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Hollywood to Seattle: We said no copies!

Oct 1, 2008
Once again reminding the public that Hollywood will go to great lengths to fight piracy, six movie studios are suing Seattle-based digital media...

South fumes over continued gas shortage

Sep 30, 2008
Southerners continue to wait in lines up to a half hour long to fill up their tanks as a gas shortage continues in Georgia, North Carolina and...

Revenge, rather than stopping the bleeding

Sep 29, 2008
Dr. Richard Peterson, a founder of MarketPsych, a hedge fund that makes investments based on neuro-economic research, just happened to be in our...

Maybe $10 million will help you lighten up

Sep 29, 2008
When it comes to creating new forms of lighting, the Department of Energy is passing the buck. For those savvy with light bulbs, the L Prize (or ...

Delta, Northwest shareholders voting today on joining together

Sep 25, 2008
We could see the birth of the world's biggest airline, even though we are in the midst of this global financial crisis. The Associated Press is...

Goldman Sachs gets big boost from Buffett

Sep 24, 2008
If stocks go up this morning after two days of triple digit declines, it might be thanks in part to the Oracle of Omaha....

More victims of the Wall Street crisis

Sep 23, 2008
The Wall Street fallout news now includes charities, museums, colleges and other institutions that have relied on the largess of Wall Street's big...

For public good, not for profit.

An Emmy's theme

Sep 22, 2008
Retro advertising is paying off for cable channel AMC. Its series "Mad Men" made history by becoming the first basic-cable show to win an Emmy for...

What's your opinion on the bailout?

Sep 19, 2008
We've been hearing a lot from the bureaucrats, politicians and pundits about the U.S. government's plan to restore confidence in the financial...

Going soft on us

Sep 17, 2008
Times are rough, but researchers at Georgia Pacific's Innovation Institute in Neenah, Wis., have come up with a way to bring a little bit of...