Stocks, commodities slip; dollar flat

Global stocks and commodity prices pulled back on Tuesday as investors paused to assess the state of the economy after pushing them higher in the past two weeks, while the U.S. dollar

EBay’s PayPal shut globally for an hour

EBay Inc's online payments service, PayPal, shut down worldwide for about an hour on Monday after the Internet retailer encountered "internal" problems with the fast-growing division. The outage began at 10:30 a.m.

Stocks trim gains but recovery hopes remain

Asian stocks hit an 11-month high on Tuesday before profit taking pulled them back, while the Australian dollar also pared gains after the country's central bank left interest rates unchanged but offered

Google’s Schmidt quits Apple board

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple Inc's board of directors, Apple said, citing increased competition between the two leading technology companies. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that with