Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Business News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Cleveland Star.com http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/cat/6034630751577834/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:32 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:32 -0400 30 <img class="left" src="http://www.clevelandstar.com/photo_story/thumb_small/293f635e8b443885.jpg" /><br> WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Wednesday said it was too soon to scale back the monetary stimulus and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking a decision. A decision to scale back the $85 billion in bonds the Fed is buying each month could come at one of the central bank's "next few meetings" if the economy looked set to maintain ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698885/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:11 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698885/scat/6034630751577834 <img class="left" src="http://www.clevelandstar.com/photo_story/thumb_small/da3f76ffcb7dfd83.jpg" /><br> DHAKA - A high level US delegation led by the State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of labour safety regulations following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said Wednesday. The collapse of a nine-storey factory complex housing several garment units outside the capital last ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697222/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:50:14 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697222/scat/6034630751577834 Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. dollar advanced against most major currencies on Tuesday, but weakened against the euro after a U.S. Federal Reserve official indicated that the central bank may not taper its bond-purchasing program soon. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said at an event in Frankfurt that the Fed should continue with the quantitative easing to boost ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214685516/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:03 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214685516/scat/6034630751577834 It is believed that the mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study has shown that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-day falcon. "Many people think of Allosaurus as a smaller and earlier version of T. rex, but our engineering analyses show that they were very different ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214682641/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:40:05 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214682641/scat/6034630751577834 Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room. The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future. According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like "Xbox On", and "snap" will allow users to watch two things at once. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214682635/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:40:02 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214682635/scat/6034630751577834 Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox console Tuesday that represents a major upgrade on the US-market-leading Xbox 360 model. The president of the IT giant's Interactive Entertainment Business, Don Mattrick, revealed the hi-tech Xbox One entertainment and gaming console during an event at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, campus. The Xbox One was presented as an all-in-one system for gaming, watching ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214682612/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:01 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214682612/scat/6034630751577834 Ross Ridenoure (center facing right), chief nuclear officer of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, and workers stood by one of the two new generators that will be installed in the complex. (Charlie Neuman / ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700326/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:11 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700326/scat/6034630751577834 Former acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller (R) and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, J. Russell George are sworn in before testifying before a full House Ways and Means committee hearing on &#039;Internal Revenue Service Targeting Conservative Groups (AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) My local news ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700360/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700360/scat/6034630751577834 English: Logo of Ranbaxy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One week after Ranbaxy Laboratories agreed to pay $500 million to resolve civil and criminal charges stemming from a long-running manufacturing scandal that involved substandard products and providing fraudulent data to the FDA (back ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700361/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700361/scat/6034630751577834 Yahoo&rsquo;s biggest acquisition to date took place in 1999 with its purchase of internet video streaming service Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion. Yahoo promised to &#039;;integrate the company&#039;s audio and video programming, business services and advertising programs into Yahoo,&#039;; then Yahoo president Jeff Mallett told CNET at the time. Looks like that plan fell through, as ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700363/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700363/scat/6034630751577834 The Apple Computer slogan &quot;Think Different.&quot; set in Apple Garamond. The rainbow apple logo was created by Rob Janoff in 1977. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) No person or company wants to be accused of skirting tax obligations. Yet despite Joe Biden&#039;s ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700362/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700362/scat/6034630751577834 : US gas exports to Mexico will accelerate&quot;. That&#039;s right - natural gas being exported to Mexico, via pipelines, has been a feature of our export picture for many years, since at least the 1930s, per ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700364/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700364/scat/6034630751577834 Wal-Mart wants to tell you what to buy on your mobile device and it&#039;s using its massive collection of data to make it a reality. &quot;Our mobile strategy is as simple as it is audacious. We want to make mobile tools that become indispensable for our customers while shopping in our stores and online,&quot; said Gibu Thomas, global head of Wal-Mart&#039;s mobile division, on Wednesday at the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700331/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:46:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700331/scat/6034630751577834 Perhaps it was odd enough that Sen. John McCain asked Tim Cook why he kept having to update the apps on his iPhone, but one question was even more ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700365/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:29 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214700365/scat/6034630751577834 Expect a busy Memorial Day weekend as millions of Southern Californians hit the road, many of them opting to stay in San Diego, reports the Automobile ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698967/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:27 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698967/scat/6034630751577834 MIXED MESSAGES: Stocks surged in the early going after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress the central bank was unlikely to pull back from its stimulus programs soon. Then minutes from a Fed meeting were released that suggested other policymakers think a pullback is possible as early as next month, and stocks dropped.BRISTOL SURGES: Bristol-Myers jumped 5 percent after a financial analyst ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698968/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:49 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698968/scat/6034630751577834 WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is torn over when to slow its aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy.Its uncertainty burst into view Wednesday, when Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to Congress in the morning and the Fed in the afternoon released the minutes of its last policy meeting.Stock prices gyrated through the day as investors struggled to determine whether the Fed might soon pull ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698970/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698970/scat/6034630751577834 EAST AURORA, N.Y. -- Toy maker Fisher-Price says it&#039;s moving or eliminating roughly 100 jobs from its New York operations as part of restructuring by parent company Mattel Inc.The majority of jobs will be reassigned to Mattel&#039;s El Segundo, Calif., headquarters. Fisher-Price says workers have been offered relocation packages but some received layoff notices.Most of the affected ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698969/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698969/scat/6034630751577834 WASHINGTON -- A federal panel of medical experts says that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck &amp; Co Inc. appears safe and effective, despite evidence from company trials that the pill can cause daytime sleepiness and difficulty driving.A majority of panelists on the Food and Drug Administration panel voted that Merck&#039;s sleeping aid, suvorexant, helped patients get to sleep and stay ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698972/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698972/scat/6034630751577834 DETROIT -- Electric car maker Tesla Motors says it has repaid a loan from the U.S. government nine years early.The company says it wired a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday to retire a loan it received from the Department of Energy.The agency loaned Tesla $465 million in 2010 to make advanced-technology vehicles. The company used money from a $968 million sale of stock and ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698971/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698971/scat/6034630751577834 NEW YORK -- J.C. Penney says it has secured a $2.25 billion loan, $500 million more than it had expected.The Plano, Texas-based retailer has been burning through cash and struggling to win back customers.The company last month fired its CEO, Ron Johnson after his ambitious turnaround plan backfired and caused sales to plummet. J.C. Penney brought back Johnson&#039;s predecessor Mike Ullman to ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698973/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:46 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698973/scat/6034630751577834 It&#039;s worth noting that the biggest social media story of the year so far has nothing to do with innovation but rather the sale of an existing platform, Tumblr, to an entrenched tech ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698976/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:30 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698976/scat/6034630751577834 in their lives are totally in the dark about the &quot;right&quot; answer to this, and are confused as to how to go about finding work that truly satisfies them. The question they ask ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698975/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:30 