Last week, Yahoo! once again screwed with the Media RSS specification . They’ve since apologized and fixed the problem, although I haven’t investigated if any of my work was and still is broken. I wonder if Yahoo! would consider handing over the spec to the RSS Advisory Board . http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rss-media/message/1185 S...

Patiala: Some unidentified persons shot at and seriously injured an RSS activist here, police said on Wednesday. Three persons came to Rulda Singh’s shop-cum-flat at grain market on Sirhind road on Tuesday night and opened fire at him … Source : Hindu (subscribe) Explore : Asia, India, Technology, World ...

Treasury prices were mostly higher Thursday after the government sold $28 billion in 7-year notes and stocks surged to a 9-month high. ...

Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL) 20.7% HIGHER; reports Q2 EPS of $0.02, 5 cents better than the analyst estimate of ($0.03). Revenue for the quarter was $84.1 million, versus the consensus of $77.41 million. Synaptics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA) 19.3% LOWER; reported Q4 EPS of $0.36, below the consensus of $0.44. Revenues came in at $115.3 million, versus t...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before Market Opens: Economics: 8:30am ET GDP for Q2 - Street expects -1.5% Core PCE for Q2 - Street expects 2.4% Chain Deflator for Q2 - Street expects 1.0% Employment Cost Index for Q2 - Street expects 0.3% Earnings: Allergan (NYSE: AGN...

Georgia Gulf Corp. (NYSE: GGC) 131% HIGHER; the company announced the closing of its previously announced private debt exchanges and the effectiveness of a long-term amendment to its senior secured credit agreement. Georgia Gulf accepted $736 million of tendered bonds in debt-for-equity exchange that reduces debt by more than 50% and reduces annual...

UPGRADES: Goldman Sachs upgrades General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) from Neutral to Buy and also raises its price target from $13 to $15. UBS upgrades Tyco Electronics (NYSE: TEL) from Neutral to Buy. Price target $25. Morgan Stanley upgrades Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) from Equalweight to Overweight. Price target $40. KeyBanc upgrades Goodyear Tire (NY...

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) announced that its board of directors has authorized the company’s management to move forward with the spin-off of the Madison Square Garden business to Cablevision stockholders. The transaction would be structured as a tax-free pro rata spin-off to Cablevision’s existing shareholders and is expected to be complete...

Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM) 36.3% HIGHER; after the close, BP and Verenium announced that its 50-50 joint venture company will operate under the name Vercipia Biofuels, and plan to relocate its corporate headquarters to Florida. Vercipia continues to focus on the development of one of the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic eth...

First-half earnings from France Telecom, Telefónica and the UK’s BT Group showed the sector to be relatively unscathed by the recession ...