Sunday, June 16, 2013
San Francisco — Once on the cutting edge of consumer electronics, Sony lost its mojo years ago. But every so often, it still comes up with something that reminds you of what it was, and maybe could be …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
The 2013 Mini Cooper Paceman S All4 is a weird automobile — a small hatchback/station wagon masquerading as a sports coupe but failing in several respects where we’d want a hatchback or station wagon to succeed. As a …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Bottom line: The 2013 Mini Cooper Paceman S All4 is a fine little car for young, fit bodies more interested in speed and handling than they are in family transportation. On good roads, it runs with the best of them. Just keep it on good roads. Ride, acceleration …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Dear Liz: My husband and I have been putting 5 percent and 6 percent, respectively, into our 401(k) accounts to get our full company matches. We’re also maxing out our Roth IRAs. The CPA who does our taxes recommended that we put more money into our 401(k)s even …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Redwood City, Calif. — About 8 in 10 smartphone owners use their phones while in stores to research products and prices before making a purchase, often preferring their mobile devices over a store employee, according to new research from Google. Google executives laid out the findings from the …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Microsoft Office users with iPhones, rejoice: Word, PowerPoint and Excel are now available on your smartphone. The Redmond, Wash., software giant released Office Mobile for the Apple smartphone Friday, bringing heavy Office users a way to edit their files on the go from their device. The application can …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
New York — The investment landscape can be a scary place. This year’s stock market surge has stalled and the market is too choppy to provide any sort of reassurance. Savings accounts earn practically nothing. Bonds, a traditional haven, seem like a poor choice because interest rates are …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
New York — Disappointing reports about the U.S. economy helped push the stock market lower on Friday. Concerns that the Federal Reserve could announce plans to cut back its stimulus program next week also weighed on the mood. …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
New York — Bank of America Corp., the second- biggest U.S. lender, rewarded staff with cash bonuses and gift cards for meeting quotas tied to sending distressed homeowners into foreclosure, former employees said in court documents. Mortgage workers falsified records and were told to delay U.S. loan-assistance applications …
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Washington — Manufacturers boosted production in May for the first time in three months, signaling the worst of the industrial slump is over. Factory output climbed 0.1 percent after dropping 0.4 percent in April and 0.3 percent in March, according to Federal Reserve data issued Friday in Washington. …
By Don's Early Light
