PAR Technology reports 3Q loss, blaming trouble in hospitality industry linked to recession

PAR reports loss as restaurant industry scrimps

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Corning 3Q profit falls but still beats Wall Street forecast as TV glass demand grows

Corning 3Q profit off, but TV glass demand grows

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Stocks higher in early trading after Microsoft results, investors await home sales data

Stocks higher in opening moments of trading

Stocks are higher in the opening moments of trading as investors rallied on Microsoft's latest earnings report.

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Signs of online advertising revival popping up as marketing in other media remains in funk

Internet advertising appears to begin its comeback

SAN FRANCISCO — After bogging down in the recession, Internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine.

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Google cranks up moneymaking machine to boost 3Q profit 27 pct, foresees more prosperity

Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again — and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.

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Google’s third-quarter profit soars to record level as revenue growth accelerates

Google's growth accelerates as 3Q profit rises

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded its biggest profit yet.

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DJ comeback: Stock market’s best-known barometer passes 10,000 for 1st time in a year

DJ industrials pass 10,000 for 1st time in a year

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year.

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As 3rd-quarter earnings start flowing in, investors want higher sales as well as profits

Investors to companies: show us higher sales

NEW YORK — It has been clear for some time that business is getting better. The coming week will give investors an idea of how much.

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Indian outsourcing company Infosys quarterly profit falls 0.9 pct but outlook improves

Infosys profit falls 0.9 pct but outlook improves

MUMBAI, India — Infosys Technologies Ltd. reported a slight decrease in quarterly profit Friday but raised its revenue and earnings forecasts — a signal the worst may be over for India's software services industry after being hard hit by the global downturn.

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Energy breakthroughs could be the next big thing, but how many jobs can they generate?

Where's the next boom? Maybe in 'cleantech'

SAN FRANCISCO — Our economy sure could use the Next Big Thing. Something on the scale of railroads, automobiles or the Internet — the kind of breakthrough that emerges every so often and builds industries, generates jobs and mints fortunes.

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