Apple market value hits $600B

Posted on 4/10/2012 @ 7:22 PM in #Health by calistsea 0 comments

Apple already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday. Only one other company has been worth $600 billion — Apple's old sparring partner Microsoft Corp. It reached that valuation for 13 trading days around the turn of the millennium, at the peak of the technology stock mania. At its highest level, on Dec. 30, 1999, Microsoft's valuation was $619 billion. It's now worth about $255 billion. General Electric Co. came just short of reaching a $600 billion valuation in August 2000. Apple shares hit $644 in morning trading, up 1.2 percent from Monday's close. At that price, the entire company was worth $600.4 billion. By midday, the shares had retreated. The stock closed at $628.44, down 1.2 percent from the day before, putting the value below $600 billion again. Apple's stock is up nearly 60 percent since the start of the year, an indication that investors are catching up to what analysts have been saying for a while: Despite its enormous

Wireless providers to disable stolen phones

Posted on 4/10/2012 @ 7:21 PM in #Fitness by calistsea 0 comments

Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless devices. The system announced Tuesday relies on a centralized database that will enable providers to recognize when a phone has been reported as stolen and prevent it from being used again. "We're sending a message to consumers that we've got your back and a message to criminals that we're cracking down," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said in announcing the new strategy with several big-city police chiefs and a wireless industry representative. Major U.S. cities have been Top Paid Surveys reporting increases in smartphone thefts as criminals steal devices to resell - sometimes overseas - as part of sophisticated black-market operations. Officials say that cellphones are now taken in 38 percent of robberies in Washington, and more than 40 percent of robberies in New York City involve

LivingSocial launches takeout and delivery service

Posted on 3/29/2012 @ 5:30 AM in #Fitness by calistsea 0 comments

Throw away all those soy sauce-stained takeout menus. Online deals site LivingSocial is unveiling an Internet food-ordering service. Hungry customers will be able to use it to order tacos, burgers or Pad Thai from participating restaurants over the Internet for pickup or delivery. Aptly called "Takeout & Delivery," the service replaces LivingSocial's instant-deals site, which offered real-time discounts with tight time constraints. LivingSocial says that service was a testing ground for its new, food-focused offering. The service is launching Thursday in 26 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. The two largest, Los Angeles and New York, are coming later, along with the rest of the markets that LivingSocial serves. LivingSocial will compete with Seamless.com and others that let people place food orders online and avoid the phone. Demand for such services has grown as people conduct more of their online casino lives online. Greg Mazanec, general manager of

Heavy fighting in Syrian capital residents

Posted on 3/19/2012 @ 9:53 AM in #Green by calistsea 0 comments

Rebels fought security forces in Damascus on Monday, in the most violent gunbattles the Syrian capital has seen since the start of the year-long uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists said. The heavy fighting shattered the night calm in the upscale al-Mezze district and came just two days after a double car bombing had killed at least 27 people in the heart of the city. "These clashes were the most violent and the closest to the security force headquarters in Damascus since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution," said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. He said 18 government troops were wounded in the fighting, which broke out just after midnight in the west of the capital, pitching army defectors against pro-Assad forces. Witnesses said the sound of heavy machinegun fire and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) had echoed through al-Mezze for two or three hours. "There is fighting near Hamada supermarket and the sound of

Mother Saves Daughter From Shark Attack in Florida

Posted on 3/19/2012 @ 9:52 AM in #Games by calistsea 0 comments

A brave mother fought off a shark that attacked her daughter as the two were surfing, the same day another surfer was attacked on the same Florida beach. The two incidents Wednesday are among a series of shark attacks in recent days, as the underwater predators have seemed to enter shallow coastal waters earlier than usual, with the warmer than usual weather this year. Valeh Levy and her 15-year-old daughter, Sydney, were paddling on their surfboards Wednesday off New Smyrna Beach Michael Kors Gold Watch when a shark suddenly pulled the teen underwater - twice. Levy pulled her daughter onto her board. "It was to me like a scene out of 'Jaws,' where the girl's getting sucked under, and I said, 'There's no way this thing is going to kill my daughter,' and I grabbed her shoulders and I pulled her up and I threw her on the nose of my board," Levy told WKMG-TV. The shark continued circling Levy and her daughter until two nearby surfers heard their screams and helped them to shore. An ambulance was

King of Tonga dies in Hong Kong

Posted on 3/19/2012 @ 9:52 AM in #Business by calistsea 0 comments

King George Tupou V of Tonga, who introduced democracy to the South Pacific archipelago after riots following his ascension in 2006, died in a Hong Kong hospital on Sunday, the Tongan government said on Monday. He was 63. Tupou V's younger brother and the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Tupouto'a Lavaka, was with him when he died while on a visit to Hong Kong. A government statement confirming his death was read on local radio. The New Zealand government, a major aid donor to Tonga, said he would be remembered for ushering in significant political change. "He believed that the monarchy was an instrument of change Kindle Fire and can truly be seen as the architect of evolving democracy in Tonga. This will be his enduring legacy," said Prime Minister John Key in a statement. Shortly after Tupou V ascended the throne in 2006, demonstrations demanding greater democracy turned into riots in which eight people died and large parts of the commercial centre of the capital, Nuku'alofa, were

