http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Business National 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:01 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/610201.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/610201.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:04 EDT The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/610319.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/610319.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:04 EDT Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain is making a pitch to Wall Street: Buy the brokerage's shares while they're still cheap. But investors don't seem ready to listen. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/609188.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/609188.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:25 EDT The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped? http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/609212.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/609212.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:20 EDT Mortgage financier Freddie Mac took a step toward issuing common and preferred stock to help bolster its balance sheet Friday when the Securities and Exchange Commission accepted its registration statement filed earlier in the day. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/609625.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/609625.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:05 EDT The trash talking has begun. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/608678.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/608678.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The idea: GM is developing a high-tech windshield that makes road hazards easier to see. For example, during a foggy drive, it could project a blue line onto the windshield that follows the edge of the road. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/607956.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/607956.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:34 EDT The red ink is mounting for airlines amid soaring fuel costs, leaving them little choice but to further hike ticket prices. As Delta Air Lines and American Airlines reported big second-quarter losses Wednesday, they signaled customers should expect more hits to their checkbooks. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/607290.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/607290.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT The red ink is mounting for airlines amid soaring fuel costs, leaving them little choice but to further hike ticket prices. As Delta Air Lines and American Airlines reported big second-quarter losses Wednesday, they signaled customers should expect more hits to their checkbooks. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/605890.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/605890.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Short on cash and facing bankruptcy rumors, General Motors said Tuesday that it would suspend its dividend, sell assets worth as much as $4 billion, borrow an additional $2 billion to $3 billion and lay off salaried workers, among other steps to reduce costs. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604800.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604800.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Expect ''Blue Ocean'' to get deeper, and Budweiser's reach to get wider. In a conference call Monday, InBev chief executive Carlos Brito laid out plans to expand cost-cutting already under way at Anheuser-Busch, and to build the world's dominant brewer around its new flagship brand: Budweiser. The call came just hours after InBev announced that it had paid $52 billion to buy the iconic St. Louis brewer. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604808.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604808.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Questions and answers about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their role in the mortgage market: Q: What are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604807.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604807.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT It's been a good year for touch screens. The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the second-generation model introduced Friday likely will stoke enthusiasm further. Now touch-screen manufacturers are going flat out, and more devices will soon be controlled by the tip of your finger. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604799.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604799.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT In the upcoming video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the evil Stormtroopers are smart enough to keep players guessing. Throw something at the white-armored troopers, and they may toss a grenade back. Or they might just put their hands up. Or they could do something completely new, each time the game gets played. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604809.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/604809.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Q: My computer is about two years old. I added 1 gigabyte of RAM so I would be able to play newer games on it. Normally I use it all day for gaming, Web surfing and word processing. The internal fan is quiet after start-up, but after some use it sometimes suddenly becomes loud. It may only stay loud for a few minutes or until the computer is powered down. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/602805.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/national/story/602805.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT After years of free spending -- $200 jeans, a silver BMW and other grown-up toys -- Michael Wagner had racked up $25,000 in credit-card debt and was behind on his mortgage and car payments. Creditors called night and day. It was a ''hopeless downward spiral,'' he says.