Technology and the Internet
Shares of SRA International Inc. jumped 26% in its market debut Friday as investors bet that surging defense spending would boost profit of the technology firm, which focuses on national security.
May 25, 2002
Climate & Environment
Nearly 17 million acres will fall under the worst ranking from the state fire marshal, a 14.6% increase since the map was last updated in 2007.
Dec. 27, 2022
California
As a teacher holds five flash cards in front of a first-grade class in Inglewood, hands fly into the air.
Sept. 20, 1993
World & Nation
The founder of an information technology company and his diabetic wife are giving $44 million to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for creation of a diabetes research center.
Nov. 23, 2004
London-based Maxwell Communications Corp. has signed an agreement with International Business Machines Corp. to buy Science Research Associates, IBM’s publishing unit, for $150 million, the companies said.
June 9, 1988
Minuteman Project is mentioned, but political protests appear not to have been a major focus.
July 7, 2006
Business
Accenture Ltd. led a group that won a contract worth as much as $10 billion to develop a system to help the Department of Homeland Security track visitors to the United States.
June 2, 2004
On the morning we met, I knew little about Lydia Olmedo Fuentes.
Oct. 23, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
The memories of sexual depravity were “recovered” with the help of a stand-up comic/sitcom actress-turned-charismatic Christian healer, and those memories made it all the way to the Sally Jessy Raphael show.
May 20, 1993
As the teacher places five “Hooked on Phonics” flash cards in front of the first-grade class, hands fly into the air.
Sept. 19, 1993