Late on Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) upped the ante on its rivalry with Cisco (CSCO) when it announced its plans to purchase 3Com (COMS) for $7.90 per share in cash or $2.7 billion.3Com sells ent

Avian influenza (H5N1), sometimes known as bird flu, is a highly contagious animal disease caused by viruses that infect birds and, less commonly, pigs. On rare occasions it has crossed over to human

In Gold Set to Break Out?, I wrote: "Recently the precious-metals market has been influenced by developments in the general stock market, which contributed to a considerable extent to its recent

Forget about Big Brother; Google (GOOG) is watching. In London, a wife used Google’s Street View service to snoop on a house where she suspected her husband was tom-catting around. The London S

Remotely disabling a car's engine isn't just for car thefts anymore: A few missed loan payments can now lead to a dead engine. More dealerships -- including Honda (HMC), Toyota (TM) and other ou

Goldman Sachs (GS) may be in talks with regulators to repay the $10 billion in TARP funds it received by mid-April. According to Bloomberg, executives at the Wall Street firm are squirming under the

Questions and concerns over Google's (GOOG) privacy protection have been bandied about since the company first gained its commanding lead in the search-engine wars. The anxiety intensified with the i

The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year