The Star Online: Business
Update: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 MYT 12:16:04 PM



MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (Mar 10)
LOS ANGELES: Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.


China's said Wednesday February exports jumped 45.7% (Mar 10)
BEIJING: China's exports grew strongly in February in a new sign of a rebound in global demand, government figures showed Wednesday.


Google opens Web store for business applications (Mar 10)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Google will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.


Firmer on plantation stocks (Mar 10)
KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened higher in early trading, tracking Wall Street’s overnight rise and the firmer regional markets.


Shares of US bailed out companies surge (Mar 10)
WASHINGTON: Shares of four companies that have received huge infusions of taxpayer cash soared Tuesday after a report that the government would sell its stake in Citigroup Inc. raised hopes that other bailed-out companies would follow.


'Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer (Mar 10)
SAN JOSE, California: A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the US$250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.


Toyota Prius driver's call: 'My car can't slow down' (Mar 10)
EL CAJON, California: The driver of a Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a San Diego County freeway sounded panicked at times as he told a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator.


Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design (Mar 10)
REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S.


Oil settles lower, ending brief rally (Mar 10)
NEW YORK: Oil prices trimmed some early losses, but still ended lower Tuesday, after rising steadily since the end of last week.


US stock investors ask: What's the next big thing? (Mar 10)
NEW YORK: A year after the U.S. stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing.