Among the business stories for Saturday AMs from the Associated Press. MARKETS and the ECONOMY: BC-Wall Street. NEW YORK -- Wall Street extends its 2006 rally into a fourth session as investors cast aside a mixed jobs report showing a slowdown in monthly hiring by the nation's employers. BC-Economy. WASHINGTON -- Job growth slowed to 108,000 in December following a revised increase of 305,000 in November, and the unemployment rate dipped a tenth of a point to...
BEIJING -"Excuse me for my frankness," said Andy Wei, pouring a cup of tea, "but Americans . . . don't know China."If Americans did, he said, they would have a better picture of their own country's future as well. Wei heads the Beijing operations for Goodrich, which builds and sells aircraft products in China. Looking over China's capital city from his high-rise World Trade Center office, Wei said China...
Newsday food writer Erica Marcus is on a three-week trip to China, exploring the country's cuisine in major cities and small villages. Her daily blog chronicles her meals, from fancy restaurants to noodle shacks. Come along with her on this eating adventure. To read Erica Marcus' China travel blog, log on to www.newsday.com/travel. Photo - Erica Marcus...
Newsday food writer Erica Marcus is on a three-week trip to China, exploring the country's cuisine in major cities and small villages. Her daily blog will chronicle her meals from fancy restaurants to noodle shacks. Come along with her on this eating adventure. To read Erica Marcus' China travel blog, log on to www.newsday.com/travel. Photo - Erica Marcus...
All the major tech companies -- including Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google -- have been investing millions of dollars in VoIP, an acronym for Voice over Internet Protocol, which is a fancy term for making phone calls over the Internet.But a new survey from market researchers Harris Interactive suggests the average consumer doesn't know his VoIP from his elbow. The poll, commissioned by Verizon, found that out of 1,006 American adults, 20 percent believed VoIP was a hybrid...