Can Apple beat the too-expensive rap?

SAN FRANCISCO –The big knock on Apple — whether or not it’s always been accurate — is that its products are more expensive than most of its competitors. But in the keynote speech Monday that opened Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, it became clear the company is tackling the price question head on.

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Banking Jobs Holding Up Better than Most in Recession

Staffers in the industry at the heart of the nation’s economic woes have been hurt less in the downturn than the rest of the country has. Jobs in the banking and insurance industries have fallen just 5% since the start of the recession. That’s half a percentage point less than the 5.4% overall drop in nongovernment employment over the same time period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Palm’s Pre vs. Apple’s iPhone

A few weeks ago, Jon Rubinstein was booking up the side of Mount Tamalpais in Northern California while I wheezed like a steam engine in his wake. This was irritating on two levels: 1> I do this hike all the time, and 2> he had already gone for a long run earlier in the day. The executive chairman of Palm Inc., Rubinstein, a wiry 52, is a marathoner.

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Obama Calls for New Beginning Between U.S., Muslims

— Quoting from the Quran for emphasis, President Barack Obama called for a “new beginning between the United States and Muslims” Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.

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