HTC Touch Diamond to Cost Around $855 in Taiwan

The pricing of HTC's Touch Diamond handset is becoming clearer, it will cost around $855 in Taiwan.

HTC Touch Diamond to Cost Around $855 in Taiwan

The pricing of HTC's Touch Diamond handset is becoming clearer, it will cost around $855 in Taiwan.

Stocks: Poised for a Profit Pop

This week's screen finds companies where S&P analysts are forecasting stronger profit growth than the rest of Wall Street

Ferdinand of Aragon

Ferdinand and his wife, Isabella of Castille, underwrote the voyages of Christopher ... more

Rurik

Rurik was the Viking (or Varangian) leader who ventured from Jutland to found what is considered to be the first Russian monarchy. According to early chronicles, Rurik and his fellow Scandinavian ... more

Auction-Rate Securities: How to Get Unstuck

For those trapped in auction-rate securities, a few slivers of hope are emerging

Ancient Moss Shares Gene With Flowers

Biologists have discovered that a fundamental building block in the cells of flowering plants evolved independently, yet almost identically, on a separate branch of the evolutionary tree--in an ancient plant group called lycophytes that originated at least 420 million years ago.  Researchers believe that flowering plants evolved from gymnosperms, the group that includes conifers, ginkgos and related plants. This group split from lycophytes hundreds of millions of years ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111597&govDel=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item.

Vital Signs: Will Oil Spoil a Recovery?

On deck: revised GDP, consumer confidence, personal income, home prices, new home sales, and durable goods orders

Analyst Actions: NetApp, salesforce.com, Akamai

S&P Picks and Pans: Ford, NetApp, Pfizer, GameStop, Burger King

Analysts' opinions of stocks in the news Thursday

Getting to the Roots of Sunflower Cultivation

Global warming could affect one of the world's major oil seed crops, the sunflower. Drawing on genetic information from early plant stocks is key to improving future harvests.This is the view of David Lentz, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, who has been studying the origins of domesticated sunflowers since an initial sunflower discovery in Tabasco, Mexico, in 2000."It is very hard to extract genetic information ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111595&govDel=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item.

Stocks Up as Oil Pauses Record Run

Crude moved above $135 per barrel overnight, but backed off in the morning. Jobless claims dropped last week, easing recession fears

Movers: Ford, Calpine, Pfizer, Limited Brands, AnnTaylor, Blue Coat Systems

Thursday's stocks in the news

The Brothers Grimm

The German brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm spent years collecting and researching folk tales early in the 19th century. They published Children's and Household Tales in 1812, a collection ... more

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte got a late start in the movies, making his mark at age 35 in the 1976 TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man. He had a box office hit in 1982 opposite Eddie ... more

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Roku Netflix Player

Inexpensive streaming box makes it simple to access movies in your Netflix Instant Queue.