Boeing Delays Cause Suppliers to Sputter

The smart money is betting that Boeing Co. will announce further delays of its much-heralded 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft, which was originally scheduled for delivery in May 2008, but is now expected to be pushed into…

MarketBeat Blog - WSJ.com : Ballooning Google

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Marcelo Prince has this report on what’s bugging Google investors tonight:

Google shares are tumbling in late trading, losing nearly 7%, or $37, after the Internet search giant’s earnings fell short of Wall…

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Business Technology : Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity

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Posted by Ben Worthen
Working late? Blame your computer screen. A new study finds that bigger monitors make people more productive.
Researchers at the University of Utah tested how quickly people performed tasks like…

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Economics Blog : Volcker: Fed’s ‘Extreme’ Intervention ‘Raises Some Real Questions’

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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said the Fed’s decision to lend money to Bear Stearns Cos. to keep it from collapsing is unprecedented and “raises some real questions” about whether that’s the…

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Law Blog - WSJ.com : Spitzer Schadenfreude

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Many on Wall Street must be reveling in the irony. It appears New York Gov Eliot Spitzer, who became famous for his no-holds-barred prosecution of alleged corporate misdeeds, is enmeshed in a mess of his own.…