The device was designed and developed by Prof. Haeseong J. Jee and Hye Yeon You.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.3 to 0.5 percent.
Stock markets rose for a third day on Thursday and the euro steadied, helped by signs that euro zone leaders are committed to keeping Greece afloat for now.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday the world had entered a new economic danger zone and Europe, Japan and the United States all needed to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down the global economy.
Switzerland's UBS said on Thursday it had discovered unauthorized trading by a trader in its investment bank had caused a loss of some $2 billion.
European stock index futures rose on Thursday, following a bounce in Asia, on signs that European policymakers are taking tentative steps to tackle a crippling debt crisis, but the euro slipped amid skepticism that a Greek default can be avoided.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday the world had entered a new economic danger zone and Europe, Japan and the United States all needed to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down the global economy.
Asian stocks bounced on Thursday after tentative steps by euro zone policymakers to tackle a crippling debt crisis, but investors remained wary that obstacles the bloc's leaders face could weigh on the euro and Asian currencies in the medium term.
A rising tide of investor agitation over Microsoft Corp's static share price and bulging cash hoard made no mark at the software company's annual meeting with Wall Street analysts and fund managers on Wednesday.
Katinka Domotorffy, the head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's quantitative investment strategies group, will leave the bank at the end of the year, according to an internal memo, as one of its biggest hedge funds continues to suffer from weak performance.
Tang Jianhui is a patient bank customer, though he won't stick it out if he has to wait more than an hour, as he sometimes does.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday the world had entered a new economic danger zone and Europe, Japan and the United States all needed to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down the global economy.
An SAP AG subsidiary pleaded guilty to 12 criminal counts and will pay a $20 million fine for unauthorized downloads from software rival Oracle Corp.
The stubbornly bad jobs and housing markets in the United States coupled with Europe's debt crisis have created fear that the advertising market could be headed for a major pullback next year.
U.S. broadband start-up LightSquared said it had debunked criticism that high-precision global positioning system devices cannot coexist alongside its planned cellular network.
United Parcel Service is launching a new service in time for the peak holiday shipping season that gives residential consumers -- a growing portion of its business -- more control over when and how their packages are delivered.
Yahoo Inc shareholder Daniel Loeb appealed to the company's co-founder Jerry Yang to fire Chairman Roy Bostock and several other directors to revive the Internet media company after years of poor performance.
The iPhone 5 could be on the way to Sprint (T) this autumn, and if that is the case, that will likely mean good things for other sector players, including existing iPhone provider AT&T (T).
Facebook will delay its initial public offering until the end of next year so employees can focus on developing products for the No. 1 social networking website, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
A global finance industry group on Wednesday urged regulators to withdraw plans for a capital surcharge on the world's largest banks, saying it would put economic recovery at risk.
A bankruptcy judge has denied Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's attempt to recover from Barclays Plc $500 million it alleges was supposed to go toward employee bonuses.
Growth in U.S. retail sales stalled in August after a spending battle in Congress crushed consumer sentiment, leaving the economy perched uncomfortably close to recession.
Stocks were set for a higher open on Wednesday after the head of the European Commission said it will present options for joint euro zone bonds, a tool that investors view as a step forward to addressing the region's debt crisis.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday urged European leaders to act more forcefully to solve Europe's escalating debt crisis and said they have the financial and economic capacity to do so.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday the global financial crisis, which has experienced two stages, is not likely to see a third -- as least not one emanating from Europe's banking sector.
Three years after its collapse, Lehman Brothers is still stuck in bankruptcy court -- but three years is not as long as it sounds, says the failed investment bank's lead bankruptcy lawyer.
The EU's most senior finance officials will warn ministers this week about the threat of a renewed credit crunch as a systemic crisis in sovereign debt spills over to banks, according to EU documents.
Former Kleiner Perkins partner Eric Feng says there's room for one more social network-- built around experiences, not people.
Stocks rose 2 percent on Wednesday amid optimism over talks to contain the euro zone debt crisis.
Gold prices settled moderately lower Wednesday after a string of European developments during the trading session boosted investor hope that the continent's sovereign debt crisis is finally getting the attention it requires.
