Oracle Corp., the second largest software maker in the world, agreed to purchase RightNow Technologies Inc. for $1.43 billion on Oct. 24.  With this purchase, Oracle Corp. is adding software to its relatively new cloud that will help serve customers through call centers, internet and social networks.   “Oracle is […]

Kinder Morgan Inc. purchased El Paso Corp in a $21 billion deal Monday that combines the two largest North American natural gas pipeline operators. By purchasing their largest rival, Kinder Morgan has taken control of the North American natural gas pipeline industry. If they choose to request higher transport […]

Congress approved free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Columbia Wednesday, the first new trade partnerships formed by the United States in four years.  The agreements will lower, or even eliminate, tariffs that face U.S. exporters in the three countries. According to the administration, the new agreements could […]

According to research by McKinsey & Co., the aviation sector was responsible for 2 percent of total carbon dioxide emissions in 2000, and it will increase its share to about 3 percent by 2030. Starting with biofuel, the aviation sector is taking steps to decreasing those emissions. On Nov. 7, […]

Monday morning, millions of people were forced to go offline as a software glitch in the “Border Gateway Protocol” crashed data networks around the world. Early Monday, a set of updates triggered a software glitch in the routers of Juniper Networks. When these routers crashed, key Internet pathways shut down […]

#8220;Having it your way” has taken on a regal air at Burger Kings everywhere across the globe. According to its website, Burger King, as of Nov. 7, is offering kids meals called “BK Crown Meals” which are packaged in vivid, king-themed boxes complete with wearable cardboard crowns, food and interactive […]

A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Nov. 9 that would allow states to enforce a sales tax on Internet commerce. The Marketplace Fairness Act, announced by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), will close sales tax loopholes for big […]

On Thursday Lucas Papademos, former vice president of the European Central Bank, was named interim prime minister of Greece to guide the country through a tough debt crisis. After days of negotiations, Papademos was selected to replace former Prime Minister George Papandreou. Papademos had shocked investors when he submitted a […]

You can “sprinkle” cupcakes and other baked goods without any relative harm. But overseas counterfeiters “sprinkling” counterfeit weapons and other electronic parts on the U.S. military supplies could endanger the lives of troops. By way of mixing authentic electronic parts with fake ones, suspicious manufacturers, mainly from China, have caused […]

Looks like Facebook has some new competition. Google, previously known as a just a “search engine,” has expanded its dominion into social networking service. The expansion, announced on Nov. 7, 2011, is the latest feature on the Google Plus service to imitate what’s already available on Facebook. Google Plus was […]