http://www.EDGEnewyork.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:28 -0500 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Business/Finance/newyork http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103268 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103268 Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103266 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103266 Britain's economic recovery remains fragile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday, as he paved the way for a national election by announcing the government's budget would be published in two weeks. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103265 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103265 Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103264 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103264 The major hospital network Miami relies on for trauma care is close to insolvency and could be cut off by suppliers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103232 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103232 Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103231 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103231 Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103229 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103229 Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103228 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103228 Starbucks has found itself in the middle of an impassioned debate on gun control, as its stores became forums for demonstrations by both sides. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103178 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103178 The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103174 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103174 The European Union plans to create a European Monetary Fund to better coordinate the economies of the 16 countries that use the euro and prevent financial debacles such as the Greek debt crisis from undermining the credibility of Europe's single currency. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103172 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103172 Portugal announced new austerity measures Monday to avoid a debt crisis like the one engulfing Greece, cutting welfare benefits and government hiring as well as selling assets and raising taxes on the well-off. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103120 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103120 TiVo Inc. prevailed yet again in a long-running dispute with Dish Network Corp. over patents for digital video recorders, as a federal appeals court cleared the way Thursday for TiVo to collect hundreds of millions of dollars. TiVo shares jumped more than 50 percent. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103119 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103119 Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103113 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103113 A senior Senate Democrat said Thursday the Pentagon should consider barring Blackwater, now called Xe Services, from a new $1 billion deal to train Afghan police because of "serious questions" about the contractor's conduct. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103098 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103098 Toyota President Akio Toyoda urged thousands of his employees Friday to work toward a new start and win back customer trust following safety lapses that have battered the world's biggest carmaker. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103046 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=cars&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103046 At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under recalls for sticky gas pedals or floor mat problems, according to an Associated Press analysis. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103045 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103045 Hulu's days as a free online video site could be ending soon. Yet Hulu's most viable alternative - charging for access to some videos - could turn off viewers and crimp the site's explosive growth. Ultimately, the remedy to Hulu's current troubles could leave the site even worse off, a poor shadow of its former self. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103044 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103044 RealNetworks Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop selling technology that lets consumers copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, settling a handful of lawsuits filed against the company by Hollywood's six major movie studios. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103042 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103042 The largest voting machine company in the country bought its biggest competitor six months ago without advance fanfare. Now the Justice Department is investigating whether to unwind the merger that put a privately held Nebraska company in control of the voting machines in nearly 70 percent of the nation's precincts. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103040 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=business_finance&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103040 The Bank of England took a "wait and see" stance Thursday on the country's hesitant economic recovery, holding interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent and keeping its asset-purchase program to boost the money supply on ice. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST