Is Wal-Mart Stock Peaking?

After years of disappointing investors, shares of the discount chain have jumped to a four-year high. But are they now too pricey?

'Get Smart' Phones You Can Actually Get

Once a joke, belt phones, pen phones, and wristwatch phones are now a reality.

'Get Smart' Phones You Can Actually Get

Once a joke, belt phones, pen phones, and wristwatch phones are now a reality.

Laptop Buying Tips, Part 1

Before buying a new laptop, it pays to consider who, which, when, where, how much, and how.

Laptop Buying Tips, Part 1

Before buying a new laptop, it pays to consider who, which, when, where, how much, and how.

Should You Bet the Farm on Ag Stocks?

As food prices soar, shares of many agricultural outfits have gotten pricey, too. For now, best bets may be fertilizer and seed producers

How to Buy a Digital Camera

Digital photography keeps getting better, with higher resolution, more sophisticated controls, and better technology. From resolution to storage and from exposure control to white balance, we'll explain the digital camera terms you need to know.

Stocks Move Lower

Morgan Stanley and FedEx posted disappointing profit reports, while Northwest Airlines slashed additional capacity

New DLP Home Theater Projectors Use LEDs

Texas Instruments unveils a DLP chipset that frees projectors from the costs of a lamp and typical maintenance.

New DLP Home Theater Projectors Use LEDs

Texas Instruments unveils a DLP chipset that frees projectors from the costs of a lamp and typical maintenance.

Newly Born Twin Stars Are Far From Identical

Two stars, each with the same mass and in orbit around each other, are twins that one would expect to be identical. So astronomers were surprised when they discovered that twin stars in the Orion Nebula, a well-known stellar nursery 1,500 light years away, were not identical at all. In fact, these stars exhibited significant differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even size.The study, which is published in the June 19 issue of the journal Nature, suggests ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111724&govDel=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item.

The Fox Sisters

The Fox Sisters are considered to be the founders of the Modern Spiritualist movement. Leah, Margaretta and Kate Fox were three sisters from 19th-century New York who claimed to communicate with the ... more

Analyst Actions: CarMax, Panera Bread

Movers: UAL, Fifth Third Bancorp, FedEx, Morgan Stanley, CarMax

Wednesday's stocks in the news

S&P Picks and Pans: FedEx, Fifth Third Bancorp, Morgan Stanley, Northwest Airlines, General Mills

Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Wednesday

Edmond Charles Genét

Edmond Charles Genét was a French diplomat whose actions in 1793 conflicted with George Washington's foreign policy and created friction between political ... more

Ed McMahon

For nearly 30 years McMahon played sidekick to Johnny Carson on the late-night hit The Tonight Show. Their edition of the show ran from 1962 to 1992, making ... more

Image gallery: Revitalizing an old notebook on the cheap

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop.

Image gallery: Revitalizing an old notebook on the cheap

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop.

Image gallery: Revitalizing an old notebook on the cheap

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop.