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Recent Articles by Mark Brooks

Feb 24, 2014 by Mark Brooks

WhatsApp to Add Voice to Messaging Service

CEO Jan Koum insisted that there are no designs to add "marketing" to the messaging service.

Feb 21, 2014 by Mark Brooks

As IPO Looms, GoPro Cameras Get Workout at Olympics

Could GoPro eventually become more of a media company than a manufacturer?

Feb 21, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Bhutan, Nissan Partner on Electric Cars

Nissan wants to study how its electric vehicle business fits with a developing nation that has substantial clean energy resources.

Feb 21, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Mexico to Trump Japan as No. 2 Car Exporter to U.S.

Critics note that a major attraction for car manufacturers are Mexico's low and stagnant wages.

Feb 21, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Transcripts Show Fed Grappling With 2008 Crisis

The Fed on Friday released hundreds of pages of transcripts covering its 14 meetings during 2008 -- eight regularly scheduled meetings and six emergency sessions.

Feb 21, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Twitter Conversations: There Are Only 6 Kinds

The Pew Research Center, working with the Social Media Research Foundation and using a special software tool, analyzed and mapped millions of public tweets, retweets, hashtags and replies.

Feb 21, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Fannie Mae Earns $6.5 Billion in Q4, Will Repay U.S. Bailout

Fannie said Friday that its full-year profit of $84 billion for 2013 was boosted by rising home prices and an accounting move capitalizing on tax benefits.

Feb 20, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Will Facebook Ruin What's Great About WhatsApp?

For me, the world's largest social network has become a junkyard of updates from people I don't really know and ads for products I don't care about.

Feb 20, 2014 by Mark Brooks

BNSF Plans to Upgrade Tanker Fleet to Improve Safety

In announcing that it will ask manufacturers to submit bids for the new cars, BNSF indicated it was unwilling to wait for the government to finalize regulations on improved tank cars.

Feb 20, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Porsche Tells 911 GT3 Owners to Stop Driving the Vehicles

They can develop engine problems and catch fire.

Feb 20, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Production in Pa. Doubles Over Previous Year

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that the Marcellus Shale now provides about 18% of the nation's natural gas.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Facebook Buying Messaging App WhatsApp for $16 Billion

WhatsApp has more than 450 million monthly active users and 70% of those people are active on a given day.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Fed Minutes Point to Continued Paring of Stimulus

Officials weighed the need to stress to investors that the Fed's key short-term interest rate would remain near zero.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Google Aims to Provide Broadband in 34 More Cities

The company is hoping it can make more money from ads and other services if faster connections and a proliferation of computing devices can make the Internet even more addictive than it already is for tens of millions of people.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Weather Blamed as U.S. Housing Construction Down 16% in January

The expectation is that housing construction will rise for a fifth consecutive year, helped by further gains in employment and relatively low mortgage rates.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

China Official Speaks About Investigations of Qualcomm, InterDigital

Beijing is stepping up scrutiny of foreign companies under its 6-year-old anti-monopoly, anti-bribery and other laws.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Las Vegas Sands: Hacking Went Further Than Email, Websites

Sands said hackers crashed its email system and stole employees' Social Security numbers. But a video posted online appears to catalog stolen information that goes much further.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Marlboro Maker Altria Taking E-Cigarettes National

It was the last of the nation's major tobacco companies to market the battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution, creating vapor that users inhale.

Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Visa, MasterCard Increase Options for Paying With Your Phone

The customer uses the app to make purchases by tapping the phone to a store's card reader.

Feb 18, 2014 by Mark Brooks

Changes to Broaden Producer Price Index, Make It Less Volatile

All told, the changes will double the index's coverage to more than 75% of the economy.

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