By JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGChina fined South Korean and Taiwanese makers of LCD display screens $56 million on Friday for price-fixing, joining the United States and Europe in a crackdown on the industry. Suppliers have been hit by American and
Google, Inc. is moving into cell phone production–a potential concern for consumers bothered by the Internet behemoth’s treatment of user data, including an instance in which Google failed to disclose that it did not abide by its privacy policy with
As mixed martial arts, and especially the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), continues to grow and gain in popularity, many are intrigued by and curious about watching the sport; however, they are understandably overwhelmed regarding where to begin: so many fighters, so many
You didn’t have to live in New York to know about the Central Park jogger case. The Big Apple burned with rage when news broke of a jogger who was beaten, raped and left for dead back in 1989, a
(AP) President Obama is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’NEW YORKPresident Barack Obama has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the
It looks as if pathological liar and long-time radical Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will be nominated for Secretary of State. But who is Kerry? Let’s begin in 1971, when Kerry, ironically speaking to the same Foreign Relations Committee which he
Matt Damon’s new movie has some friends in very high places. Apple teamed up with Damon to promote the actor’s new movie “Promised Land,” a film attacking both oil and gas companies as well as the process of fracking. The
(AP) Apple to produce line of Macs in the US next yearBy BREE FOWLER and PETER SVENSSONAssociated PressNEW YORKApple CEO Tim Cook says the company will move production of one of its existing lines of Mac computers from China to
A new iPhone app released Thursday by fiscal conservative group Public Notice aims to put wasteful spending in the spotlight, just as debate surrounding the fiscal cliff heats up. According to a release, the app “geographically targets users’ newsfeeds to
NBC NEWS: Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that one of the existing Mac lines will be manufactured exclusively in the United States next year, making the comments during an exclusive interview with Brian Williams airing tonight at 10pm/9c on NBC’s
More potential law school students take the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) in October, but the number of students taking the test this October plunged 16.4% due to the poor economy, as fewer law school graduates are finding jobs. In
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Grammy award-winning singer Fiona Apple said in a handwritten letter posted on her website on Tuesday that she has canceled upcoming tour dates in North and South America to be with her ailing dog. Apple, who
As many as 1000 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) workers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are considering going on strike on Thanksgiving eve in what is the busiest travel day of the year. Andrew Gross-Gaitan, the director of the
In the wake of the GOP’s election losses, media mavens and party elders inevitably express deep concern that the party has become “too conservative” to win elections. The party, we are warned, must moderate its positions to better appeal to
RUSH: As you know, I’m a big technophile, and I read every tech blog there is, particularly those related to Apple. And all of these people contributing and writing and posting these blogs are under 30. And they live in
It’s hard not to greet the arrival of “The Amazing Spider-Man” with a media savvy shrug. We’re rebooting the grand Sam Raimi Spidey franchise … already? Amazing casting choices wear down our sophisticated resolve even if the new, improved Peter Parker
Zane Tankel, chairman and CEO of Apple-Metro, told Fox Business “We’ve calculated it will [cost] some millions of dollars across our system. So what does that say — that says we won’t build more restaurants. We won’t hire more people,”
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli examined the early voting totals in Virginia and observed the numbers favor Romney going into Election Day on Tuesday. Cuccinelli wrote to supporters and declared that Republican-leaning areas have seen an increase in early voting
Lookout Miami, here comes Tom Wolfe. In “Back to Blood,” the famed author dissects the Florida city with the same fervor he brought to his literary evisceration of Manhattan in “The Bonfire of the Vanities.” That novel found Wolfe’s journalistic bona
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are being interviewed by Monday Night Football host Chris Berman in prerecorded interviews to be played tomorrow night. In the interest of saving time, here’s the transcript: Berman: Governor Romney, is it true that when
“2016: Obama’s America,” a movie with no stars, a tiny budget and all the disdain the mainstream media could muster, is now the no. 4 selling DVD in the country. The film, which rocked Hollywood by becoming the second highest
(AP) Prices, details on the iPad Mini, 4th-gen iPadBy The Associated PressApple refreshed its iPad lineup on Tuesday. Here are details on prices and availability of the new iPad mini and updated full-sized iPad. MODELS AND PRICES: There are six
Charles Callaghan is a registered voter and resident of Florida. He was born in the US and has always been a US citizen. So you can imagine his surprise when he received a letter, purportedly from his county’s election office,
A British national who donated $10 to the Obama campaign, despite laws prohibiting the acceptance of foreign contributions, told Breitbart News he is now receiving e-mails from the Obama campaign thanking him for signing up for “get out the vote”
Alec Baldwin continues to tease the possibility of running for elective office, despite the stacks of opposition research he’ll hand opponents if he carries through with the threat. One political gig the Long Island native often mentions is Big Apple
