CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Global Defense Technology & Systems shares were little changed after its initial public offering priced below expectations.

The McLean, Va., defense...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into...

LONDON (AP) — Irish soccer officials accused Thierry Henry of damaging the integrity of the game when he blatantly handled the ball to set up the goal that booked France's...

ATLANTA (AP) — For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans...

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — ImmunoGen Inc. said Thursday that Amgen Inc. licensed rights to a second potential cancer-treatment from the company for $1 million upfront.

Immunogen develops...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world.

Google Inc. said Thursday it is introducing automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — OraSure Technologies Inc., which makes diagnostic kits to detect HIV and drug use, said Thursday it will pay Inverness Medical $3 million to settle a patent dispute...

LONDON (AP) — World stocks slid Thursday after analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch reportedly downgraded their recommendations on a series of U.S. technology stocks,...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Bev Perdue says 18 small North Carolina companies will receive federal stimulus grants to spur development in green technology.

Perdue announced Wednesday...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Raven Industries Inc., which makes reinforced plastic sheeting and products for precision farming and navigation, on Thursday reported a 13 percent drop in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators have adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions, a move that will...

TOKYO (AP) — Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way...

MILTON, Ga. (AP) — Exide Technologies said Wednesday that under a new supply agreement it will supply batteries for Toyota Motor Corp.'s Highlander crossover sport utility vehicles in the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Disappointing forecasts from technology companies and an unexpected drop in home construction added to worries about the economy and sent stocks modestly...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board.

Hsu is the founder and chairman of private equity...

NEW YORK (AP) — You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting....

Weak home building a drag on economic recovery

WASHINGTON — The budding economic recovery isn't getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casinos are buying fewer slot machines than they have in a decade as they stretch their spending, a slot machine maker said Wednesday.

Nick Khin, Americas president...

NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.

The idea is to get small, local charities on Chase's radar — ones that don't have...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The chief financial officer of United Technologies Corp. said Wednesday the industrial conglomerate will likely have a higher profit next year due to cost-cutting...

FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Carrier Corp., which makes heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, said Wednesday it has acquired three building management control businesses of the...

BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.

The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from...

MARIETTA, Pa. (AP) — Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the...

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Concur Technologies Inc., which makes corporate expense-management software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose as revenue got a boost from a 13...

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Concur Technologies Inc. said Tuesday its chief financial officer, John Adair, plans to retire during fiscal 2010 to attend to family needs.

Concur's fiscal...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The equity investing unit of computer chip maker Intel Corp. said Tuesday it has made seven new investments totaling $25 million to help foster new...

SEATTLE (AP) — Computer maker Dell Inc. is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results after the market closes Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm wants to consolidate more state government departments.

Granholm on Tuesday announced plans to merge the Department of...

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A research firm that develops advanced textiles for the automotive, aeronautics and defense industries says it will open a new facility in South Carolina, creating...

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.

In a memo sent...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least for the moment, the world's fastest supercomputer is devoted to solving scientific questions that may save the planet — climate change, renewable...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of...

NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric Co. said Tuesday it is forming joint ventures with major Chinese groups that operate aerospace, energy and rail businesses.

GE, which currently runs...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers are increasingly targeting law firms and public relations companies with a sophisticated e-mail scheme that breaks into their computer networks to steal sensitive...

NEW YORK (AP) — "How extraordinary," Catherine Givings observes. "It looks like a farming tool. Where do you put it?"

Indeed.

Sarah Ruhl — MacArthur...