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World's five largest companies

For the first time in nearly a decade, the world’s five largest public companies are all American affair These are the Top 5, as of mid-April 2013.
Top 10 richest Americans

The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
10 ways the Android is better than iPhone 5

Sure a larger iPhone screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions, but Apple is a year late and $199 short. Android has provided all these features and more.
Bestselling books the week of 8/9/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Bestselling books the week of 8/2/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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What do Apple, GM, and P&G share? Design.

Companies increasingly are turning to design to boost the bottom line, but the transformation isn't always easy.
BlackBerry maker RIM loses head of marketing

BlackBerry has another challenge ahead of the launch of their new PlayBook tablet - the head of RIM's marketing is leaving the company. After losing brand cachet, can the company catch up?
iPad owners chuck original to get iPad 2

The original iPad has flooded the resale market and depressed prices after Apple's announcement of the iPad 2.
iPad 2: How does the new Apple iPad compare to the original?

iPad 2 should hit store shelves early this month. We take a look at the numbers and specs on the Apple iPad 2.
Enter the iPad 2 era: Is this a gadget, a computer, or a TV? Yes.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPad 2, which has new features that further blur the lines between technologies like televisions, computers, and smartphones.
Conflict minerals: Genocide in your gadgets?

Firms try to limit conflict minerals in electronics. It's no easy task.
Steve Jobs succession plan rejected

Steve Jobs: Health concerns prompted a shareholder proposal that Apple create and report on succession plan. But shareholders rejected it.
Apple after Steve Jobs? Shareholders press, but the board pushes back.

With Apple founder Steve Jobs again on medical leave, shareholders vote down a resolution demanding a public succession plan, but observers say the depth of investor concern is clear.
iPad 2 will be unveiled on March 2: report

iPad 2, or whatever Apple is calling its newest iPad computer, will be introduced early next month, according to one blogger.
Is an Apple Mac-lash coming?

To some, Steve Jobs has created a 'walled garden' that ultimately must wither. Google represents an 'open' way that invites everyone to play. But there's no clear winner yet.
Obama touts high tech, business investment at Intel in Oregon

President Obama visited Intel Corp.'s large manufacturing plant in Oregon Friday. He named Intel CEO Paul Otellini – who's been critical of the administration's economic policies – to the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Steve Jobs joins high-tech meeting with Obama

Steve Jobs was one of 12 tech-industry leaders to talk with Obama about spurring US innovation. Steve Jobs has been the focus of rumors of ill-health.
Apple app store: Changes roil users

Apple begins charging 30 percent tax at its app store, which has some app publishers angry.
American Innovation: 13 Born-in-the-USA inventions

There is a long history of innovation in America's relatively short existence; from lone inventors experimenting in garages to collaborating and competing with international scientists. Many of the following 13 inventions have become fixtures in daily life.
iConomics: Six things to learn from Apple

Apple has ascended to 'über-success,' and other companies could learn a lot from watching.
White iPhone, is that really you?

White iPhone holdouts could soon be rewarded for their patience. The long-lost model may have finally emerged from its nine-month nap.
In Pictures: Cellphone evolution
iOS 4.3: Top three new features hidden in the iPad beta

iOS 4.3, the latest mobile operating system from Apple, won't get four- and five-finger multitouch capability. But iOS 4.3 could be step forward for Apple in terms of social media.
Without Steve Jobs, can Apple's 'very strong bench' step up?

Apple can survive financially without Steve Jobs. But does anyone else at Apple have his ability 'to know what people want before they even know they want it'? Some observers say 'visionaries spawn other visionaries.' Others have doubts.
Steve Jobs takes second medical leave. Will Apple wobble?

Steve Jobs announces an indefinite medical leave. While Steve Jobs is still CEO, what does this mean for Apple's future?
Stock prices: Europe rallies on debt-crisis optimism

Stock prices were up in European capitals as hopes grew that the eurozone's debt crisis would ease.
Are the rich hurting the poor?

It depends on which rich people you're asking about, says guest blogger Stefan Karlsson.
Top 5 overlooked stories of 2010

History, it seems, will remember 2010 in the United States as the year of health-care reform, the Gulf oil spill, and the tea party movement. But the most widely covered stories are clearly not the only events that could shape the future of the nation. Here we note five overlooked stories of 2010 – developments that might have received some press coverage but perhaps not as much as they should have, given the impact they could have on various aspects of American life in the years ahead.
'Twas the time to recover and all through the shops...

An ode to the economic recovery – and other news of 2010 – inspired by Clement Clarke Moore's classic Christmas poem.
Richard Branson bemoans 'overeducated,' risk-averse entrepreneurs: WikiLeaks

In a January 2008 meeting with Chinese businessmen, billionaire Sir Richard Branson agreed 'that British entrepreneurs are overeducated and that schooling does not prepare one for entering the business world.'