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Exxon barred from Iraqi oil, gas auction
CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The head of California's Google Inc. search engine will become a director of Apple Computer Inc., which also is based in California.
Getting Eric E. Schmidt on the same board with Apple's Steve Jobs is seen as a potentially forceful alliance of two rivals to Microsoft Corp., the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Schmidt adds unique experience to Apple's board. Before Google, Schmidt ran Novell Inc. and was chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Inc.
He "provides a nice diversity and some new-world thinking" to the Apple board, said technology analyst Rob Enderle. "It doesn't hurt that he's the ex-CEO of Novell and Sun -- both firms went down the wrong path ... so he's kind of learned. He knows first-hand and has experienced the problems associated with Apple's model."
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The proposed U.S. budget, with its envisaged $487 billion defense spending cuts over 10 years, is seen as a "direct hit" on the aerospace and defense industry.
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Compared to whites, greater shares of both black and Hispanic young adults say owning their own home is among their top priorities. While 25 percent of blacks and 26 percent of Hispanics say owning a home is of the highest importance in their lives,...
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President Barack Obama has revealed a budget that, once again, will give the Republican party a chance to show that vitriol is more fun than compromise.
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