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Apple saw its stock market value close above $500 billion on Wednesday to become the most valuable company in the world at present.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is spending millions of dollars on consultants to streamline the agency, but SEC insiders and at least one lawmaker are questioning whether the SEC is getting its money's worth.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 13,000 at Tuesday's market close, while the S&P 500 rose above 1,370, but a bullish psychological impact could actually drag down the market in days to come.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has fired more than 1,000 workers in North America this week, according to an advocacy group for the company’s employees.

Researchers at IBM (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer services company, have passed “thresholds” since Jan. 2 whose promise could yield quantum computers “within our lifetime,” IBM’s Manager of Physics of information said.

Warren E. Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway holding company has made him one of the richest men around, said he’s pleased by new holdings in technology.

“Films are made for commerce, not art, Allen said in 2004. I know that sounds pretentious, but it's true.

Elpida Memory filed on Monday for bankruptcy protection, the largest ever by a Japanese manufacturer.

Shares of Micron Technology, the only U.S. maker of PC memory chips, soared 9 percent after the collapse of its Japanese rival, Elpida.

Five months into her tenure, is new Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman really up to the job? Chances are no and the indications she gave last week are that she may never measure up.

Anyone looking for more evidence of a strengthening U.S. economic recovery needs only to consider conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, where businesses ranging from railroads and electric utilities to furniture and candy stores are racking up record profits.

If the Best Picture Oscar was chosen by Twitter, Woody Allen would take the trophy home.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), the world’s biggest computer company, fell as much as 7 percent Thursday after the company reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations but issued a mediocre earnings forecast.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest computer company, will likely fall Thursday after the company reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations but issued a mediocre earnings forecast.

Shares of Dell, the No. 3 PC maker, fell more than 5 percent Wednesday after the company reported earnings below estimates and issued a dismal forecast.

Shares of Dell, the No. 3 PC maker, look likely to fall sharply Wednesday after the company reported earnings below estimates and issued a dismal forecast.

Dell, the No. 3, PC maker, reported fourth-quarter earnings two cents below estimates as revenue rose slightly above expectations.

Shares of Dell, the No. 3 PC supplier, have surged nearly 25 percent this year. Could investors be looking for the company to start surging in the services sector?

Developer Edward Minskoff's obsidian and silver edifice at 51 Astor Place will soon mark the latest transformation of New York's East Village.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has revealed new investments in DaVita Inc. and Liberty Media.

Apple made history Monday as shares of the world’s most valuable company exceeded $500 for the first time. They closed at a record $502.60.