George Avakian received lifetime achievement awards from Downbeat magazine and the Grammies, and in 1998 he came to Yerevan to the first international jazz festival.


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Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 share indexes rose 0.3-0.5 percent on Friday, pointing to a higher start on Wall Street.


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May 29 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The Obama administration plans to usher General Motors Corp into bankruptcy court Monday and push through a restructuring that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars more than previously envisioned, turning what once was one …


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WorksWithU: “The Wall Street Journal today (May 28, 2009) published a review of multiple Linux netbooks running Ubuntu, Mi and Moblin Linux. Overall, I think the review offers fair, balanced coverage of what’s right — and wrong — with the Linux netbook market today. But there was one line in the review that I found completely misleading and shortsighted.”


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People who no longer have health insurance because of a job loss, voluntary retirement or other reasons have begun obtaining health coverage through the “little-known” option of group coverage, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, the option is especially beneficial for people with pre-existing conditions to whom some insurers deny coverage.


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Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday after key government data indicated the recession may be abating while investors eyed a looming bankruptcy for General Motors.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. & CARLSBAD, Calif.—-At The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference, an annual gathering of the leaders of the digital revolution, Immersion Corporation , the leading developer and licensor of haptic technology, unveiled two new concepts for next-generation digital user interfaces based on patented multi-modal haptic and gestural technology.


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May 28 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Top Obama administration officials are close to recommending that Congress create a single regulator to oversee the entire banking sector, people familiar with the matter said, a departure from the hodgepodge of federal …


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People who no longer have health insurance because of a job loss, voluntary retirement or other reasons have begun obtaining health coverage through the “little-known” option of group coverage, the Wall Street Journal reports.


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