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Cost cuts help Mattel profit top Wall Street view

Toy maker Mattel Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as cost cuts offset a decline in sales and the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar, sending its shares up more than 3 percent.

Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits

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The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.
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Google quarterly results fail to excite

Google Inc's quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations, but the weak economy and slump in advertising spending took a toll on revenue growth and the price of its search ads.
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Yingli opening offices in New York, California

Chinese solar panel maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd said on Wednesday it is opening two U.S. regional headquarters in New York and San Francisco, marking the company's latest bid to expand its business in North America.
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Talks fail to break California budget impasse

Jim ChristieCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers failed on Wednesday night to agree to balance the state's budget by closing a $26.3 billion deficit, but officials said talks would continue.
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Doctors probed by state in Michael Jackson's death

California's attorney general said on Wednesday his office has run several doctors' names and several potential aliases through its prescription drug database to aid police investigating the death of Michael Jackson.
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Asian stocks surge to 1-month high

Asian shares jumped on Thursday, buoyed by strong U.S. earnings and increasing global recovery hopes after China's economy grew faster than forecast in the second quarter.
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Four N. American geothermal companies plan tie-up

Taking advantage of investor appetite for renewable energy projects, four geothermal firms said on Wednesday they plan to combine forces to form a single, larger company that will be able to raise funds more easily to develop green power projects.
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California governor says hopeful budget deal near

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Wednesday he was hopeful a deal with lawmakers to resolve the state's budget crisis by closing a $26.3 billion shortfall was near, perhaps even by the end of the day.
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Dozens of doctors probed in Michael Jackson's death

California's attorney general said on Wednesday his office has run dozens of doctors' names, some of them thought to be aliases, through its prescription drug database to aid police investigating the death of Michael Jackson.
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Credit card defaults up less than expected

Two of the biggest U.S. credit card companies, Capital One Financial Corp and Discover Financial Services , reported lower-than-expected defaults and delinquencies in June, sending their shares sharply higher.
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Midday minute July 15 – Finance

The U.S.'s largest pension fund, California Public Employees' Retirement System, has filed against Moody's, Standard & Poors and Fitch claiming that they are responsible for over $1 billion of losses caused by their wildly inaccurate risk assessments.
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Calpers sues over ratings of securities: report

Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, has filed a suit in a California state court in connection with $1 billion in losses that it says were caused by inaccurate credit ratings from the three leading ratings agencies, The New York Times reported.
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EBay Live! now dead

EBay Inc is pulling the plug on its annual eBay Live! event, eschewing the large networking affair for a series of more intimate gatherings to connect sellers.
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Sun earnings to miss forecasts; Oracle unfazed

Sun Microsystems Inc warned that quarterly results will sharply miss Wall Street projections, but the news did not appear to faze Oracle Corp , which is buying the company for $7 billion.
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Apple App Store hits 1.5 bln downloads

Apple Inc on Tuesday said its application download hit 1.5 billion in its first year, setting another milestone for the store which has 65,000 apps and 100,000 developers.
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Daily Outlook - July 14 - Energy

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrive to China to stay through July 17 to highlight the potential for mutually beneficial relationships in the clean energy sector.
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New flu resembles feared 1918 virus

The new H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, with a greater ability to infect the lungs than common seasonal flu viruses, researchers reported on Monday.
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Electric cars could dominate U.S. roads in 2030

Electric car sales could jump to 86 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales in 2030 if consumers don't have to buy batteries themselves, according to a University of California, Berkeley study to be released on Monday.
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Abu Dhabi investor eyes energy alternatives

Speedy electric cars will soon compete with gas-guzzling SUVs on Abu Dhabi streets as the oil-exporting emirate buys into alternative energy, including, on Monday, a stake in electric-car start-up Tesla Motors Inc.

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