Pages
MID-DAY UPDATE: Chevron's $9 billion fine; NYSE merges with Deutsche Boerse; daily deal overdose
Katharine Crnko Feb 15, 2011
An Ecuadorean judge has fined American oil company Chevron for more than $9 billion in a case that has spanned a decade. The lawsuit began in 1990s...
Apple goes to Foxconn, finds problems
John Moe Feb 15, 2011
Apple has just issued a report of auditing trips it made to China in 2010 to inspect conditions at its manufacturing plants, including Foxconn....
Apple admits child labor growing problem at its China factories
Rob Schmitz Mar 16, 2012
After an audit of Apple's suppliers in China, the tech giant has found instances of underage labor, unsafe working conditions and improper handling of toxic chemicals.
iPhone Nano becomes more real
John Moe Feb 14, 2011
Last week we talked about the beginning of chatter regarding a new iPhone to possibly premiere later this year. It would be simpler, less feature...
U.S. panel may block Huawei-3Leaf deal, report says
Rob Schmitz Feb 14, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports a U.S. government panel will recommend that President Obama veto a bid by China's Huawai Technologies Co. to buy the assets of Bay Area developer 3Leaf Systems. Rob Schmitz reports.
iPhone Nano?
John Moe Feb 11, 2011
It's not like a new Apple rumor emerges every day. Just every day ending in a y. Latest rumbling comes courtesy of Bloomberg, pointing to an...
Nokia goes with Microsoft
John Moe Feb 11, 2011
Sort of a dog-bites-man story here, the thing happened that everyone thought would happen. Nokia has made a deal with Microsoft to have Windows...
China-Taiwan Reunification? Not Tonight. I've Got a Headache.
Rob Schmitz Sep 21, 2011
Perhaps Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan weren't the right names. But that's what the Chinese government named a male and a female panda it loaned to Taiw...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Fannie and Freddie, commercial real estate, Jordanian tourism
Katharine Crnko Feb 9, 2011
The Mortgage Bankers Association this morning reported that applications for home mortgages dropped 5.5 percent last week. And the Wall Street...
Drought in China threatens global wheat supply
Rob Schmitz Feb 9, 2011
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of grain. But after severe winter droughts in the northern breadbasket region, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a global wheat shortage that will drive up the cost of foods like noodles and cereal. Rob Schmitz has more.
