CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama, knowing the urgency facing the United States, is working quickly to name his treasury secretary, observers said.

MOUNTVIEW, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Google Inc. has initiated a campaign to prevent -- or at least slow -- a possible merger between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc., a report Monday said.

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

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 17 (UPI) -- Google Inc. leaders have sold more than $500 million of stock in the Internet search firm, but analysts say it is part of a pre-approved program.