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Jobs's appearance comes a day after dubious reports on the Apple's CEO's health.

Walt Disney hosted multiple business sessions on Thursday with Street analysts at the Disneyland complex in Anaheim, California and tackled a myriad of strategic issues facing both the company and the media sector in general, at its 2011 Investor conference.

Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama on jobs, the White House said on Friday. Otellini will join the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, created in January to focus on lifting hiring and promoting growth.

The NTIA released a map that shows broadband access across the United States. Despite growth, the digital divide is still very much in place.

Reports have surfaced that President Barack Obama is meeting with several tech executives including Apple's Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

New York City will have to lay off more than 4,000 public school teachers even though its revenue has leaped about $2 billion since forecasts made last November, a mayoral aide said on Wednesday. New York City has around 75,000 teachers but the headcount must be reduced because Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to cut state aid by $2.1 billion, the aide said.

Manu Sporny, founder and CEO of Virginia-based Digital Bazaar, became the first person in the world to release his own genetic data as an open source project.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed opening on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq futures down 0.04 percent at 1008 GMT.

New York City's bank tax collections ran 48 percent above a year-ago, one of several taxes whose encouraging performance might give Mayor Michael Bloomberg some extra cash to spend in next year's budget.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued a former CEO and two former CFOs of failed mortgage lender IndyMac Bankcorp, accusing them of securities fraud.

The governor of California Jerry Brown has ordered statewide hiring freeze in order cut government costs, just after abandoned a legal effort to reduce government workers' salaries, as part of a wider plan to cut $363 million from the state bureaucracy.

California Governor Jerry Brown ordered a hiring freeze on Tuesday across the state's government to help cut costs in the face of a budget gap of at least $25 billion. The budget deficit of the nation's most populous state is closely tracked in financial markets. California is the biggest issuer of U.S. municipal debt, and is of concern in Washington

They are the atypical destinations of America that offer distinct recreational experiences, embrace stunning architecture, boast cultural diversity and lively entertainment. These dynamic downtowns have been chosen as America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations of 2011 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

California Governor Jerry Brown issued a hiring freeze across state government in the midst of an estimated budget deficit of $25.4 billion.

The head of Fannie Mae and his firm's government overseer on Tuesday defended the use of millions of taxpayer dollars to pay legal bills for former executives accused of fraud.

CC Sabathia is among the best pitchers in baseball and firmly entrenched as the Yankees' ace, but could he be on the move after this season?

The head of Fannie Mae and his firm's government overseer on Tuesday defended the use of millions of taxpayer dollars to pay legal bills for former executives accused of fraud. Michael Williams, Fannie Mae's chief executive and Edward DeMarco, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, each told a U.S. House of Representatives panel that not paying for the legal aid would be counterproductive

John Steinbeck's masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath stands as a chronicle of the Great Depression and as a commentary on the economic and social system that gave rise to it. His themes of man's inhumanity to man, the dignity and rage of the working class, and the selfishness and greed of the moneyed class ring true today.

Billy Ray Cyrus speaks out about his daughter's destructive behavior and blames her TV show Hannah Montana.

Right from a water safari on state’s waterways to flight-seeing by a seaplane or helicopter over glaciers, here’s a list of five offerings to explore Alaska in the United States.

NEW YORK, Feb 14 - Technology communications company VoIP Inc sued Google Inc. in New York Supreme Court on Monday, accusing the Internet giant of stealing its trade secrets related to online voice technology.