Gold and silver both sold off hard on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered an upbeat assessment of the state of the U.S. economy in his testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.
The IRS has extra cash: more than $1 billion in extra cash. And some of it might belong to you. More than one million taxpayers who were due a refund failed to file a federal income tax return in 2008, resulting in more than $1 billion sitting and wait…
When you look at the research on what’s most important for people to reach their retirement savings goal, two items standout: How much you contribute of your salary to a retirement account Your asset diversification (how much you put in stocks, bonds, …
Last week, -based APS, Arizona’s largest utility, began testing a 1.5-megawatt-hour energy storage system. The shipping container-sized unit, developed by lithium-ion battery maker Electrovaya Inc., can dispatch power equivalent to 1,200 hybrid Prius s…
Pegasystems shares are trading sharply higher after hours on better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter. The provider of business process management software posted revenue of $115.8 million and non-GAAP profits of 16 cents a share, well ahead…
It is safe to say that despite his many gaffes about how many Cadillacs his wife drives and how many NASCAR team-owning friends he may have, Romney is the frontrunner. He broadened his appeal with strong win in Arizona and more importantly ? by avoidin…
At a major event today in , Facebook unveiled new updates and advertising offerings designed to help brands spread their message on the world?s largest online social network. Coinciding with the event, they introduced a new, more visually appealing Pag…
Anyone who has followed Facebook?s ambitions in advertising didn?t hear much new at its highly publicized Facebook Marketing Conference in today. Oh, there were some new products, such as premium-priced ads that can appear on Facebook?s massively visit…
NASA’s Inspector General testified before Congress about the Agency’s cyber-security issues – including a stolen laptop that contained commands for the International Space Station, and an attack that gave hackers complete control of systems at the Jet …
During SXSW in 2010, the toast of was tech start-up??Stickybits,which allows users to attach digital content via barcodes to real world objects (just ?SXSW Stickbits? and you?ll discover unlimited crow to be eaten). It was??assuredly going to be as pop…