Apple firestorm leads artist to change his show

Posted on 3/19/2012 @ 9:52 AM in #Entertainment by calistsea 1 comments

Mike Daisey, the off-Broadway performer who admitted that he made up parts of his one-man show about Apple products being made in Chinese sweatshops, has cut questionable sections from the monologue and added a prologue explaining the controversy. Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater, where the monologue is being performed, said Saturday that Daisey has "eliminated anything he doesn't feel he can stand behind" from the show and added a section at the beginning in which he addresses the questions raised by critics. Eustis called the prologue "the best possible frame we could give the audience for the controversy" and said Daisey agreed to make the changes himself, which are "his and his alone." "Mike Canon PowerShot Camera is a great storyteller, not a journalist. I wish he had been clearer about that distinction in the making of this piece," Eustis said after seeing Saturday's matinee performance. "If we had understood the rules Mike was using to make the show, we would have framed

Student guilty of hate crimes for spying on gay roommate

Posted on 3/17/2012 @ 4:07 AM in #Business by calistsea 0 comments

A former Rutgers University student who used a computer webcam to spy on a sexual tryst of his roommate, who later committed suicide, was found guilty of hate crimes on Friday in a case that put a national spotlight on gay bullying. Dharun Ravi, 20, faces 10 years in prison on the most serious charge of bias intimidation against Tyler Clementi, 18, who committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge three days after learning his gay encounter was seen by webcam. Ravi, who invited others to watch the feed from the camera mounted on top of his computer, was not charged with causing Clementi's death. Ravi, an Indian citizen who Adventure Games has lived most of his life in the United States, will be sentenced on May 21 and remains free on $25,000 bail after surrendering his passport. He faces possible deportation. Some legal experts said the case elevated the abuse of social media from a common prank, as Ravi's lawyer argued, to criminal behavior. "It's very important that the jury returned a

Texas baby missing for 8 years found, will go home

Posted on 3/15/2012 @ 6:00 AM in #College by calistsea 0 comments

A Texas infant who vanished eight years ago will be reunited with his mother after police arrested his former baby sitter who is accused of kidnapping him, authorities said Wednesday. Krystle Rochelle Tanner, 26, remained jailed without bond in San Augustine, about 200 miles southeast of Fort Worth. She was arrested on a kidnapping charge Monday. The boy's mother, Auboni Champion-Morin, told Houston television station KPRC that she may be reunited with her son later this week. Authorities said she must first undergo a DNA test, even though they're sure of his identity. "I want to hold him in my arms and let him know who I am," said Champion-Morin, who lives in Houston. "I hope he can feel the same thing I feel for him." Tanner, also the baby's godmother, was a suspect when the mother reported her 8-month-old son missing in late 2004. But Tanner's relatives in Houston told police that she and the infant had vanished. The case went cold and was closed in 2006, said Chief Deputy Gary Cunningham of the San

Romney allies launch ad war for Illinois primary

Posted on 3/15/2012 @ 6:00 AM in #Poetry by calistsea 0 comments

In the wild race for the Republican presidential nomination, there has been one constant: When Mitt Romney really needs to do well in a state, he and his allies pour money into ads, most of which attack his rivals. Romney's big-spending tactics battered Newt Gingrich into a fourth-place finish in Iowa, and helped Romney win key contests in New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada, Michigan and Ohio. Now, the former Massachusetts governor and his allies have invested nearly $5 million on the next big prize in the state-by-state race for the Republican nomination: Illinois, which will hold its primary on Tuesday. Most of the spending will go toward ads that attack Rick Santorum, now Romney's chief rival. Romney's campaign, which spent nearly $19 million in January, has spent almost $1 million on cable and broadcast ads mostly in the Chicago area, according to a Republican media buyer who also tracks campaign advertising. It appears Illinois' primary also could become the latest example of the dramatic impact that

Appalachia banks on natural gas, chemical plants

Posted on 3/12/2012 @ 6:19 AM in #Art by calistsea 0 comments

In George Vacheresse's lifetime, Appalachia has fallen from its prime when steel mills and coal mines anchored middle-class communities and offered hope there always would be enough work to go around. In this historically poor region nestled in the misty mountains of the eastern United States, most steel mills shut down long ago and the coal workforce has shrunk by 90 percent in the past 40 years. During the last recession, Appalachia lost all the jobs it gained from 2000 through 2008. Personal and small business income is roughly 25 percent lower than the rest of the United States and poverty is rife. Now Vacheresse and other residents are counting on cheap natural gas from the massive reserves in the Marcellus and Utica shale rock formations, which lie under a swathe of the north-eastern United States, to reinvigorate the region's economy. In the Northern Appalachia buy posters area alone, where West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania converge, billions of dollars of investment is planned by major companies,

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