• FDIC insures bank accounts How safe is your cash? It was a scary sight: More than 100 customers of IndyMac Bancorp in California lining up to withdraw their money because of worries that the bank, hit hard by losses in the mortgage market and recently taken over by regulators, was about to fail.

We've heard a lot about the "wisdom of crowds" in recent years, mostly in relation to Internet sites that let their readers make key decisions. Digg.com, for instance, is a news site that lets its readers choose which stories are most important. Then there's...

It seemed an ordinary day at Google's offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. Until an alarming discrepancy glued eyes to computer screens. Google Hot Trends is a feature intended to give 'a snapshot of what's on the public's collective mind', according to the internet giant, by displaying the fastest-rising search terms on the web. Top of the list was not Batman, iPhone or sex. It was not a word at all. ...

How to use the Internet to get a seven-figure book deal.

The probe into the collapsed market for auction-rate securities intensified yesterday as state regulators began poring over internal documents at the Missouri headquarters of Wachovia's brokerage affiliate.

The internet is abuzz with the news that Apple intends to break iPhones containing third party applications. Unlocked phones are also likely to be victims of the next software update.

gas producer BG is set to uncork news of another profits spectacular on Thursday just as householders prepare for an "inevitable" sharp rise in the cost of their heating and cooking bills.

NBC2 will be making a major change to our locally produced newscasts this weekend. Beginning with NBC2 News at Six on Saturday, all newscasts will be broadcast in High Definition.

• Center of Excellence, bank win state grants Empire State Development Corp., the state's economic development arm, is giving the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Energy Systems $1.18 million to assist it with operating expenses.

• Center of Excellence, bank win state grants Empire State Development Corp., the state's economic development arm, is giving the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Energy Systems $1.18 million to assist it with operating expenses.