Republican Questions Broadband Money Distribution

Rep. Cliff Stearns complains that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration is awarding broadband funding from the Stimulus Act to areas with existing broadband infrastructure

Schwab Says Advisers Steering Cash Back Into Market

A year and a half after the depths of the financial crisis, independent financial advisers are slowly shifting client assets out of cash and back into the market, brokerage giant Charles Schwab Corp said this week.

Rejecting the Early Bird Special: Older Workers Dis Retirement

The economy, health care and Social Security are all factors at play in older workers’ decisions to keep working.

Apple CEO Jobs Saving Giant Money Pile for ‘Big, Bold’ Moves

Apple CEO Steve Jobs told shareholders that the reason for its giant cash pile, totaling at least $25 billion, was to enable it to take advantage of whats around the next corner. Potential purchases, suggest analysts, could be original news content or a big launch into cloud computing.

Community Banks Take Their Message to the Web

The Huffington Post’s Move Your Money campaign provides community banks with another example of the Web’s value as a communications channel with customers, potential customers and the public at large.

Legal Pitfalls in IT Outsourcing: How to Minimize Transactional Costs

The transactional costs in IT outsourcing can be deal breakers. So it’s vital from a financial and legal standpoint to create a strategic, win-win outsourcing deal from the start. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Jennifer C

Google Wants Power to Buy and Sell Power

Google’s Energy has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the right to buy and resell electricity to consumers as it seeks to keep its large data centers fed with power.

Schools Using Federal Stimulus Money for Technology

Technology vendors like Dell and HP are seeking some U.S. school systems using some of the billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds to bring technology into the classroom.

China Businesswoman Sentenced To Death for $56m Investor Fraud

Wu Ying used the money for personal use and operating costs and to pay off loans, according to reports.

Google Fights ‘Google Money’ Fraud Scheme

In an effort to protect its brand, Google is suing a company offering kits that purport to reveal how to earn money from home using Google.