Chinese automakers are finally making their move on the U.S. auto scene. Geely Automotive in March finalized a deal to buy Swedish automaker Volvo from Ford. And BYD, the fastest growing Chinese automaker, has opened an office in Los Angeles and hopes to deliver its first vehicles to California consumers by the end of 2010....
Russian cybercriminal forums offer batches of 1,000 Twitter accounts for less than $200.
By David Talbot
Hacked Twitter accounts are selling briskly on Russian cybercriminal forums, with fraud artists and spammers paying between $100 and $200 for batches of 1,000 accounts, depending on number of followers the...
TORONTO—Canada's banks drew on the country's strong economic performance to post another quarter of good results. They also said they had minimal exposure to European nations and financial institutions.
Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest bank by assets, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the fifth...
The speed sets the stage for other hypersonic applications, including commercial transportation and access to space.
THE GIST
A scramjet engine accelerated a B-52 to six times the speed of sound.
Officials equate the leap in engine technology to that of propeller-driven aircraft to jet engines.
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer – 52 mins ago
NEW YORK – The scenario was unique, as far as doctors could tell: A man had gotten a transplanted kidney from a woman who had uterine cancer and didn't know it.
Vincent Liew decided to keep the kidney after his transplant surgeon concluded there...
