If notebooks and tablets are lumped together, the mobility crown should be handed to Apple, a DisplaySearch report concluded Wednesday.DisplaySearch combined Apple's MacBook and iPad sales and named Apple the leading vendor of "mobile" PCs for the fourth quarter. HP was second, followed by Acer, Dell, and Toshiba. In total, worldwide mobile PC shipments reached…

NEW YORK – The uprising in Egypt was swift, relatively bloodless—and lacked a real leader. Former Hillary Clinton adviser Anne-Marie Slaughter on how the new generation is anti-leadership.Follow the leader. It's a game we play as children and an assumption we still make as adults: Effective action in any organization requires some to lead and…

Is there a smaller, cheaper version of theon the way? , but now the Wall Street Journal has found "people familiar with the matter" who have actually laid hands and eyes upon it:"One of the people, who saw a prototype of a new iPhone several months ago, said the new device is intended to be…

NEW YORK – Sometimes, your dad's old hand-me-down suits need altering to fit just right. Sometimes, his advice does, too.Such is the premise of A.R. Gurney's very enjoyable new play "Black Tie," which made its world premiere at Primary Stages' 59E59 Theaters on Thursday night. A comedy about how values change from generation to generation,…

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN (AFP) – Defending world super-G champion Didier Cuche plans to ruin World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic's 'holiday' when the men's competition starts Wednesday at the World Ski Championships.The Swiss veteran scooped super-G gold when the world championships were held in Val d'Isere two years ago, but Croatia's Kostelic is now the skier to beat…

JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesia's gross domestic product grew 6.1 percent last year, officials said Monday as Southeast Asia's biggest economy confirmed its position among the top ranks of emerging markets.Central Statistics Agency chairman Rusman Heriawan told reporters that the resource-rich country of 240 million people posted 6.9 percent growth in the fourth quarter compared with…

The political world is all abuzz with news that former President George W. Bush's daughter is speaking out in support of same-sex marriage. In a video created for the Human Right's Campaign, Barbara announced that she is a New Yorker in favor of "fairness and equality. And everyone should have the right to marry the…

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages against the United States.The Treasury Department noted that China last June said it would begin allowing its currency to rise against the dollar. The agency said the pace of revaluation has been too slow since and…

DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 363,000 F-150 pickup trucks in North America because of a potential problem with the interior door handles not working properly, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported on Thursday.Ford has now recalled more vehicles in the first few weeks of this year -- nearly 900,000…

MADRID (AFP) – Spanish titan Banco Santander reported Thursday an 8.5-percent dip in 2010 net profits, hammered by the troubled economy and new rules forcing it to make hefty provisions for bad loans.The biggest bank in the euro zone in terms of market value, Banco Santander said net profit dropped to 8.181 billion euros ($11.3…