Sweden Cut Prime Rate Half Point, Dollar Drops Vs. Euro

Sweden's central bank announced today they were dropping their prime rate a half a point to 1.5% and their growth forecast right along with it. Many investors expect Europe's central bank to follow suit although they've said they have no plans too.

Yahoo Social Search, Act I

At Supernova 2005, Jeff Weiner, SVP Yahoo! Search crunches the numbers on social search. When regular people can share their knowledge, on subjects like how to buy real estate, and enough of them do...

New Google Patent May Be Less News For Small News

Google's never ending search for providing a quality end user experience has culminated into a bullet with patent number WO 2005/029368 imprinted across the side. Unfortunately for smaller news services, the bullet may strike the heart of aspiring upstarts-a casualty of Google's friendly fire.

Lions Rescue Ethiopian Girl From Beating

Three lions interrupted a common Ethiopian custom of kidnapping a desired bride and then beating her into submitting to marriage, chasing off the captors and then guarding the victim, according to the Associated Press.