Poll: TV still trumps the web for campaign newsIn this campaign season, the social networks have nothing on the news networks. A new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press finds cable news most frequently cited as a regular source of political campaign news, followed by local TV news, network news, the Internet and finally local newspapers.
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Missing: 5.4 million workersA record high 5.4 million people have gone missing from the labor force in the past three years, most so discouraged by fruitless job searches that they have given up looking, according to a study by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. Among the missing are teenagers who have stopped looking for jobs now going to college graduates and laid-off 60-year-olds who have reluctantly retired. Some are in training programs. Others have ended up homeless.
Facebook discloses details on bonusesFacebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a recent regulatory filing.
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How consumer-electronics makers are faringA look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring: Jan. 19: Microsoft Corp. says it shipped 8.2 million Xbox 360 video game consoles in the latest quarter, compared with 6.3 million a year earlier.
Developments related to Google privacy initiativeSome developments related to Google Inc.'s new privacy initiative: Jan. 24: Google announces a plan to link user data across its email, video, social-networking and other services. The company says the move will simplify its privacy policy, improve the user experience and help advertisers find customers more easily, especially on mobile devices. Critics raise privacy concerns. The plan is to ...
A look at recent tech-industry earningsHere is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:
How chips, PCs, services companies are faringA look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:
A look at cable, satellite TV earnings reportsHere is a summary of earnings reports for selected cable and satellite TV companies and what they reveal about the industry's prospects:
A look at telecom-industry subscriber reportsHere is a summary of reports for selected telecommunications companies and what they reveal about their own and the industry's prospects:
Time Warner sees growth after Harry Potter moviesTime Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative Harry Potter franchise.
UK man appeals Twitter 'joke' convictionA British man who was convicted and fined for jokingly posting a message on Twitter saying he would blow up an airport is appealing his conviction.
Sprint posts deeper 4Q loss on iPhone costsSprint dug deep into its pockets in the latest quarter to put iPhones in the hands of its customers. The perennially money-losing company on Wednesday posted its largest loss in three years.
Gamestop, Ralph Lauren, Sprint are market moversStocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
Pair sentenced for medical billing scamA woman who served as executive director of two medical offices affiliated with Partners HealthCare has been sentenced, along with her husband, to spend a year in jail after they pleaded guilty in Norfolk Superior Court to stealing nearly $500,000. The attorney general’s office said Carol and Robert Peterson, formerly of Westwood, also must perform 250 hours of community service. ...
