Perhaps one of the most exciting advances in this decade is the emergence of big data, a collection of data sets so large they cannot be processed with standard database management programs. The analytics that companies glean from this data yield quantitative insight into business strategy that was previously unavailable. The world’s technological per-capita capacity to store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since the 1980s.

2. Apple's Market Clout Likely to Draw More Scrutiny - Tuesday, March 13, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – In everything it does, from product design to business deals, Apple strives for as much control as possible.

But as the world's most valuable company sets out to define and dominate the rapidly evolving markets it created with the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is likely to face antitrust regulators who want to curb its power.

3. Google Exec: Online Piracy Bills in Congress Wrong - Thursday, December 01, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says Congress is taking the wrong approach to fighting online piracy.

4. Google Q3 Earnings Rise 26 Pct, Top Analyst Views - Friday, October 14, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google's third-quarter earnings show that the mounting worries about another global recession haven't shaken the Internet's search and advertising leader so far.

The results released Thursday are the latest reminder of how Google Inc. has used its position as the Internet's dominant gateway to build a business that weathers economic turbulence better than most companies.

5. Google Head Disputes That Company Thwarts Rivals - Thursday, September 22, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told a Senate panel Wednesday that the company faces tough competition and isn't using its dominance in Internet search to stifle competitors.

6. Google's Patent Play: $12.5B for Motorola Mobility - Tuesday, August 16, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to gain the upper hand in the increasingly important mobile computing market.

7. On the Bandwagon – A Look at Google+ - Wednesday, July 27, 2011

What do Snoop Dogg, Lance Armstrong and Newt Gingrich all have in common? Each has a Google+ account. As of early this month, the “latest and greatest” social networking site has entered the limelight.

8. New Google CEO Larry Page Reshuffles Exec Team - Monday, April 11, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) – Google CEO Larry Page has promoted six executives to head key parts of the company in one of his first big moves since he took over the Internet search company on Monday. The management reshuffle is an attempt at streamlining a bureaucracy that's sometimes bogged down Google even as it became the world's most valuable Internet company.

9. Intel Chief to Join White House Council on Jobs - Monday, February 21, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Casting about for innovative job-creation ideas, President Barack Obama is naming one of his critics to an advisory council responsible for finding new ways to promote economic growth and bring jobs to the U.S.

10. Obama Talks Jobs With Jobs, Other Tech Leaders - Friday, February 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is assembling the biggest names in Silicon Valley to confer on jobs and innovation, trying to get leaders from companies like Google and Apple behind his push to keep spending on high-tech initiatives even as Republicans are out to slash the budget.

11. Obama Says He Shares Mission With Business Leaders - Thursday, December 16, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama, trying to boost anemic job creation and improve testy relations with the corporate community, said Wednesday he wants ideas from business leaders on how to “seize the promise of this moment.”

12. Google's Q3 Proves Company can Afford Big Spending - Monday, October 18, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google Inc. is still spending money like the recession is a distant memory, but investors can't complain too much as long as the Internet search leader keeps expanding its advertising empire like it did in the summer.

13. Verizon Taps Wireless Chief as COO - Tuesday, September 21, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) – Verizon Communications Inc. has named the head of its wireless division, Lowell C. McAdam, as its chief operating officer, setting him up as a successor to the CEO.

14. Little Guys, Big Guys - Monday, February 22, 2010

No one would mistake a local institution like Tri-State Bank for one of Wall Street’s mighty titans of finance, whose recent woes brought the U.S. and world economies to their knees.

15. GTx Submits FDA Application For New Drug - Friday, January 02, 2009

Memphis-based GTx announced Tuesday morning that it had submitted a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of bone fractures in men undergoing drug therapy for prostate cancer.

16. U.S. House Debates Linking Insurance Rates to Credit History - Wednesday, October 03, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) - The practice of insurers basing auto insurance premiums on a customer's credit rating was questioned at a House hearing Tuesday, with critics asking whether it disproportionately hurts young people and minorities.

17. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, January 11, 1999
Jan Jan. 11 Public Issues Forum will meet at 7 p.m. at Memphis Community Foundation, 1900 Union Ave. The topic will be the pros and cons of affirmative action. The speakers will be attorneys Jocelyn Wurzburg and Buckner Wellford. For more informatio...