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But in the end, the iPhone 4S the company unveiled today has many of the features expected, including voice Assistant, more member (16GB) and (32GB) versions, and more.

As noted earlier, if Sprint (S) snares Apple’s iPhone 5 this autumn, it could give the cell phone service provider a fighting chance versus AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). And that would bode well for Sprint's stock.

Some tech experts and observers still seem torn over whether Apple will unveil an iPhone 5G, an iPhone 4S, or both today at its Let's talk iPhone event at company headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

A battered pickup truck pulling up to Huaying Trading's back street office in Goma is about all that remains of Congo's once-bustling resources business as an impending U.S. crackdown on so-called conflict minerals scares most buyers away.

Look out Republican presidential nomination race frontrunner Rick Perry. Here comes Herman Cain, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO. Cain is gaining momentum, and starting to make a run after his Florida straw poll victory.

When Bank of America announced last week that it would begin charging a $5 monthly fee to customers using their debit cards at retail locations, it understandably caused a fair amount of complaining from consumers, a fact that was noted across the board by various media sources Friday. But it also inspired a wave of anger against banks in general.

If Herman Cain wins next November, he would be the first president in United States history to take office with no political or military experience whatsoever.

After posting an $8.5 billion loss last fiscal year, the postal service is on a pace to go $10 billion in the hole in fiscal 2012.

Will microprocessor giant Intel (INTC) benefit from a ripple-effect from the iPhone 5 Wave? Most likely that will be the cases, as millions of new customers in October consider the iPhone 5 and other technology products/gadgets -- and that's good news for Intel's operation.

Nouriel Dr. Doom Roubini, the NYU professor who four years ago accurately predicted the global financial crisis, says tough medicine is needed to end it: another round of massive fiscal stimulus or universal debt restructuring.

Between 2006 and 2010, mail volume in the U.S. dropped by 20 percent, from 213 billion pieces to 170 billion. Over that span, the USPS lost $20 billion.

Although the global economy is struggling to avert a recession, we also know that central banks are working very hard to provide sufficient liquidity to ensure a smooth ride through year-end.

Central banks' gold buying is lifting the price of the precious metal in a trend that analysts expect to continue even if widespread predictions of a price rise to $2,000 by year-end comes true.

BlackBerry PlayBook feels the heat of tablet competition.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain believes he can win the support of many Southern black voters. Don't believe for a minute that he can't.

During an interview that aired on CNN's The Situation Room Wednesday night, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain made the suggestion that members of the African American community, might, maybe, have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view.

Missouri Republicans have backed down from their threats to hold their presidential primary in February, electing to hold a caucus on March 17 instead -- but in other states, the mad rush for early primaries continues, to the detriment of voters.

Research in Motion is denying a report that the company is abandoning its BlackBerry PlayBook and getting out of the tablet market.

In recent weeks, two separate clauses have been proposed as additions to the Americans with Disabilities Act - obesity and ugliness. Do these attributes merit government assistance?

Will the possible release of the iPhone 5 to Sprint (S) in October spark a renaissance in the wireless sector, including for longstanding iPhone carrier, steady-as-she-goes Verizon (VZ)?

Analysts who say the just unveiled Amazon Kindle Fire tablet doesn't have the muscle to become an iPad killer are too busy trying to compare the differences between the apple (iPad) and the orange (Fire).

When Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm, takes on the euro crisis and Greece, you know it's going to offer a fresh perspective.

Shares of online retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) jumped on Wednesday after the company unveiled its new, cheaply priced Tablet computer called Kindle Fire as a potential challenger to Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) celebrated iPad. But is it really a case of apples and oranges?

The Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night helped conclude the wildest, wackiest, and, ultimately, greatest month of the regular season in baseball history.

Poor women are more than twice as likely to have an unplanned pregnancy than their higher income counterparts, a trend that could contribute to the growing social divide in the U.S.

Bill Buckner is Back!

The speculated release of the iPhone 5 smartphone by Apple (AAPL) will likely juice the shares of AT&T's (T) by attracting hundreds of thousands of younger adult subscribers to AT&T's stable. Those extra subscribers should also help T improve its network quicker -- something the company needs to do.

On Monday gold concluded its biggest three-day plunge in nearly 30 years, and prices struggled Wednesday under the weight of three factors -- the absence of which would sharply boost the chance of the yellow metal to resume its climb toward $2,000 per troy ounce.

Amazon is red hot. The company's stock is surging on the same day Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled its first tablet -- the Kindle Fire -- at an event in New York.