"Wallstreet" Reader

"Wallstreet" Reader


Windows 8 Success Hinges on $10 Component

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 08:12 PM PDT

The success of Microsoft's new operating system may hinge…on hinges. Hardware companies are having to redesign the hinges that connect screens with keyboards to withstand poking from new touch screens.

SEC Weighs Bringing Back Fractions in Stock Prices

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 03:15 PM PDT

The move would at least partly undo an 11-year-old rule that replaced fractions of a dollar in stock prices, like 1/8 and 1/16, with pennies.

China Researcher Sees Worrisome Growth Outlook

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:24 AM PDT

China's economy will likely "look good" early next year, but the medium- to long-term outlook is worrisome as the country loses its labor-cost edge, a state researcher said.