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  • When you live in Los Angeles like we do, you quickly learn that the reason public transportation isn't a viable option for much of the population…

  • General Motors has been looking for ways to cut its workforce down for a long time. Now it's offering 9,000 salaried workers early retirement…

  • Scientists say they have caused one type of cell to become another — with no intermediate step using controversial stem cells — which could have…

  • With all the problems the music industry is having, artists and entrepreneurs are looking for new business models….

  • With sales of PC laptops and desktops slowing in the United States, Dell is making a push for markets in growing economies around the world with a…

  • The airlines are suffering across the board, but Virgin Atlantic is actually coming out ahead. The airline credits the "T5 Effect" for helping it…

  • The ARS Technica website has a report that Amazon may enter the college textbook market with a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device….

  • Tropicana's Casino Aztar is up on the auction block after months in limbo. The Evansville, Ind. riverboat was set to sell to Reno, Nev., hotel and…

  • Motion sensor technology is one of the keys to Nintendo Wii's success, but the world's best-selling video game console could lose its title if its…

  • Aug 21, 2008

    Bicycle roundup

    Several days ago the Associated Press reported electric bicycles are selling well….