By Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry. But the small device …

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax, the finance minister said on Saturday. "We hope that we will shortly be at the finishing line," Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted an upbeat picture on Saturday for the potential of innovation to lift living standards, delivering a sweeping look at the last 100 years that included memories of his 1963 South Carolina home. Bernanke made no reference to monetary policy or the immediate …

When it comes to buying stocks for long-term investing, the short-term gyrations can be difficult for investors. It’s important from a long-term investing viewpoint to look out onto the horizon over many years, and search for short-term pullbacks and opportunities that might allow attractive entry points. We are all aware …

KUWAIT (Reuters) - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co over a scrapped plastics joint venture. Nizar Mohammad al-Asani replaced Farouk Zanki as CEO at the oil firm and the cabinet approved …

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the carrier. Argentine state company Intercargo manages services for the loading and unloading of luggage …

I first started to dabble with content marketing in 1998. At that time, I worked in the internal communications department for an insurance company. Our goal was to get the employees to use our internal processing and database services, rather than outsourcing. Our solution: We created a monthly print newsletter focused …

VIENNA (Reuters) - Alpine, the Austrian unit of Spanish construction group FCC , will hold talks with its owners on how to meet its financing needs and has many options open, Chief Executive Arnold Schiefer said. He was responding to a newspaper report that FCC was worried about Alpine's finances and that Austria's second-biggest …

TSX rises as gold miners lone sore spot TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Friday as robust economic data helped drive gains in energy stocks and financial shares, offsetting weakness in gold producers. The materials sector, a major component of the S&P/TSX composite which includes gold miners, was the …

In many ways your Facebook Page acts as a website, why can’t both make you money? We know that e-commerce has significantly increased in popularity in the past decade. Anyone can make money online; you just have to utilize the tools that are at your fingertips. Traffic: Inbound traffic to your website can lead to conve …

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby How you choose to define success is entirely up to you. Everyone is busily searching for the key to the secret of success. The secret to success is that there is no secret. Once you have defined...

If you are a marketer who does not work within a marketing department in a company, you know that receiving an RFQ (Request for Quote) or RFP (Request for proposal) is exciting. It’s also perhaps the most romanticized part of the marketing world. On AMC’s Mad Men, the really juicy scenes are when the various...

The headline is often referred to as the most important part of a news story or feature. It’s almost always the first part of an article that a reader will see and research shows that four out of five readers will skip the copy if the headline doesn’t excite them. A well-written headline is arguably...