Stocks: The Kings of Cash

S&P tracks down the blue chip names with the biggest cash stockpiles—and the top ratings from its equity analysts

Google Beats the Bears

Despite analyst nay-saying and fewer paid ad clicks leading up to its first-quarter earnings announcement, the search giant reports solid growth

Mint's Fresh Take on Personal Finance

Gen Y is flocking to a free site for managing bank and credit accounts and household budgets. Mint.com aims for 1 million users by yearend

Opening Up The Wii

The WiiWare Channel will feature games created by independent developers. It's win-win for both Nintendo and game designers

A Downshift for Harley-Davidson

The motorcycle maker will cut production and lay off workers as it deal with slowing U.S. sales

Canon PowerShot A470

This bargain-priced, no-frills camera offers very good image quality.

Canon PowerShot A470

This bargain-priced, no-frills camera offers very good image quality.

Vital Signs: Financials Drag Down Profits

On deck: A bevy of first-quarter earnings reports, March new and existing homes sales and durable goods orders, and April consumer sentiment

Still Images and Video Available: Lakes of Meltwater Can Crack Greenland's Ice and Contribute to Faster Ice-Sheet Flow

In findings embargoed for release on April 17, National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers investigate the role of surface meltwater on the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet and outlet glaciers.The research was conducted by glaciologists Sarah Das, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Ian Joughin, University of Washington and published in a pair of companion papers in the online journal Science Express this week.NSF is making available to the news media b-roll ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111438&govDel=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item.

Merrill Lynch: As Bad as It Gets?

Shares of the beleaguered Wall Street giant rallied despite a weak profit report. Investors seem to be hoping the firm has finally hit bottom

Analyst Actions: IBM, Omniture, Polycom

It's Spring. Ready to Buy a Home Yet?

Spring has always been busy for real estate. Even though buyers and sellers remain cautious, now could be a good time to make a move

S&P Picks and Pans: Merrill Lynch, Nokia, eBay, IBM, Altera, Watts Water

Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Thursday

W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden was a young, sensational English poet of the 1930s who became an elder statesman of Anglo-American literature by the time he died in 1973. He ... more

Stocks Move Lower

Indexes shed some of their gains from Wednesday's rally as a rise in initial jobless claims dampened sentiment

Movers: IBM, Merrill Lynch, eBay, Pfizer

Stocks in the news on Thursday

Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff is best known as the author of This Boy's Life (1989), a funny-sad memoir of growing up with an itinerant mother and abusive step-father. Born in Alabama, Wolff grew up mostly in ... more

More Shocks for Stocks?

Following GE's big earnings miss, analysts think jittery investors will keep pulling the trigger when disappointed, given recession worries

Judd Apatow

Windows vs. Linux--Plus, a Microsoft Wii?

Readers debate the relative virtues of Windows and Linux OSes, consider a possible Wii-like game controller from Microsoft.