Business

Hulu's Future Depends On Which Company Buys It

5:06am May 27, 2013

by Dan Bobkoff

Multiple companies — from Time Warner Cable to Yahoo — are said to be interested in acquiring Hulu. The site streams TV shows and movies online. Some shows on Hulu are free, but paid subscribers get access to more programming.

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National

Post Sandy: Jersey Shore Celebrates Memorial Day Holiday

4:47am May 27, 2013

by Tracey Samuelson

As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has repeatedly promised, most of the beaches and boardwalks are open for tourists. But that's not to say that all is back to normal. Many towns and homeowners are still in the throws of rebuilding, and some are just beginning the demolition phase.

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Politics & Government

IRS Official's Silence Riles House Committee Members

12:54pm May 24, 2013

by Peter Overby

On Wednesday, Lois Lerner, the IRS official overseeing the tax-exempt organizations office, refused to testify during a hearing on Capitol Hill, and was attacked by some Republicans on the House committee. Her brief appearance was the beginning of a five-hour session marked by angry outbursts and allegations of political motives.

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Economy

When Will Fed Officials Ease Off The Accelerator?

12:54pm May 24, 2013

by John Ydstie

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the central bank is not ready to scale back on economic stimulus. But he suggested the Fed may start to pare back bond purchases if the economy picks up momentum. Stocks fell following Bernanke's remarks.

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9-Year-Old Girl Chastises McDonald's CEO

9:48am May 24, 2013

At the McDonald's annual shareholders meeting in Chicago Thursday, Hannah Robertson told CEO Don Thompson, "It would be nice if you stopped trying to trick kids into wanting to eat your food all the time." Hannah and her mother were part of a contingent from a watchdog group.

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Nay Aung is the founder of Oway, a tech startup in Yangon, Myanmar. He used Taste Cafe as his unofficial office when he started his company — in part because it was one of the few places in Myanmar with a stable Internet connection.

World News

Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?

9:29am May 24, 2013

by Robert Smith

A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day.

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An employee handles marijuana at Perennial Holistic Wellness Center, a medical marijuana dispensary, in Los Angeles.

Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer

6:40pm May 22, 2013

by Marianne McCune

A San Francisco dealer quadrupled his income by moving to New York after California legalized medical marijuana.

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Google and NASA are betting that quantum forces are at work inside D-Wave's 512-bit chip.

Quantum Or Not, New Supercomputer Is Certainly Something Else

11:33am May 22, 2013

by Geoff Brumfiel

NASA and Google have come together to buy a new kind of computer that the manufacturer says runs on the strange laws of quantum mechanics. But some physicists counter that the machine, known as the D-Wave Two, has never demonstrated a phenomenon known as "quantum entanglement."

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World News

Why Apple (And Lots Of Other Companies) Wound Up In Ireland

9:35am May 22, 2013

by Zoe Chace

It goes back to a single page in a report written decades ago by U.S. consultants, and funded by the U.S. State Department.

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Court Rules Vacation Rental Site Illegal In New York

9:29am May 22, 2013

by Ilya Marritz

In New York, a judge has dealt a setback to Airbnb, the popular website for short term apartment rentals. The judge ruled an Airbnb user violated a New York City law when he rented a room to a visitor from out of town. The judge's decision casts doubt on New Yorkers' ability to make use of the site legally.

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