The plan would invest federal money in small banks and give them incentives to re-lend that money to Main Street companies

Hitachi Ltd., Japan’s No. 3 company by sales, had a third straight quarter of profit as economic growth in China and the U.S. and fueled demand for products including auto parts and hydraulic excavators.

The world's biggest social network may not sell public shares until 2012 to give management more time to boost sales and lure users

Alcatel-Lucent SA, France’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, confirmed full-year margin targets after posting an operating profit in the second quarter.

Hitachi Ltd., Japan’s No.3 company by sales, posted a third consecutive quarterly profit as China’s economic growth and the recovery in the U.S. fueled demand for products ranging from auto components to hydraulic excavators.

The five-minute halt in Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday highlighted a flaw in how NYSE Amex executes orders it can’t fill on its book at the best price.

Meet Caterina Fake, the creative spark behind Hunch. Her big idea? Develop a web service that knows what you want before you even want it.

Penguin publishes the first paperback books of substance, bringing the likes of Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois and Agatha Christie to the masses. The business model of the book-publishing industry is about to change.

What will in-flight entertainment be like in the year 2023? There isn't any.

Wired magazine's Found page represents our best guess at what lies over the horizon, from touchscreen windshields to organ farming. Help create our next Found page: Show us what taco trucks will look like in 10, 20 or 100 years?

Clive Thompson waxes philosophical on how text messaging is threatening -- and preserving -- the telephone conversation.

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said tablet computers are high on his priority list as Apple Inc. takes the lead in a market his company has tried to foster for more than a decade.

Being able to legally jailbreak your iPhone is cool and all, but think where this type of legal reasoning could take us.

An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army official with direct knowledge of the incident.

San Franciscans gets a peek at what's involved in building a new bridge when builders place the first segment of a tower that will soon hold up a brand-new span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Wired.com shoots photos of the new bridge on a recent tour of the massive construction project.

Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would cut taxes and ease credit for small businesses, saying they objected that Democrats refused to consider their amendments to extend tax breaks and cap federal spending.

Google Inc. said some of its services, including Web search and advertising, are being fully blocked in China.

After rave reviews by tech blogs, the iPad app maker had big traffic its first week—and big headaches