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698975/scat/6034630751577834 During the Q&amp;A following Chairman Bernanke&#039;s testimony before the Joint Economic Committee today, Senator Sanders said he was preparing legislation to prohibit the payment of interest on excess reserves, and, indeed, to require banks to pay to hold excess reserves. The idea was to &quot;unlock&quot; the excess reserves held by the banking system and get them out in the economy through ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698974/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:30 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698974/scat/6034630751577834 People tend to think of banks and other lenders as the main users of credit reports. But over the last several decades, credit reporting bureaus have been selling their services to a much wider range of buyers. Experian, one of the big three credit reporting bureaus, states in its marketing materials, &quot;Credit information provides insight into an applicant&#039;s integrity and responsibility ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698978/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:29 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698978/scat/6034630751577834 wired almost half a billion dollars to the U.S. government on Wednesday, erasing the remaining balance on its 2010 taxpayer loan and sidestepping a continuing controversy over the Obama Administration&#039;s support for a handful of companies pursuing green-car development. By paying off the loan nine years ahead of schedule, Tesla becomes the only American car company to have fully repaid the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698977/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:29 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698977/scat/6034630751577834 Earlier this month, Forbes was proud to bring together more than 300 of the most influential women in the world - across generations - to discuss the dynamic ways in which they&#039;re accelerating change by embracing innovation and disruption -- and collectively, redefining power. They didn&#039;t disappoint. Participants of the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698950/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:29 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698950/scat/6034630751577834 John Thyfault 37 previously sedentary overweight or obese adults with at least 2 other risk factors underwent 12 weeks of aerobic exercising training. 19 patients were randomized to also receive a statin (simvastatin 40 mg/day). At the end of the study cardiorespiratory fitness, as measured by maximal oxygen uptake, had increased significantly by 10% in the control group but only by 1.5% in the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698983/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:28 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698983/scat/6034630751577834 APT1 Report that was generating a lot of buzz at this year&#039;s RSA Conference. Dan emphasized the benefit to the community of security researchers that resulted; especially the second part of the APT1 Report that enumerated the IP addresses and key indicators of compromise that Mandiant had collected. Within hours of publication open source and commercial products had incorporated that data ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698982/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:28 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698982/scat/6034630751577834 After a series of nasty hacks of high-profile accounts, Twitter just turned on a feature that&#039;s becoming the new normal in Web application security: two-factor authentication. As the video above shows, Twitter users can now sign up to have a unique code sent to their phone by text message whenever they log in from a new computer. That ensures that any hacker who tries to steal your ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698981/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:28 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698981/scat/6034630751577834 BrandVoice &trade; allows marketers to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content - and participate in the conversation - on the Forbes digital publishing platform. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698980/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:28 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698980/scat/6034630751577834 WakaWaka Power The device itself seems impractical at first. It is at least as large as a cell phone and pairs a huge flashlight with USB and AC charging options for your smartphone. And while it boasts two hour recharging capabilities, I still found myself wondering who would use this -- maybe a backpacking blogger who writes with his thumbs while on the trail? It seemed unlikely. Then I ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698979/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:28 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698979/scat/6034630751577834 The electric-car maker received the loan from the Department of Energy in January 2010, and it made its first payment this past December. That began what was supposed to be a 10-year repayment program, but plans have ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698985/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:58 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698985/scat/6034630751577834 Hewlett-Packard is still struggling to turn itself around. But here&#039;s the good news for HP and CEO Meg Whitman: When Wall Street estimates are set at rock bottom, they&#039;re easy to ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698984/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:57 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698984/scat/6034630751577834 In today&#039;s business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698931/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698931/scat/6034630751577834 were expecting a mixed bag . They got one. The tech giant reported earnings of $1.1 billion, or 55 cents per share. Non-GAAP earnings were 87 cents per share on a revenue of $27.6 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 81 cents a share on revenue of $28 billion for the second quarter. Out of the six core segments highlighted in the second quarter report, only the software ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698986/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:57 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698986/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Kenny Gibbs) In general, bicycles haven&#039;t adopted the same high-tech features as many cars. Turn signals are done by hand, and GPS equates to using good old-fashioned brain power or the information you have on your ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698987/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698987/scat/6034630751577834 Wii U are still big boxes of mystery -- even though one&#039;s already been out in stores for months. So, how will this new gaming landscape shake out? Sony and Nintendo, the also-rans to the current success story of Microsoft and the Xbox 360, will have options. But they&#039;re not always ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698988/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:55 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698988/scat/6034630751577834 Enough is enough for the global network of fast-moving 140-character missives. Twitter now hopes to protect member accounts with a more sophisticated login ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698989/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:54 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214698989/scat/6034630751577834 If you have a talented, hard-working friend who&#039;s at a crossroads in her career or building a business, why not help her? If you&#039;re the one who&#039;s in a bind, looking to change jobs, or determined to move up the corporate ladder, perhaps you should turn to your own friends for guidance. We often employ mentors, coaches, and advisors when we need help advancing our careers--but as it ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697557/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697557/scat/6034630751577834 Every year we pore over the lives (and power) of more than 250 women to create the annual FORBES list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Here&#039;s who we&#039;re keeping our eyes on for the 2014 ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697556/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697556/scat/6034630751577834 FlockTag is an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup that digitizes customer rewards for small businesses. Today at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the company announced that they have raised over $1 million in Series A funding. According ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697555/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697555/scat/6034630751577834 The America&#039;s Cup is in the news lately, and not for the right reasons. Earlier this month, Olympic medalist Andrew &quot;Bart&quot; Simpson died after being trapped in the wreckage of the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697560/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697560/scat/6034630751577834 Swirl thinks its found the answer. Today, the company launched the first software platform designed to proffer micro-targeted digital content and deliver real-time, personalized offers right to shoppers&#039; smartphones while browse. Among the early adopters: Alex and Ani, Timberland, and Kenneth Cole in New York and Boston. Astute readers of this column may remember that Swirl&#039;s been hard ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697558/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697558/scat/6034630751577834 Human brain (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When cultural trends embody sloppy thinking all kinds of trouble ensues. One such trend neatly divides people into &quot;minds&quot; and &quot;brains&quot; and problems into ones that are either &quot;psychological&quot; or &quot;biological.