NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reaffirmed his support of the Fed's stimulus policy, the latest U.S. earnings showed strength and an Italian bond auction drew ample demand, reassuring investors. In his second day before a congressional committee, Bernanke repeated testimony in which he defended the Fed's policy of buying bonds...
HP sells webOS operating system to LG Electronics
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday it will sell the webOS operating system to South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc, unloading the smartphone software it acquired through a $ 1.2 billion acquisition of Palm in 2010.LG will use the operating software, used in now-defunct Palm smartphones years ago, for its “smart” or Internet-connected TVs. The Asian electronics company had worked...
Meet the Biggest Star in Music Right Now: A Goat!
Label: Lifestyle By Cara Lynn Shultz 02/27/2013 at 11:15 AM EST The biggest duet partner for music's biggest stars right now? A goat.
We're not kidding.
If your coworker bleating with joy, he or she has probably stumbled upon a new meme, which mashes up pop hits with an old clip of a goat screaming as if it were a human. (Some...
Vt. lye victim gets new face at Boston hospital
Label: HealthBOSTON (AP) — A Vermont woman whose face was disfigured in a lye attack has received a face transplant.Doctors at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital say 44-year-old Carmen Blandin Tarleton underwent the surgery earlier this month.A team worked 15 hours to transplant the facial skin, including the neck, nose, lips, facial muscles, arteries and nerves.The 44-year-old Tarleton, of Thetford, Vt., was...
Feb
26
Wall Street rebounds from Italy drop, Bernanke defends policy
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday, rebounding from a steep decline a day earlier after an inconclusive Italian election and on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony defending the central bank's bond-buying program. Major indexes had fallen more than 1 percent on Monday, with the S&P 500 dropping the most since November on voting in Italy where groups...
Seth MacFarlane's TV Guide Critic Reacts to Oscar Mention
Label: Lifestyle 02/26/2013 at 11:30 AM EST Seth MacFarlane (far left) and William Shatner, with Stephen Battaglio (inset) Zuma; Inset: Getty So, how does it feel to have your name dropped before a billion people?Surprising, says TV Guide columnist Stephen Battaglio, who was part of the lively opening exchange...
C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the best known and most influential person to carry that title. Koop, a 6-foot-1 evangelical Presbyterian with a biblical prophet's beard, donned a public health uniform...
Feb
25
Wall Street turns lower on Italian worries
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks turned negative on Monday, dragged lower by financial and housing shares and a reversal of early market gains based on voting in Italy where there were fears of a hung parliament that could undermine stability in the euro zone. The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> fell 5.26 points or 0.04 percent, to 13,995.31, the S&P 500 <.spx> lost...
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