Employers, workers navigate social-media pitfalls If you've ever wondered what a social-media presence is worth in an increasingly digitized business world, just ask Noah Kravitz's former employers.
How Apple cuts costs in building its gadgets On the backs of iPods, iPhones and iPads, and on the bottom of Mac laptops, an inscription reads: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China."
Inside story of Foxconn shrouded in secrecy We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages.
Apple plant workers complain of conditions Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product.
Q&A: Apple's China supplier in the spotlight Earlier this month Apple released its annual supplier responsibility report which detailed alleged workplace health and safety protocol violations by its suppliers.
What will the Facebook millionaires do? Whenever a hugely popular and successful company goes public, many people wonder what will happen to all the newly created millionaires. What will they do now that they are financially "set for life"? Will there be "1,000 millionaires"? Will they suffer "sudden wealth syndrome"?
How not to annoy people via e-mail E-mail can be a lovely way to connect, an easy and instant medium for getting back or keeping in touch, a canvas for hellos and sorrys and XOXOs.
Calif. same-sex marriage ban rejected The 2-1 decision is expected to be appealed, possibly to the U.S. Supreme Court, and no same-sex marriages will be granted as that process continues.
Opinion: Teaching moment on Komen Samantha King says now that we all realize that foundations, like Komen for the Cure, trade in influence and politics, can we direct new attention to finding directing that towards real progress fighting breast cancer?
Payroll tax cut extension stalls again Deja vu, round two, a bad sequel or simply "here we go again" are some ways to describe the latest fight over extending the payroll tax cut. But even facing an end-of-month deadline before the 2% tax holiday expires, lawmakers appear no closer to a deal.
New feud over Falklands heats up Amid escalating tensions over the Falkland Islands, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner accused Great Britain of militarizing the South Atlantic and said Tuesday her country would file a protest at the United Nations.
Opinion: Ball is in Iran's court There is nothing new about the tension between the United States and Iran. Relations have swung from crisis to crisis ever since the fall of the Shah in 1979. But recently, this tension is turning into outright confrontation and the threat of war.
Popular islands in chaos after mutiny President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned Tuesday after members of the nation's police force revolted against his government.
Don Cornelius death ruled a suicide The death of Don Cornelius, the founder of the "Soul Train" television show, has been ruled a suicide, officials said Tuesday.
School board fires second L.A. teacher The Los Angeles Unified School District board on Tuesday fired Miramonte Elementary School teacher Martin Bernard Springer just hours after he was formally charged with three felony counts of lewd acts upon a girl under age 14, a school spokesman said.
Powell boys hit with hatchet before fire Two boys killed with their father in an apparent murder-suicide suffered hatchet wounds before a fire in their Washington state home, police say.