&quot; Talk therapy supposedly influences the former and medication the latter. But, as argued in ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697559/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697559/scat/6034630751577834 hug or shake hands . My vote goes to the handshake. Here&#039;s why: A study on handshakes (by the Income Center for Trade Shows) showed that people are two times more likely to remember you if you shake hands with them. The trade-show researchers also found that people react to those with whom they shake hands by being more open and friendly. People with &quot;good&quot; handshakes (firm, ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697527/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697527/scat/6034630751577834 Bill Gates is once again the world&#039;s richest person, thanks in large part to a slide over the past few days in the price of Mexican stocks. Gates bumps Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim from his perch as world&#039;s richest, a post Slim has held for the past four years. The swap happened at the end of the trading day on Monday, after America Movil shares dropped 0.24% from Friday&#039;s ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697525/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697525/scat/6034630751577834 Hewlett-Packard reported fiscal second-quarter earnings excluding items of 87 cents a share on revenue of $27.58 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of 81 cents per share on revenue of $28.01 billion, according to estimates from Thomson Reuters. For the fiscal third quarter, HP said it expects earnings of 84 to 87 cents a share vs. expectations of 83 cents a share.For the full year, HP ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697561/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697561/scat/6034630751577834 New Jersey officials have seized inventory and demanded records from 29 bars and restaurants that allegedly sold low-quality liquor to patrons who thought they were buying premium ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697498/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697498/scat/6034630751577834 The trials and triumphs of corporate chieftains are daily blood sport here at CNBC. These days, CEOs seem to be on a winning streak. Jamie Dimon, CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, this week successfully fended off a shareholder attempt to change that title by splitting his ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697563/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:16 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697563/scat/6034630751577834 The Hamptons might be more than a summer playground for the rich and famous. It might also be your best clue about what the stock market will do over the next few months. According to Nicholas Colas, ConvergEx&#039;s chief market strategist, a &quot;white-hot&quot; market for Hamptons summer rentals tells us that New York hedge fund managers are feeling confident about the market, and don&#039;t ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697562/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:16 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697562/scat/6034630751577834 Lois Lerner, the IRS official who headed the division that targeted Tea Party and other conservative groups for special tax scrutiny, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to refuse questions before Congress on Wednesday. The decision could cost her her job.And it doesn&#039;t mean that she won&#039;t be forced to answer questions. In fact, it&#039;s relatively easy for Congress to force her to ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697499/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:16 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697499/scat/6034630751577834 REDMOND, Washington &mdash; After Microsoft revealed the brand-new Xbox One console to the world yesterday, a common reaction wasn&rsquo;t one of amazement or eagerness, but confusion. Since most of the presentation showcased fantasy football, Skype, and multimedia applications, anyone wanting to hear about games was left hungry for details. Wired sat down with Microsoft corporate vice ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697504/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697504/scat/6034630751577834 +0.39% is a tax dodger. A cheat. Among the &quot;biggest tax avoiders&quot; in America. A company using &quot;gimmicks&quot; and &quot;the Holy Grail of tax avoidance&quot; in order to deprive the U.S. taxpayers of billions in ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697564/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:12 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697564/scat/6034630751577834 Super Bowl to predict stock market returns, why not a plague of locusts? There are already goldbugs, so why not bug bugs? Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s market-data guru Howard Silverblatt agrees. When MarketWatch called to sound him out this morning, it turned out he&#039;d already thought to check out the cicada market theory and had been pleasantly surprised by the results. Of course, that ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697511/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:10 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697511/scat/6034630751577834 Xbox Live Arcade games with them to the Xbox One are out of luck. Microsoft has confirmed that these games will not carry over to the next-generation ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697566/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697566/scat/6034630751577834 Using facial recognition software, a team has created a program that crawls Google Maps, seeking out faces hidden in the Earth&#039;s folds. Do you see what it ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697565/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:21 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697565/scat/6034630751577834 Speaking of Glass, Google&#039;s chief Internet evangelist predicted, &quot;It may be we will have to experience some damage before we discover what the social conventions ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697568/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697568/scat/6034630751577834 The Dacor Discovery DYWS4 WineStation stores, preserves and dispenses up to four bottles of wine at a time. After opening, wine stays good for up to 60 ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697570/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697570/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Google) Google has made searching in Chrome for Android a bit easier with an update Wednesday to the browser. The latest stable version ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697569/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697569/scat/6034630751577834 Verizon Wireless announces a partnership with a new mobile brand started by actress and singer Jennifer Lopez that will be geared toward Latino ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697571/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697571/scat/6034630751577834 Astronauts on future missions to Mars may be able to dial up a pizza via a 3D printer. NASA announced it awarded a $125,000 grant to Systems &amp; Materials Research Corporation&rsquo;s Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the printer. The head of the printer will be fed with a combination of nutrients, water, oils and flavors, which can be sprayed, layer by layer to create three ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696145/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:06 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696145/scat/6034630751577834 Fiat Industrial disputed as &quot;absolutely false&quot; reports Wednesday that Italy would lose 500 million euros ($646 million) in tax revenues if it moves its tax base to Britain after it completes a merger with its U.S.-based subsidiary CNH Global ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696502/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:36 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696502/scat/6034630751577834 Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed&#039;s efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June _ if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate such gains.Minutes of the Fed&#039;s April 30-May 1 meeting released Wednesday show &quot;a number&quot; of members ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696999/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:33 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696999/scat/6034630751577834 , multiple Orchid winner especially for restaurant design, will reveal his secrets &quot;Inside the Design Studio,&quot; sponsored by the San Diego Architectural ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695990/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:16 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695990/scat/6034630751577834 Under terms of the settlement, LRAD agreed to nominate two independent directors proposed by Iroquois and a third director who was mutually agreed to by the company and ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695989/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:15 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695989/scat/6034630751577834 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is naming Dan Bartlett, who had been president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global public relations firm Hill &amp; Knowlton, as its new executive vice president of corporate ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695991/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:35 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695991/scat/6034630751577834 In this Aug. 11, 2010 photo, specialist John Urbanowicz, left, talks with a colleague on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are opening Wednesday, May 22, 2013, slightly higher as investors watch for the latest moves from the Federal ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697075/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:29 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697075/scat/6034630751577834 LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it&#039;s starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current medicines.Antibiotic resistance will become a global crisis, experts predict, because most drug companies have cut investment in antibiotics. Instead, they&#039;re developing more-lucrative ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697077/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:25 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697077/scat/6034630751577834 TRENTON, N.J. - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. plans to try to sell its controlling stake in its former animal health business, Zoetis Inc., through a voluntary stock exchange with Pfizer shareholders.Pfizer, the world&#039;s second-largest drugmaker, said Wednesday that its shareholders will be able to trade their Pfizer holdings for Zoetis shares at a discount expected to be about 7 percent. The ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697078/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697078/scat/6034630751577834 Ten weeks into the 2012 NFL season, Colin Kaepernick&#039;s life changed. The San Francisco 49ers starting veteran quarterback, Alex Smith, left a game against the Saint Louis Rams with a concussion. 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh brought Kaepernick, who up until that point had served as a backup quarterback typically relied upon to run wildcat offense plays, in for Smith. And in a decision that ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696060/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:25 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696060/scat/6034630751577834 Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session solidly lower in a volatile trading session Wednesday. Gold was first supported and then pressured by the latest news to come from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Comex June gold last traded down $17.40 at $1,360.30 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted down $14.30 at $1,362.25. July Comex silver last traded down $0.075 at $22.38 an ounce. The market ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696062/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:24 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696062/scat/6034630751577834 (MDLZ) which represents a global snack food powerhouse with strong prospects for growth. With many of the world&#039;s favorite brands such as Nabisco, Oreo, Ritz, Cadbury, Trident, Dentyne and Tang, it&#039;s no surprise that Mondelez controls almost ten percent of worldwide snack revenue and a large portion of consumers pantry&#039;s. The company has 9 billion-dollar brands and another 52 ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696063/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696063/scat/6034630751577834 , Verne Harnish explores those &quot;black swan&quot; decisions that brought great success at companies like Zappos, Intel, Tata, Toyota and many others. Below is Harnish&#039;s personal list of the greatest business decisions of all ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696064/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696064/scat/6034630751577834 Detroit, Michigan Some people have nightmares about being chased by runaway trains, vicious animals or bad guys. Mine is daytime nightmare: Being chased by molten lava. The lava in this case is the red-hot viscous bad news still emanating from the municipal bond market. This daymare won&#039;t end for municipal bond investors until the lava solidifies. It won&#039;t end until the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696065/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696065/scat/6034630751577834 State Seal of Vermont. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Efforts to crack down on patent trolling are escalating. Just a couple of years ago, Congress passed a major amendment of the Patent Act (the America Invents Act) with the hope that it would curb some abusive patent assertions. Some members of Congress aren&#039;t satisfied with the results of that amendment, so three different bills ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696061/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696061/scat/6034630751577834 When I was a kid, I was enamored with the idea that I was going to get a jet pack. I thought that when I was old enough to go to work, I&#039;d just tie on the ol&#039; pack and blast myself over the highways and byways, landing deftly on the roof of my office. It didn&#039;t work out that way. Neither did the robot maid, the home video phone, or the car that was also a boat. The dream of ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696067/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696067/scat/6034630751577834 You know where to go to spruce up your phone photos so you can share them with friends-Instagram. And for short edited videos, Twitter&#039;s Vine platform can help you channel ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696066/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696066/scat/6034630751577834 The Hamptons are awash with ritzy addresses, but perhaps no street boasts more billionaires than Southampton&#039;s Meadow Lane. The 5-mile-long road sports a private helipad that can rush residents to Manhattan in 20 minutes, but conveniences like that cost serious cash: The median sale price for a home here last year was $18 ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695993/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:21 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695993/scat/6034630751577834 T he most unromantic dinner for two in the history of epic eating recently went down outside Seattle. The participants: me and Nathan Myhrvold, the legendary technologist who, armed with the tens of millions he earned helping Bill Gates popularize software at Microsoft, has reinvented himself as the world&#039;s most renowned food scientist. The setting: his sprawling laboratory, where he ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696035/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:21 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696035/scat/6034630751577834 Thanks to Jack Bogle, most of us understand the impact of fees on long-term investment returns. He was the one who pushed the notion that while 1% does not sound like a lot, when returns revert to the mean, about 8%, 1% is 12.5% of the total return. Personally, I think Wall Street is disingenuous about fees altogether. I mean we&#039;re talking about an industry that has no problem charging ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696068/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:21 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696068/scat/6034630751577834 are successful because they are guided by an &quot;innovate or die&quot; attitude. However, on Tuesday Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, forced Apple toward another mantra, &quot;innovate and justify.&quot; Before and during the subcommittee&#039;s hearing on Apple&#039;s tax payments, majority staffers and Democratic senators suggested ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696069/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696069/scat/6034630751577834 to fight over the scraps. Though obviously costly, the rampant rights buying has always made it appear that cost was no issue for the Disney-owned network. News of company layoffs this week suggests that is hardly the case. Deadspin broke ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696070/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696070/scat/6034630751577834 IDG News Service - Citrix Systems is making its cloud-based storage service ShareFile more Microsoft-friendly with SharePoint integration and the ability to store data on Azure. Services for storing and sharing content in the cloud started in the consumer sector, but more enterprises are now adopting rather than blocking them. Citrix saw this trend coming and acquired ShareFile back in October ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695994/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695994/scat/6034630751577834 U.S. car sales are up about 7%, to a 15.2-million-vehicle annual pace, and the rest of the year looks even stronger. &quot;It&#039;s a strong signal on what&#039;s to come, a stronger second half of the year,&quot; said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting at market researcher LMC Automotive, about the summer production plans. &quot;No one wants to be caught without the right mix ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696072/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:13 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696072/scat/6034630751577834 Smartphone forensics experts can retrieve just about anything from any phone. Police will often seize and analyze phones for evidence of things such as indecent photos and videos, what calls were placed when and to whom, browser history, calendar events and explanations of a suicide or ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696073/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:12 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696073/scat/6034630751577834 New Jersey&#039;s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced Wednesday that it had seized alcohol from 29 bars and restaurants as part of a year-long investigation into allegations that the businesses have been fooling customers by filling bottles from premium brands with cheaper well ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696071/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:12 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696071/scat/6034630751577834 Microsoft&#039;s new Xbox One entertainment console seeks to deliver the Holy Grail of home entertainment. It lets you watch television, play movies, listen to music and browse the Internet as well as play video games. (May ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695999/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214695999/scat/6034630751577834 Wed May 22, 2013 3:06pm EDT May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. companies borrowed more in April to invest in new equipment ranging from computer systems to aircraft, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Wednesday. Companies signed up for $7.5 billion in new loans, leases and lines of credit last month, up 23 percent from a year earlier and 10 percent from March. &#34;Typically, April ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697538/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:06:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214697538/scat/6034630751577834 &#039;Soldier beheaded&#039; in street as two shot in suspected terrorist attack near Woolwich barracks - &#039;attacker&#039; shown in video saying &#039;We will never stop fighting ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696001/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:04:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696001/scat/6034630751577834 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A number of Federal Reserve officials were willing to slow down the pace of the purchases as early as the June meeting if the data continued to improve, according to the minutes of the April 30-May 1 policy meeting released on ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696074/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:10 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696074/scat/6034630751577834 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. and NetApp Inc. posted gains Wednesday, but the tech sector was weighed down by declining shares of Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696011/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:07 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696011/scat/6034630751577834 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Saks Inc. rallied for a third day Wednesday on reports that it may be window shopping for a new owner, with most analysts generally upbeat about a potential ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696075/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:06 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696075/scat/6034630751577834 created an ad for its upcoming &#039;Microsoft Reader&#039; software . The headline blared, &quot;This is a story about the future of reading,&quot; and underneath the story about the company&#039;s actual product, the marketers inserted a timeline based on &quot;the best estimates of Microsoft researchers and developers&quot; of what was going to happen to books in the future. The Microsoft ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696017/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:50 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696017/scat/6034630751577834 It&#039;s a soft &#039;g&#039;, Mr. President . Correction: On today&#039;s episode, we mentioned that Webby winners had to purchase their awards separately. In fact, they&#039;re included with the purchase of a ticket to the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696077/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:24 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696077/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: CBS Interactive) A pair of yet-to-be-announced HTC smartphones surfaced this week, tipping the hardware maker&#039;s future ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696078/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214696078/scat/6034630751577834 Pulse Electronics, a San Diego electronic components maker, announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split effective Wednesday, with the aim of meeting requirements to keep the company&#039;s shares listed on the New York Stock ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694291/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:53 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694291/scat/6034630751577834 Microsoft Xbox Head Don Mattrick unveils the Xbox One | Image courtesy of Microsoft Begun, this next-generation console war has. With yesterday&#039;s divisive unveiling of the Xbox ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694359/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694359/scat/6034630751577834 Microsoft promises the Xbox One will be more than just a game console, but a &quot;living room&quot; with a TV tuner and cable box. Users will be able to switch between watching TV and gaming instantly through the Kinect ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694356/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694356/scat/6034630751577834 Kimberly Ann Miale to make her mark as a part of Jay-Z&#039;s Roc Nation Sports. Miale, who has failed to negotiate any active players&#039; contracts in the NFL, signed New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith and will now be tasked with negotiating his contract with the team that selected him in the 2013 NFL ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694355/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694355/scat/6034630751577834 opus of wonkery on government accounting, that delightfully touches on some of the geekier issues like the connection between loan payments and what it means-to-be, a question perhaps more broadly understood as something like, &quot;what is the nature of the immortal soul.