Financial news from the AP 4-21-11
Japan seals off no-go zone around nuclear plant
Japan sealed off a wide area around a radiation-spewing nuclear
power plant on Friday to prevent tens of thousands of residents from sneaking
back to the homes they quickly evacuated, some with little more than a credit
card and the clothes on their backs.
Japan draws up budget for post-tsunami rebuilding
Japan drew up an extra budget worth over $50 billion on Friday
to help finance post-tsunami reconstruction efforts. The Cabinet of Prime
Minister Naoto Kan approved the budget totaling 4.02 trillion yen , the finance
ministry said.
Netflix CEO's 2010 pay doubles while stock triples
Netflix Inc. doubled the value of CEO Reed Hastings'
compensation last year, rewarding him for a performance that saw the home video
subscription service's stock price more than triple.
Apple slammed over iPhone, iPad location tracking
Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about
why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users -- records
that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to
disgorge.
Amazon failure takes down sites across Internet
Major websites including Foursquare and Reddit crashed or
suffered slowdowns Thursday after technical problems rattled Amazon.com's
widely used Web servers, frustrating millions of people who couldn't access
their favorite sites.
Obama says new task force will examine gas prices
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department
will try to "root out" cases of fraud or manipulation in oil markets,
even as Attorney General Eric Holder suggested a variety of legal reasons may
be behind gasoline's surge to $4 a gallon.
Synaptics 3Q tops forecasts; touch pad sales weak
Synaptics Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter net income
rose 16 percent helped by strong demand for its touch-screen technology on
mobile phones. Touch pad sales were lower than expected because of softness in
notebook computer demand, and the company generated its first revenues from
tablet computers.
Big debts and custody fight: Why MLB took Dodgers
As he read each report coming from Los Angeles, baseball
Commissioner Bud Selig grew more and more concerned. Dodgers owner Frank
McCourt and his wife, Jamie -- the team's former chief executive officer --
were trading bitter accusations during a three-week divorce trial that centered
on which of them owned the franchise of Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax and Tommy
Lasorda.
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BP to inject $1 billion into Gulf restoration |
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IGT posts jump in 2Q earnings; ups annual outlook |
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Chubb's 1Q profit rises 10 percent |
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Prominent winemaker, horse owner Jess Jackson dies |
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Lawmakers agree on gambling tax for ND charities |