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Cisco elevates 2 execs to president role

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 4th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. hasn't had a president since CEO John Chambers gave up the title in 2006. Now, as the company thinks about a successor to the long-serving CEO, it's appointing two presidents - twice the number most companies have

Reggie Moore Apologizes to Fans in Statement to Newspaper

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 4th

Reggie Moore, the Washington State point guard dismissed by the program last week, wrote an open letter to fans and sent it to the Spokesman-Review in hopes of getting it published. Vince Grippi, the WSU beat writer for the paper, obliged, publishing it on his blog Thursday morning. Read the

Reggie Moore Apologizes to Fans in Statement to Newspaper

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 4th

Google, publishers shelve book-scanning suit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 4th

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google and major book publishers have settled a lengthy legal battle over digital copyrights, but a bigger dispute still looms with thousands of authors who allege that Google is illegally profiting from their works. The truce

Facebook now home to 1 billion monthly users

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 4th

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - More than a billion people now log into Facebook each month to check up on old friends, tag photos of new ones and post about politics, religion, cats or what their kids are doing. That's double the 500 million it hit in July 2010 -

US gas prices trickle lower except on coasts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By SANDY SHOREAP Business Writer Drivers on either coast may be questioning the conventional wisdom that gas prices fall after Labor Day. Motorists in California paid an average of $4.232 per gallon Wednesday. That's 45 cents higher than the national average and exceeded only by Hawaii among

Marriott turned a profit in 3Q on higher prices

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMPAP Travel Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Marriott International Inc. said Wednesday that it turned a bigger-than-expected profit in the third quarter on higher prices and strong occupancy rates. The company earned $143 million, or 44 cents per share, compared with a loss of

Lawmakers divided on counterterror effort

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Stinging criticism from Congress about a counterterrorism effort that improperly collected information about innocent Americans is turning up the heat on the Obama administration to justify the program's continued

Burned-out Conn. bell factory resumes production

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press EAST HAMPTON, Conn. (AP) - The 180-year-old New England company that made the little bell that rings every time an angel gets its wings in the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" has resumed production in time for the holidays, four months after its 19th

Facebook will charge to 'promote' user posts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook has long declared that it's "free and always will be." And it still is - unless you want more friends to see what you have to say. The social media giant is rolling out a feature in the U.S. that lets users pay to promote their