&quot; This bit, however, is asking the wrong ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694354/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694354/scat/6034630751577834 I&#039;m a print person, so I&#039;m particularly enthused about this season&#039;s bevy of bright florals. Left to my own devices, I would wear floral head to toe, but I&#039;m also aware that this may not always be (or ever) appropriate in a workplace environment. But all is not lost! Here are some ways of incorporating print into your wardrobe, while looking polished and ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694365/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694365/scat/6034630751577834 Image via CrunchBase As most readers are now aware, technology giant Apple Inc. has in the past few days been the recipient of juvenile attacks from U.S. Senators on both sides of the political aisle. Its alleged misdeed was the legal shielding of overseas earnings from corporate taxation stateside. Funny here is that back in 2001 Sarbanes-Oxley was foolishly passed to ensure that CEOs watch ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694364/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694364/scat/6034630751577834 allegations that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted certain applications for tax-exempt status based on keywords and politically charged language , a number of IRS and Treasury officials made their way to the Hill today to testify in front of ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694363/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694363/scat/6034630751577834 Amazon knows that fan fiction is big business. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) In a funny way, fan fiction is the purest form of literary art there is, the one most untainted by commerce. It&#039;s hard to make money from it because someone else owns the intellectual property (unless you change the details just enough, in which case you can make quite a lot of money on it. Just ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694358/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694358/scat/6034630751577834 &quot; Well it applies here. Once upon a time, the Hornets posted 364 straight sold-out games. And some of most recognizable and marketable players in the NBA played in Charlotte. The list includes Muggsy Bogues standing 5&#039;3&quot; was the biggest little man in the league; Larry Johnson, nicknamed Grandmama, once signed the most lucrative contract in the NBA and was the first to make bling ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694362/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:46 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694362/scat/6034630751577834 The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reported that satisfaction in the wireless phone industry is improving. The index noted that wireless service providers in total landed at 72 (out of 100 point scale), but that it is still below the overall customer satisfaction rating across multiple industries (internet service, television/cable service and others). The big (or not so big) ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694361/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:46 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694361/scat/6034630751577834 Debtor Donald G. Huber (Donald) founded United Western Development, Inc. (UWD) in 1968 to invest in real estate. In 2001, Donald was joined by his son, Kevin D. Huber (Kevin), who thereafter was heavily involved in UWD&#039;s business. UWD built large home developments, predominantly in the Pacific Northwest. These developments required UWD to obtain substantial financing, which debt Donald was ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694360/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:46 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694360/scat/6034630751577834 the company is considering spinning off its entertainment arm . Share price has gone up both in the US and Tokyo exchanges after some reports indicated that the company may be considering a plan suggested by investor Daniel Loeb. Loeb, whose hedge fund Third Point owns a 6.5% stake in ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694366/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:45 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694366/scat/6034630751577834 and the taxes that they do or don&#039;t pay which seems to me to be entirely bizarre. Yet it appears that people are taking it entirely seriously. The point is that the committee (or, as I assume was the case, its driving force Senator Carl Levin) noted the difference between Apple&#039;s provisions for taxes it would have to pay and the actual amount of cash that it handed over. What makes it ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694367/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:45 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694367/scat/6034630751577834 Gartenberg didn&#039;t immediately reply to a voicemail message left at his office at Apple asking him to talk about his new role for the Cupertino, California-based company. He is working on the marketing team under Apple&#039;s global marketing chief Phil Schiller, according to sources. This isn&#039;t Gartenberg&#039;s first time jumping into one of the technology companies he tracks -- ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694321/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:45 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694321/scat/6034630751577834 . We talked about business, relationships, food, training new employees, family and building teams - and in each realm we discussed how the best of these things are both beautiful and useful. Here&#039;s Merriam-Webster&#039;s definition of beauty: &quot;The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694369/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:45 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694369/scat/6034630751577834 Art Basel Hong Kong kicks off three big weeks of international acclaim for the industry, and reminds me of an anecdote about Picasso which, in a way, sums up a significant conundrum for those who make their living in the art world. Seems someone visited his studio, stood in front of a painting for several minutes, and asked Picasso, &quot;What does it represent?&quot; Picasso replied without ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694368/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:44 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694368/scat/6034630751577834 Women Action &amp; the Media&#039;s new Action Network When working in the world of social change, it&#039;s easy to get excited about a new campaign when we&#039;re inspired by hope or outraged by injustice. But in the scramble to make change happen, we can forget about the tactics and tools that actually help us implement our visions for a better world. Here are three sometimes-overlooked ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694371/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:43 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694371/scat/6034630751577834 Ever wonder what makes an entrepreneur decide when to take a risk? Examples of entrepreneurial risk-taking range from the calculated to the fool-hardy. You&#039;ll never hear me minimize doing due diligence on your entrepreneurial dream. Indeed, an entrepreneur&#039;s hunch without some foundation is like a belt without belt loops. Still, there will come a time when an entrepreneur must take ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694370/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:43 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694370/scat/6034630751577834 European leaders took the fight to tax cheats Wednesday with a pledge to share bank account data across the European Union and accelerate initiatives to tackle abuse by ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694373/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:03 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694373/scat/6034630751577834 The document from the Financial Intelligence Authority shows six reports of &quot;suspicious activity&quot; in the past year, up from just one in 2011. It says the Vatican&#039;s prosecutors are investigating two of those reports for possible criminal activity, though it wouldn&#039;t elaborate further. The 64-page report details how the Vatican is looking to crack down on money laundering and ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694372/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:02 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694372/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Google&#039;s top dog for last month was, once again, the pitbull. Having taken the title for most-searched breed away from the bulldog in January, the pit has stayed in the top spot for the past four months, but the German Shepherd is looking to make a move after overtaking the Siberian Husky to advance to the No. 4 ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694331/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:32 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694331/scat/6034630751577834 With more than 40 million people--roughly a third of working Americans--not getting enough shut-eye, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it&#039;s no wonder that industries ranging from furniture makers to pharmaceutical companies are making big money by offering to help people get the recommended seven to nine hours a night. The sleep-aid industry encompasses everything ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694335/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:47 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694335/scat/6034630751577834 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A lawmaker on Wednesday pestered a key Obama administration official about a systemic risk super-council charged with identifying risks to the economy, arguing the group&#039;s vital proceedings lack ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694375/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:46 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694375/scat/6034630751577834 The release of a new medical text doesn&#039;t normally generate the kind of fever-pitch anticipation of say, a new Harry Potter book or iPhone model. But the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM for short, is an exception. The American Psychiatric Association released its revised fifth edition of the manual, which serves as the official authority on mental health ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694376/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:45 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694376/scat/6034630751577834 NEW YORK &ndash; Stocks are moving higher Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its economic stimulus programs. Investors were also encouraged by news that sales of previously-occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in three and a half years. