By Brian Caulfield,

BURLINGAME, CALIF. -Investors are agonizing over Apple’s stock price. Analysts are worried about iPod sales. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has even fretted about the MacBook Air’s lack of an optical drive. (more…)

By FORBES,

The richest man of the world (according to FORBES)… (more…)

Porsche has said it will take a controlling stake in Volkswagen, in a deal that is potentially worth almost 10bn euros ($15.2bn, £7.7bn).

The maker of the luxury 911 sports car already holds 31% of VW shares. On Monday, its supervisory board agreed to raise the stake to above 50%. (more…)

US light, sweet crude jumped to $103.95 a barrel, before giving back some gains to trade at $102.45. London Brent also climbed to a record, hitting $102. (more…)

By Martin Hickman,

House prices fell last month at their longest sustained rate since 2000, according to the Nationwide Building Society, which declared the decade-long boom in house prices was officially over. (more…)

By Paul Gordon,

PEORIA - A Peoria-based company started by a couple college students who recognized a need has decided it will do its growing here at home. (more…)

By nichegeek.com,

How to get rich the smart way? Read what some creative people did: (more…)

THE number of Britons logging on to Facebook has fallen for the first time, according to Nielsen Online, an internet-metrics firm… (more…)

By Wireimage.com,

…on the other hand… (more…)