-mart Stores presented a reassuring message for banking regulators: it promises that it will never, ever open bank branches.
April 11, 2006
April 10, 2006
Three years after Operation Iraqi Freedom dislodged Saddam Hussein, a US study paints a sombre portrait of a nation on slow fire
April 10, 2006
April 10, 2006
Lou Dobbs is a master of the sinister tease. Last month, while previewing a story, he told viewers of his nightly CNN newscast that when the State Department seeks secure network communications
April 10, 2006
April 7, 2006
Unique plan links compensation to the company’s performance, directors get nothing if earnings don’t match targets
April 7, 2006
April 7, 2006
Scientists have discovered fossils of a 375-million-year-old fish, a large scaly creature not seen before...
April 7, 2006
April 6, 2006
Disney’s new phone service can be used to set limits on children’s mobile use as well as track them using GPS
April 6, 2006
April 5, 2006
The words and attitudes of the two former CEOs could change the mindset of the jury towards the case, affect judgement
April 5, 2006
April 4, 2006
High wages being offered by manufacturers may make China incompetent in the world market, fear experts
April 4, 2006
March 30, 2006
Can Hollywood make quality movies for both love and money?
March 30, 2006
March 30, 2006
Top aides to Ehud Olmert, the acting Prime Minister, began talks today with other parties about a possible coalition after Israelis voted...
March 30, 2006
March 30, 2006
Despite the watchword being ‘no surprise’, Fed’s statement modestly unsettled financial markets, lowering the prices of stocks and government bonds
March 30, 2006
March 29, 2006
With Republicans deeply divided, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to legalise the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants and ultimately to grant them citizenship
March 29, 2006
March 29, 2006
President Bush today announced the resignation of his chief of staff, Andrew H Card Jr, in the first major staffing change of his troubled second term.
March 29, 2006
March 28, 2006
For Rajee Kumaran, this was the city of dreams. Many workers, at sites like this in Dubai, paid corrupt recruiters high fees to get to the Emirates, ending up in cramped camps earning low pay.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
After a weeklong trip to China, two senators who have been pushing Chinese leaders to devalue their nation’s currency say they do not agree on how much progress China is making.
March 28, 2006
March 25, 2006
There is much that Tiger Woods can control: the trajectory of his shots, the access to his inner circle, the image he shows to the public.
March 25, 2006
March 25, 2006
Deal would lead to further consolidation in the telecom industry, after AT&T struck a deal to buyout Bell South for $67 bn
March 25, 2006
March 25, 2006
A US State Department purchase of more than 15,000 computers built by the Lenovo Group of China is starting to draw criticism in the latest sign of American unease about the role of foreign companies in the American economy.
March 25, 2006
March 25, 2006
Drug and chemical giant Bayer has announced a nearly $20 billion offer for its smaller rival, Schering topping a $17.9 billion offer by Merck of Germany.
March 25, 2006