Fiorina: How We're Going to Win the Space Race 2.0

As junior miners struggle to survive a rough bear market, another challenge has emerged: Their boards are coming increasingly under attack. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, a Canadian law firm well known for its mining deals, reported that the number of proxy battles has picked up dramatically in the aftermath of a fairly significant downturn in stock prices. “There’s a lot of momentum in the mining space, especially the junior market,” says Aaron Atkinson, a partner in the Toronto office of Faskens and one of the authors of the report.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said Wednesday she is running for the Republican nomination to battle liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat. Her entry into the race could present California's junior senator with her most formidable re-election challenge.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Consumers gravitate to convenience. That's as true with payment technologies as it is with anything else. A prime example is the decades-old trend away from cash or checks and toward credit cards.

By Dividend Kings:With smartphones, tablets and laptops proliferating like weeds all over the landscape, telecommunications companies are in a virtual arms race to claim airwave spectrum. Verizon (VZ) is pursuing an especially aggressive strategy for dominating the airwaves with two recent plays for spectrum space.

The San Joaquin Valley, often considered one of California's political backwaters, is shaping up to be a key battleground in the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race.

By Ashraf Eassa:It's still very early days in the smartphone and tablet system-on-chip business. Today's winner could become tomorrow's loser, as we saw with Texas Instruments (TXN). Just a year or two ago, many Android tablets and smartphones shipped with TI modems as well as its OMAP applications processors.

After outclassing Arsenal and Real Madrid in the space of five days treble winners Barcelona are on for a league and Champions League double and aim to build on their three-point lead over Real at the top of La Liga when they host Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday.Barcelona had a week to cherish crushing Arsenal to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and then beating Real 2-0 in 'El Clasico' at the Santiago Bernabeu to seize the upper hand in the title race.

After outclassing Arsenal and Real Madrid in the space of five days treble winners Barcelona are on for a league and Champions League double and aim to build on their three-point lead over Real at the top of La Liga when they host Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday.Barcelona had a week to cherish crushing Arsenal to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and then beating Real 2-0 in 'El Clasico' at the Santiago Bernabeu to seize the upper hand in the title race.