The women in David Carroll's life are big talkers, and that takes a toll on his cell-phone battery. "My wife likes to call me, and she does take her time when she tells her stories," he says. "You can watch the power...

Is it pronounced mon-dah-LAY? Mon-dah-LEZZ? Oh, it's mohn-dah-LEEZ. That, according to corporate naming expert Nina Beckhardt, is the first problem with Mondelez, the name Kraft Foods Inc. plans to give its global...

BANKING Surprise pick for World Bank Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim was nominated Friday to head the World Bank, making him the first physician and Asian American to lead the $57 billion lender that's seeking...

Fighting traffic in the Bay Area can be notoriously frustrating. But surprise, surprise - there's an app for that. Waze, a free mobile app, helps drivers by providing turn-by-turn directions based on traffic conditions...

Bats Global Markets Inc., the 6-year-old equity exchange, canceled its initial public offering Friday, stunning Wall Street, after errors on its computer systems derailed trading in the stock and forced a halt in Apple...

OpenDNS, an Internet security and DNS services company in San Francisco, hired Dan Hubbard as chief technology officer. He previously held the same title at Websense, where he conceived and built Websense Security Labs....

Facebook warned Friday that it would take legal action against companies that ask job applicants for passwords to the social network, saying such a request violates its terms of service. Facebook Chief Privacy Officer...

The news keeps getting better for dividend investors. But can it last? The latest sign of a dividend renaissance is Apple's decision to begin sharing some of its profits with shareholders for the first time in nearly...

By now, many people will have made up their minds about the new iPad. Either the promise of a high-end display and access to next-generation wireless networks have persuaded them to fork over their money, or they haven'...

In technology, there's a fine line between innovation and eccentricity. Sony's new Tablet P boldly approaches the line, and then stomps all over it. Overpriced and under-thought, the Tablet P - which runs the Honeycomb...

Amazon.com executive Tim Collins shows off shelves of Buzz Lightyear dolls and boxes of Blow Pops as he describes how the world's largest online retailer fulfills orders. Carrying handsets that use algorithms to help,...

Harp 2 got into full swing last week after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac updated their automated underwriting systems to handle the government's new refinance program for underwater borrowers. As a result, more lenders are...

You may not have realized it, but the current run-up in oil and gasoline prices is actually a right-wing plot to oust President Obama . Big oil companies and/or Wall Street speculators have inflated prices to foment...

Here's a simple solution to the controversy over working conditions in the foreign factories cranking out our gadgets: fair-trade electronics. Give consumers alternatives they can feel good about buying - devices...

The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of...

To drivers, the high price of gasoline is a scourge. To the electric car industry, it could be a game-changer. Nissan's electric Leaf and the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid both hit dealer showrooms in late 2010, riding a...

The rich Utica shale that runs beneath eastern Ohio holds vast quantities of natural gas, gas liquids and crude oil. The help-wanted sign is out in Canton, Ohio, for Chesapeake Energy. The company that has led the...

(03-23) 19:36 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- A discarded chunk of a Russian rocket is forcing six space station astronauts to seek shelter in escape capsules early Saturday. NASA spokesman Rob Navias (NAVE-e-us) says the space...

(03-23) 18:54 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Tim Stapleton scored 2:37 into overtime, and the Winnipeg Jets rallied from three goals down and kept themselves in the playoff hunt with a 4-3 victory over the rope-a-dope...

(03-23) 17:39 PDT Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- A New Jersey company that manages prescription benefits has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle an investigation stemming from an influence-peddling case involving...