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 40 points before ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694377/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:37 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694377/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Foursquare) Foursquare released new versions of its iPhone and Android applications to help people narrow their searches and find just the right bar, restaurant, or coffee spot. Application users can now fine-tune their place queries and use the filter button to tick off a number of attributes to find venues that are open now or places where friends have been to in the past. People ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694379/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694379/scat/6034630751577834 a free 100-photo flip-book from Groovebook when you apply coupon code CNETGROOVE at checkout. That&#039;s a colossal savings of...wait for it...$2.99! No, seriously. Without that code, a 100-photo flip-book would cost you exactly $2.99. Shipped. What kind of crazy craziness is this? I&#039;ll explain. After installing the Groovebook app ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694378/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694378/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS -- Walmart believes smartphones can deliver the same kind of personalized service that founder Sam Walton embraced with his first store. Where e-commerce brought the store to the Web, smartphones are bringing the Web to physical stores, with each consumer able to access data from their phones, according to Gibu Thomas, head of mobile for Walmart. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694380/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:54 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694380/scat/6034630751577834 Kevin Montgomery . &quot;We are providing worldwide geospatial infrastructure to empower people.&quot; Collaborate.org grew out of Intelesense, a company headed by Montgomery that provides monitoring products for wireless sensor networks and a spatial data exchange. Collaborate.org is built ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694381/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:53 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694381/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Twitter) Twitter aims to turn the tweet stream into a more efficient marketing channel with the addition of a new Twitter Card that lets people quickly sign up for advertiser offers or promotions inside tweets. Twitter Cards, also known as expanded tweets, are a 1-year-old feature meant to keep information network users glued to their streams. Cards bring rich media from partners to ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694382/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:49 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694382/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) In response to falling prices, nearly 25 percent of all laptops should have touch screens by 2016, IHS said Wednesday. Windows 8 is the first version of Microsoft&#039;s popular operating system that works well with touch. The technology has been promising, and many companies have vowed to make more products with touch screens. But so far, high pricing and low ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694383/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:48 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694383/scat/6034630751577834 The price of oil fell near $95 a barrel Wednesday as the nation&#039;s oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained weak.Benchmark crude for July delivery was down $1.11 to $95.07 a barrel in morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The Energy Department said U.S. crude oil supplies declined by 300,000 barrels last week to 394.6 million barrels. Analysts expected ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214693805/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:58 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214693805/scat/6034630751577834 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks edged higher on Wednesday, losing some steam alongside the broader U.S. equity market as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Fed bond-buying could taper ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692751/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:54:42 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692751/scat/6034630751577834 It pays to be in TV.On the list of 10-best paid CEOs of 2012 - the exclusive club inside an already-exclusive club - half are in the entertainment and media industry, according to executive pay research firm Equilar.The median pay for all CEOs in 2012 was $9.7 million.Top 10 of 2012:1.Leslie Moonves, CBS, $60.3 million, down 12 percent2.David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $49.9 million, down ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214693878/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:53:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214693878/scat/6034630751577834 Several high-level HTC staff in the U.S. and Asia have left the company. Sources say worrying things about the company. On the one hand, it could be just a ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692827/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:22 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692827/scat/6034630751577834 What is the &#039;Panama Canal&#039; in your business? Meaning, if you could cut through one big obstacle in your business that would allow you to grow exponentially, what would it be? When the Panama Canal was completed in 1914 it connected the Pacific to the Atlantic and changed global trade forever, saving ships months of travel around Cape Horn of South America and ultimately generating ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692831/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:20 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692831/scat/6034630751577834 You would think that it would be a terrible idea for a company accused of helping teenagers send each other sexually explicit images to feature bikini-clad young girls in their marketing. Most would avoid such direct associations, for good reason - it&#039;s immature, and edgy when it doesn&#039;t need to be. But not the makers of the enormously popular app, Snapchat, which allows people to send ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692828/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692828/scat/6034630751577834 But Piedmont and USAirways are not the same airline. Not at all. While Piedmont is a wholly-owned subsidiary of USAirways&#039; holding company, the two airlines each have their own, separate FAA licenses to operate. One airline does not control the other and, in fact, any attempt at such control would be illegal under FAA rules. Each airline has its own manuals for operations, training and ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692830/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692830/scat/6034630751577834 Gold&#039;s volatile reaction to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&#039;s comments to Congress Wednesday shows how much the market leans on every word regarding the fate of the Fed&#039;s bond-buying program. In Bernanke&#039;s initial comments, the Fed chairman told the Joint Economic Committee of Congress that an end to the current accommodation could mean a &quot;substantial risk of ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692839/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692839/scat/6034630751577834 masks flaws, highlighting how the candidate wishes to be perceived. You won&#039;t learn a candidate&#039;s failures, their character traits, their &quot;coach-ability,&quot; or their desire to contribute to a team. Sure, when I&#039;m hiring, a resume is what&#039;s going to get a candidate to the interview process--but it won&#039;t get them hired. Remember: A resume is a marketing artifact ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692829/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:19 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692829/scat/6034630751577834 Taiwan&#039;s HTC CEO Peter Chou announces the company&#039;s new smartphone &#039;HTC J One&#039; at a launch event in Tokyo on May 20, 2013. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692836/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692836/scat/6034630751577834 There&#039;s a tradition among U.S. automakers to shut down factories for two weeks in early July for what&#039;s called the model-year changeover -- that&#039;s when routine maintenance is performed as production of current vehicles ends and next year&#039;s models begin. During hard times, that summer shutdown has often been extended for weeks or even months at some factories. Not this year. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692795/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692795/scat/6034630751577834 Glimcher Realty Trust sponsored a nationwide survey of 3334 consumers. The results support the hypothesis that consumers use shopping malls to socialize, dine and participate in experiences. First, malls are shifting to experiential features because of consumers shopping patterns. Eighty percent of the consumers surveyed shopped with another person. This finding clearly states that socialization ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692837/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692837/scat/6034630751577834 Market data compiled by Experian Automotive indicates that during the second quarter of 2011 the compact Kia Forte sedan enjoyed the most brand loyalty among all new vehicles sold in the U.S., registering 68 percent repeat buyers for the Korean ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692838/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:18 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692838/scat/6034630751577834 (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) The market is on a tear, up 17% so far this year for the S&amp;P 500 Index and the SPY that tracks it. Such strong short-term performance is reason for caution in the short-term ... And we may be in for some pullbacks in the market in the near future. However, the medium and long-term outlook for the US economy and stock market is excellent. