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A day after decreasing its earning guidance for fiscal 2009, shares of FedEx plummeted Tuesday 14.48 percent, or $10.78, before closing at $63.65. (FDX)

Are we better off for having the CAN-SPAM law in effect? At best, marginally so. But no law could have stopped the real spam problem that inundates us today and promises to get ever-worse. - The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) was controversial from the start. I think it's fair to say that nobody thought it would solve the spam problem, but many (such as this guy) thought it could help. Has it solved the spam problem? No, o...

Investors worry that companies’ difficulties could make an economic turnaround difficult. FedEx Corp. cut its forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings and capital spending late Monday as the slumping economy eroded package deliveries.

Wall Street shares fell hard Tuesday as investors locked in recent gains, while European stock markets extended their rally to a second day on better-than-expected German economic data.

Stocks fell on Tuesday as profit warnings from FedEx Corp and others prompted investors to retrench after two days of big gains, while unprecedented demand for the safety of government securities signaled fear remains a dominant force in the market.

Gamasutra is running a feature discussing the used game market with various developers and analysts. The point has been raised by many members of the industry that used game sales are hurting developers and publishers even more lately, when they're already beleaguered by rising piracy rates and a struggling economy. Atari executives recently commented that used game sales are 'extremely painful,' while GameStop's CEO unsurprisingly came out in support of resales. We've recently discussed a few of the ways game designers are considering to limit used game sales. David Braben, chairman of UK-based developer Frontier Development had this to say: 'Five years ago, a great game would have sold for a longer period of time than for a bad game — which was essentially our incentive to make great games. But no longer. Now publishers and developers just see revenue the initial few weeks regardless of the game's quality and then gamers start buying used copies which generates money that goes

WASHINGTON » Three months after the government seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, lawmakers Tuesday blamed former top executives at the mortgage giants for fueling the financial market turmoil that has dragged the country into a recession.

Top executives at mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ignored warnings that they were taking on too many risky loans years before the housing market plunged, according to documents released by a House committee.

From deploying servers to employing a tech staff, information technology costs can eat up large portions of a researcher's budget. Amazon.com hopes to cut costs for scientists and cash in on the research market.