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Groupon: Not even the founder and CEO's job is safe
David Gura Mar 1, 2013
Groupon's board of directors fired company's founder and CEO, Andrew Mason, yesterday. But Mason is not the first founder and CEO to get the axe.
No app for that: Apple to settle iTunes lawsuit
Stacey Vanek Smith Feb 27, 2013
Apple has agreed to pay some $100 million to settle charges it improperly charged children for iTunes purchases. The payment: mostly iTunes gift cards.
Sequestration: How China sees the prospect of U.S. military cuts
Rob Schmitz Feb 27, 2013
China is a rising military power in the Pacific and the U.S. is partly a counterbalance, but U.S. military sequester spending cuts may turn out to be a mixed blessing for China.
Mum's the word for U.S. businesses hacked by China
Rob Schmitz Feb 26, 2013
Experts say China's hacking is motivated by the need to innovate, but many of the U.S. firms that are victims need to reconsider their response to the attacks.
Global Corruption Quiz: Which countries are best and worst?
Stephan Richter Mar 13, 2013
When it comes to public sector corruption, which of the BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- ranks the best and the worst?
Apple's not the only tech giant dodging U.S. taxes: Report
David Brancaccio Feb 25, 2013
An investigative reporter in Northern California has calculated just how much some big technology companies have saved in U.S. taxes by stashing a chunk of their profits overseas.
China considers carbon tax, will U.S. consumers foot the bill?
John Sudworth Feb 22, 2013
The official news agency in China is reporting that the government will tax carbon emissions.
To catch an Apple thief: NYPD creates new team
Kai Ryssdal Feb 22, 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg blamed the rise in overall crime in the city on Apple products subjected to the five-finger discount.
Can Apple be hacked? Apparently, yes
David Brancaccio Feb 20, 2013
Apple is reporting some of its company computers were hacked on Tuesday and is laying the blame with an Internet plug-in called Java.
Don't freak out (yet) about 'scary' Chinese cyber attacks
Kai Ryssdal Feb 19, 2013
The New York Times reported that China is sponsoring cyber espionage on the United States. Kim Zetter from Wired talks about whether this should scare us or not.