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692832/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692832/scat/6034630751577834 The day has arrived, your job interview with a top executive in a high profile company. Your training and credentials are exactly what they&#039;re looking for in a job candidate. You&#039;ve never been the shyest person. In fact, most of your peers would say your interpersonal skills are uncanny, and you&#039;re a great conversationalist. You&#039;ve prepared for the interview, identified your ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692833/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692833/scat/6034630751577834 starc+ bands making them high-risk buys at current levels. Also, some of the stocks in the hottest sectors are starting to show signs that they are topping out as investors are trying to lock in some profits and buyers are looking elsewhere. One top group, the DJ US Asset Manager Index is up 29.7% for the year versus a 14.4% gain ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692834/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692834/scat/6034630751577834 Scott London&#039;s inside trader scheme , replaced its former auditor yesterday with PwC. KPMG resigned the Herbalife and Skechers audit engagements after regulators told the firm London had betrayed the trust of those two clients and three others he was responsible for by tipping off a buddy who traded on the inside information. (I guess ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692835/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:17 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692835/scat/6034630751577834 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke&#039;s comments. Mr. Bernanke, in his Q and A, essentially reiterated what New York Fed President William Dudley said yesterday: that any change in the flow of bond purchases will depend on the incoming data. A question about whether the Fed might reduce bond purchases before Labor Day elicited the same reply: the Fed could reduce bond purchases in the next ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692763/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:08 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692763/scat/6034630751577834 Ben Bernanke discussed how the Fed might wind down its easing policy. Stocks and bonds rallied hard Wednesday on the Fed chairman&#039;s initial testimony before Congress, which the markets took as a sign that &quot;tapering&quot; of the Fed&#039;s $85 billion a ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692840/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:48:08 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692840/scat/6034630751577834 Download Center . Unlike the video, the 36-page PDF guide is definitely new (there&#039;s a screenshot from April 2013) and will prove a godsend for anyone struggling to get to grips with Windows 8 or Surface. Each of the multi-colored pages clearly and concisely explains how to use a particular element of the operating system, with the aid of large, friendly ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692770/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:46:24 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692770/scat/6034630751577834 Jamie Dimon won his battle to stay on as JPMorgan Chase&#039;s chairman, but he may soon have three new board members who might not take it so easy on ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692841/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:41:30 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692841/scat/6034630751577834 Emma Way of Norfolk in the U.K. tweets that she hit a cyclist and that she had right of way. The police are informed. Her employer is none too pleased ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692985/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:38:06 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692985/scat/6034630751577834 By Josie Cox Wed May 22, 2013 12:34pm EDT LONDON, May 22 (IFR) - UAE-based conglomerate Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC (MAF) mandated Goldman Sachs and HSBC as joint structuring advisers for a perpetual hybrid bond, a source told IFR on Wednesday. The source said that MAF, rated BBB+/BBB by S&P and Fitch, had mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank as ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694374/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:43 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214694374/scat/6034630751577834 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasurys swiftly reacted to comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about the time frame for discussing changes to monetary policy, briefly sending yields higher than 2% for the first time since ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692843/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:04 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692843/scat/6034630751577834 See video of Bernanke&#039;s appearance Coordinated with his colleagues or not, Bernanke stuck to the message in his prepared text Wednesday -- saying that a premature exit risks not just hurting the stock market (Dudley&#039;s message Tuesday), it even risks the entire recovery! &quot;A premature tightening of monetary policy could lead interest rates to rise temporarily but would also ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692842/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:04 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692842/scat/6034630751577834 Most of the counterfeit notes that change hands are computer-generated, making them easily distinguishable from real bills. But people and businesses who get stuck with counterfeit bills often don&#039;t know until they try to deposit them into a bank. Here are eight ways to spot counterfeit ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692844/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:03 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692844/scat/6034630751577834 Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692845/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:49 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692845/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Ben Kokes/Enfinicorp) Engineer Ben Kokes is a lot of things. He&#039;s an outdoor enthusiast. He&#039;s a Bronco mechanic. He&#039;s a tinkerer who builds electronic gadgets for fun. He&#039;s also in love. I&#039;ll let him tell his story in his own words: &quot;Once upon a time, a boy met a girl. Then a short amount of time later, the boy decided to design and build a ring for ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692846/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:05 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692846/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Zite) Zite, the personal news aggregator, released a new version Wednesday that aims to help people discover more stories relevant to them, while better highlighting publishers. With version 2.3, which is now available on iOS devices, the ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692847/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:04 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692847/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Jonathan Skillings/CNET) Penguin has agreed to pay $75 million to settle e-book pricing lawsuits filed by many states and private class plaintiffs, bringing an end to the long-running complaints in the U.S. The settlement would resolve claims filed by 33 state attorneys general against Penguin, as well as class-action lawsuits filed by consumers who alleged the company&#039;s ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692848/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:03 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692848/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- General Motors is eager to get its slice of the app pie. Mary Chan, head of the global connected consumer unit for GM, told CNET that apps would come to ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692849/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:02 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692849/scat/6034630751577834 Cricket&#039;s Half Is More campaign sets crosshairs on AT&amp;T and Verizon. LAS VEGAS -- In an aggressive move for Cricket Wireless, the prepaid carrier has launched an advertising campaign urging Verizon and AT&amp;T customers to switch over from their costly on-contact plans to Cricket&#039;s more affordable rates. Named &quot;Half Is More,&quot; the initiative will fan out online, in ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692850/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:02 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692850/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Pantech) Samsung has inked a deal with fellow Korean phone maker Pantech for an equity stake in the company. In a statement on Wednesday, Samsung confirmed an ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692851/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692851/scat/6034630751577834 Microsoft hopes the new Xbox One-its first console in eight years-will become a hub for entertainment. In addition to live TV, the device will offer exclusive media content, including a live-action Halo video series produced by Steven ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692786/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:27:00 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692786/scat/6034630751577834 View results NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks were moving higher Wednesday morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its massive economic stimulus programs.Investors also were encouraged by news that sales of previously-occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in 3&frac12; years.Stocks opened with modest gains, then rose ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692471/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:28 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214692471/scat/6034630751577834 A former insider at the World Bank, ex-Senior Counsel Karen Hudes, says the global financial system is dominated by a small group of corrupt, power-hungry figures centered around the privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve. The network has seized control of the media to cover up its crimes, too, she explained. In an interview ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691106/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691106/scat/6034630751577834 For its annual survey of CEO pay, The Associated Press uses data provided by Equilar, an executive pay research firm.This year, Equilar examined the regulatory filings detailing the pay of 323 CEOs. Equilar looked at S&amp;P 500 companies that had filed statements with federal regulators between Jan. 1 and April 30. To avoid the distortions caused by sign-on bonuses, the sample includes only CEOs ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691146/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:49 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691146/scat/6034630751577834 Gupta was convicted of fraud and passing on insider secrets about Goldman Sachs to now felon Raj Rajaratnam. Rajaratnam is serving 11 years in prison for gaining insider tips for financial ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691049/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:30 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691049/scat/6034630751577834 Cloud Security Readiness Tool Results Show Overwhelming Lack of Maturity Since its launch in October 2012, 5,700 people have used the Microsoft Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT). The tool asks 27 questions regarding the current state of an organisation&#039;s security posture and cloud readiness. The results have been anonymised and analysed, and the overarching conclusion is that most ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691052/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:09 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691052/scat/6034630751577834 Susan Sygall . Every day this week, we&#039;ll publish a new Fellow profile and an accompanying video so you can get to know them and discover their ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691148/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:34 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691148/scat/6034630751577834 For daring to investigate the forebearer of the IRS in 1925, Senator James Couzens (R-Mich.) was publicly hit with a demand for back taxes. The feds not only lost the case but had to give him a hefty refund. The appalling revelations about the abusive behavior of the IRS underscore the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, who recognized that human nature is unchanging and that government is ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691147/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:34 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691147/scat/6034630751577834 The Administration should immediately halt any more hiring of agents at the IRS. If the White