Archive for August, 2012:

Jury: Samsung violated Apple patents, owes more than $1B

Date: Aug 25 2012
A federal jury in San Jose late Friday ruled that Samsung infringed on multiple Apple patents. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/L_YjwMlnpkg/1 Read More »

Apple stock tops $670 per share after verdict

Date: Aug 25 2012
Apple shares soared to an all-time high of $674.49, in after-hours trading late Friday after the Samsugn patent case v erdict. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/yATEIq8T-yE/1 Read More »

Cars in the News goes crazy in Monterey

Date: Aug 25 2012
If you missed some of our coverage of the Monterey Week of Cars, you won't want to miss this week Cars in the News, our photo roundup of interesting ... http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/lb3uBT6Nvro/1 Read More »

Should You Buy Floating-Rate Notes?

Date: Aug 25 2012
Filed under: Investing, Ford Motor Co, General Electric , Caterpillar The yields offered by banks are laughable. Checking and money market accounts are yielding roughly 0.50% per year. Five-year CDs are slightly higher at 1.50% -- still, not very impressive. This situation ...Read More »

Target Steals ‘Lowest-Price’ Title From Walmart

Date: Aug 25 2012
Filed under: Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Retail Lance Armstrong isn't the only one ceding a crown this week. Walmart (WMT), which has long claimed bragging rights as the nation's lowest-priced retailer, has unwittingly relinquished that title to Target (TGT) -- for a ...Read More »

NFL Live Games Go High Tech

Date: Aug 25 2012
Filed under: Media, Facebook, Entertainment How do you keep fans paying top dollar to attend live gridiron contests in an era when DIRECTV's (DTV) NFL Sunday Ticket broadcasts every single game into living rooms? Make attendance more entertaining, that's how. Speaking on ...Read More »

Investing: In the quest for income, REITs look promising

Date: Aug 24 2012
If the economy continues growing, REITs can produce a stream of above-average income. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/dyT1tVZlaLI/1 Read More »

Canadians take shopping vacations to U.S. for deals

Date: Aug 24 2012
A strong Canadian dollar and an increase in the value of duty-free goods allowed have boosted sales of milk to vacuums in border stores. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/9uJ8lNWCoEk/1 Read More »

Report: Incomes still well below pre-recession levels

Date: Aug 24 2012
Allowing for inflation, consumer incomes lost more ground after recession than during it http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/VOV5PdFmJkI/1 Read More »

Would You Be Richer If Obama Or Romney Won?

Date: Aug 24 2012
Filed under: Taxes, Personal Finance By Gregory Ferenstein How much cash would you have in your pocket if Barack Obama were elected? Two Berkeley students have created a fun web app, Politify, that you lets you find out how each candidate would ...Read More »