Market research firm Nielsen has released new figures on smartphone ownership and U.S. marketshare during the third quarter of 2011. The leading numbers aren't too surprising, with Android accounting for 42.8 percent of the market, Apple's iOS coming... [Full Article]
(AP) - A barge, right, is seen run aground with its moorings slipped off by Typhoon Nesat in Hong Kong Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. Residents of Hong Kong hunkered down as they rode out a powerful typhoon that brought death and destruction when it tore ... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - The Amazon homepage. Amazon reported that its profit slipped as revenue leapt on hot sales of Kindle electronic readers subsidized by advertising.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Amazon on Tuesday reported that its profit slipped as revenue leapt on hot sales of Kindle electronic readers subsidized by advertising.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - The euro slipped back under $1.44 as the European Central Bank's tame inflation outlook dented market expectations for interest rate rises, dealers said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)... [Full Article]
(AFP) - The White House in Washington, DC. The US slipped closer to a government shutdown as President Barack Obama's latest summit with the top Republican leader failed to cut a deal on spending ahead of a Friday deadline.(AFP/Jewel Samad)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - World oil prices slipped in nervous trading as investors digested Venezuela's proposal for an international peacekeeping mission to avoid a brutal civil war in Libya.(AFP/File/Laurent Fievet)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Verizon shares slipped Tuesday as investors awaited the wireless carrier's expected announcement that it would begin selling the Apple iPhone, ending AT&T's monopoly on the coveted device.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Thailand's economy has slipped back into recession, contracting for two consecutive quarters as a stronger baht and a weaker global economy put the brakes on exports, government data showed Monday.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - The price of gold slipped, one day after striking a record pinnacle above 1,248 dollars per ounce on safe-haven buying amid concerns over the eurozone debt crisis.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)... [Full Article]