House won&#039;t do it, Congress should and override the President&#039;s veto. Under ObamaCare our tax-collecting &quot;service&quot; is set to bring on more agents and has already signed on a couple of thousand. The idea that this agency will play a central role in enforcing ObamaCare should send ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691150/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:34 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691150/scat/6034630751577834 Skyhigh Networks, which has raised $20 million in Series B financing led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investor Greylock Partners. Aaref Hilaly, partner at Sequoia, is joining the company&#039;s board. Skyhigh Networks helps companies discover which cloud services their employees are using. In many cases this number is shockingly high, posing security, legal and other ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691153/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:33 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691153/scat/6034630751577834 Changes to your family or loved ones, such as the birth of grandchildren, a divorce or a marriage, and the coming of age of children. Updating the beneficiaries of your will helps ensure that your possessions will be properly allocated to your loved ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691152/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:33 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691152/scat/6034630751577834 flagship of the $15.9 billion (revenues) Mahindra Group whose interests range from tractors and SUVs to aircraft and information technology, have been on a tear lately. This week the stock hit an all-time high on the Bombay Stock Exchange on news of a turnaround at its Korean subsidiary SsangYong Motor Co. Analysts are predicting that the carmaker will return to profit this year on the back of ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691151/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:33 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691151/scat/6034630751577834 So what does that translate to? Well, the E is actually mass-energy. But assuming your storage device is a spherical thing that has mass, the number of bits you can store is around (2.57*10^43)*(mass of your storage device in kg)*(radius of your storage device in ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691149/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:33 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691149/scat/6034630751577834 Health costs now surpass groceries in annual expenses for a family of four, a new report by Milliman Inc. says. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) The cost of medical care &quot;now exceeds the cost of groceries&quot; for the typical American family with health insurance coverage through their ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691154/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:32 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691154/scat/6034630751577834 David Einhorn about its dividend policy. So why haven&#039;t the stone-throwers come after Hewlett-Packard? The answer: Meg Whitman and HP&#039;s Chief Financial Officer Cathie Lesjak struck a quick truce in November 2011 when activist investor Ralph Whitworth of Relational Investors proposed that he join the HP board. His agenda called for a more careful approach to capital spending, and the HP ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691155/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:31 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691155/scat/6034630751577834 was asked if he would be having Woods over for dinner at the upcoming U.S. Open. &quot;We&#039;ll be having him &#039;round every night,&quot; he responded. &quot;And serving him fried chicken.&quot; To the uninitiated, this is a stereotype about the dining preferences of African Americans. It is also a stereotype that is now incredibly dated. (And who knows? Maybe, like me, Woods actually likes ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691156/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:31 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691156/scat/6034630751577834 The National Association of Realtors reported home sales edged up 0.6% to an annual pace of just under 5 million homes. Compared to a year ago, the pace of sales was up nearly ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691159/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:24 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691159/scat/6034630751577834 The motorist organization forecasts a decline of 0.9% in overall travel compared to last year, with 34.8 million Americans making a journey of 50 miles or ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691158/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691158/scat/6034630751577834 Bernanke told lawmakers that the Fed is aware of the potential risks associated with its bond-buying program, but said slowing the pace of purchases and raising interest rates prematurely could derail the economic ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691157/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:23 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691157/scat/6034630751577834 With growth rates above the European average and unemployment below EU levels, Sweden&#039;s economy is often regarded as something of a beacon. Although the export-oriented country has been hit by the slowdown in the euro zone, domestic demand has remained healthy and strong fiscal discipline has helped it to avoid the fate of some of its southern European partners. News that the country&#039;s ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691901/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:42 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691901/scat/6034630751577834 REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- The leader of the center-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland&#039;s new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about joining the 27-nation ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691516/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:24:51 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691516/scat/6034630751577834 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Existing-home sales rose in April to hit the highest rate since November 2009, pointing to an ongoing recovery supported by low interest rates and pent-up demand, according to data released ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691164/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:51 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691164/scat/6034630751577834 Gold has been getting hammered the last week or two, pushing below $1,400 and threatening to retest the low mark of $1,322 set intraday in ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691163/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:51 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691163/scat/6034630751577834 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calmed worries that the central bank may begin tapering its bond-buying program ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691162/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:50 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691162/scat/6034630751577834 Gold bugs spun that yarn on the notion that paper currencies -- especially the dollar -- were having their value destroyed by reckless, money-printing central banks. We had reached a long-overdue moment, they told us, in which gold is recognized as the only reliable store of value with which to protect future purchasing ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691161/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:49 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691161/scat/6034630751577834 +0.48% extended losses on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said ending quantitative easing right now wouldn&#039;t lead to sustainable economic growth. &quot;A premature tightening of monetary policy could lead interest rates to rise temporarily but would also carry a substantial risk of slowing or ending the economic recovery and causing inflation to fall further,&quot; ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691165/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:41 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691165/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Pandora listeners can now more easily share their favorite tunes with their Facebook friends. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691166/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:58 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691166/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Kate Previte) Paying for recorded music is a voluntary act -- you can get almost any tune you want on demand from streaming music services or YouTube. Of course, musicians wind up making little or no money from this arrangement, but thanks to crowd-funding, bands can get paid in advance of making a record. At least initially there are no freeloaders, so the band really has an ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691167/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:57 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691167/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) People who write fan fiction could find a paying market for their work courtesy of Amazon. Unveiled ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691170/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691170/scat/6034630751577834 ZTE Grand S , one of the more impressive smartphones shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, won&#039;t arrive here until next year, Lixin Cheng, head of the company&#039;s North American division, told CNET on Tuesday. ZTE had grand plans for its Grand phone, and the company said in January that it was confident that the flagship device would make its way to U.S. shores soon. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691168/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:56 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691168/scat/6034630751577834 (Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Windows that only let in sunlight and provide a view to the outside world? That&#039;s so yesterday&#039;s news. Ericsson believes it can do more with windows, and it had on display here a few windows enhanced with different modifications. One had a transparent cellular antenna embedded in the glass, potentially improving smartphone reception. ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691169/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:55 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691169/scat/6034630751577834 statement released Wednesday, Clearwire&#039;s board announced that it has approved the new deal with Sprint. The board has also asked shareholders to vote in favor of the acquisition when they meet to place their ballots on May 31. Sprint made a surprising announcement Tuesday, saying that it would up its initial offer to buy the remaining 50 percent of Clearwire that it doesn&#039;t own from ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691171/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:53 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691171/scat/6034630751577834 Top executives are leaving the mobile phone maker amidst falling revenue, weak demand for the HTC First, and other woes. The latest: HTC Asia CEO Lennard ... http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691172/scat/6034630751577834 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:53 -0400 http://www.clevelandstar.com/index.php/sid/214691172/scat/6034630751577834