Emerging Markets

Google Now to replace iGoogle as Google Home Page?

The latest buzz in the Google World is that Google will probably replace iGoogle with a desktop version of Google Now, suggests a new chrome browser extension and some hidden code.

Google Glassware-Prohibition of displaying ads, policies for third party developers, tech specs discussed

Google Glassware features

Google Glass might land in the hands of users pretty soon and is garnering a lot of press, both good and bad. Dr Gadget checks out the details available about it!

Latest BUZZ in the WinPhone community- Microsoft Windows 7.8, 8 soon to be end-of-life latest by July 2014

Windows Phone 8 has new features that bring you closer to the people, places and things you care about. Simple refinements to make your phone which makes it a delight to use every day, safeguards to help keep your data secure and your mind at ease.

Rigid clauses for multi-brand FDI

The Indian government’s multi-brand Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy which mandates 51 percent sourcing by retail chains from the micro and small enterprises has several inbuilt riders as safety measures.

Time Warner and Viacom file cross suits over iPad content

Time Warner Cable Inc. and Viacom Inc. have taken their dispute over an iPad app to the federal court in New York. The companies took recourse to legal remedy after they failed to resolve their dispute over streaming of cable channels on the iPad.

Ken hoping to win back Barbie before Valentine’s Day

After spending 43 years together, doll world’s perfect, much celebrated and iconic couple, Barbie and Ken decided to part ways on Valentine’s Day in 2004.

Biodiversity summit nears end

Nagoya, Japan -- Intense sessions in the final hours of an international biodiversity summit in Japan saw delegates working on agreements on some thorny issues, officials said.

Western nations attending the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya appear to have given ground on the most contentious issue, the sharing of natural genetic resources, the BBC reported Friday.

The issue involves a protocol known as Access and Benefit-sharing, meant to ensure developing countries are compensated when products are made from genetic material of organisms from their territory.

Still being resolved is the issue of how much of the Earth's lands and oceans should be placed under protection.

Should You Let AstraZeneca Go?

One of my biggest challenges as an investor is getting too attached to my investments. I've long been a fan of AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), its drug pipeline, and the healthy dividend attached to that pipeline, which currently sits at a trailing yield of 4.6%. But I've been ignoring an important problem that could bring my relationship with this drugmaker to an abrupt end.

Goldman Sachs' Image Makeover

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has prohibited usage of expletives in e-mails, attempting to bring some moral decorum in an otherwise chaotic online culture hyphenated with frauds and speculative betting, as exposed by the recent financial crisis.

 

5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: MEMC

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, silicon-wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

Is There an Emerging Markets Bubble?

We've tramped across every emerging market on The Fool this year, from Latin Americato Africato Russiaand all points in between.

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