Home » Topics » share (Page 2)
Android smartphone share to rise, prices to fall
WASHINGTON — Google’s Android mobile operating system will power nearly half of the smartphones worldwide by the end of next year, technology research company Gartner said Thursday. Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units this year, up 57.7 percent from 2010, increase to 630 million units next year and…
China set to outstrip US in science research output
LONDON (AFP) – China has shot to second place in the number of articles published in international science magazines and in a few years will take the top spot from the United States, according to a new report. “China has already overtaken the UK as the second leading producer of…
AIG recapitalization ends, share sale could reach $18 billion
US Treasury’s cash investment equals $68 billion NEW YORK – The recapitalization of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc closed on Friday, leaving the government with a 92 percent stake that it plans to sell quickly. Bankers were buzzing on Friday about how soon that might happen, with at least one saying…
Exxon profits up 91%
Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday its second quarter income nearly doubled to $7.56 billion as oil prices increased from last year. It’s Exxon’s highest quarterly profit since the $7.82 billion earned in the last three months of 2008. Exxon set a record for quarterly earnings in the U.S. of $14.83…
Halliburton 2Q profit jumps 83 percent
Halliburton Co. says its second-quarter profit soared 83 percent as natural gas drilling activity picked up in the U.S. Halliburton is the first of several companies connected to the BP oil spill to report second-quarter financial results. The company, which was hired by BP to seal the Macondo well before…
Senator introduces legislation to shift tax burden back to billionaires
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is sick of the super-rich avoiding estate taxes. On Thursday, he made good on his word: he today introduced legislation to restore the estate tax on the wealthiest Americans, which he says would bring in at least $264 billion in the next ten years to…
BP shares tumble on dividend fears
LONDON  BP shares slumped on Wednesday as investors feared that intense political pressure from Washington over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could force the group to axe its prized shareholder dividend. The share price sank by 4.24 percent to close at 391.55 pence, having earlier touched a low…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Top chefs say Latin America will become culinary superpower
- Florida squatter found with more than a dozen dead cats in freezer
- Documentary on Khmer Rouge atrocities wins top award at Cannes
- The Wire creator David Simon eviscerates the dystopia creating war on drugs
- Hackers attack official Saudi websites
- Ohio school district considers teaching creationism and ‘Agenda 21′ conspiracies
- Google defends listing extremist sites: Legal information will be indexed
- Female Halo 3 gamers receive three times as many negative comments online
- Roman Polanski complains birth control pills are ‘masculinizing’ women
- Chuck Hagel: Military sexual assault ‘a profound betrayal of sacred oaths’
Commentary
On Memorial Day, it’s time to make sure our veterans suffering from burn pit diseases get the care they need
By Nora Eisenberg
![["Men's Tears. Marine U.S. Army In Sorrow. Soldier'S Longing. Love Of Country. Sadness For The Victims" on Shutterstock]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sad-soldier-shutterstock-230x105.jpg "sad soldier shutterstock")
Sexual harasser learns same old excuses don’t work anymore
By Amanda Marcotte
The real problem with 'check your privilege': It’s too generous
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
