Facebook announced a new set of privacy features Tuesday aimed at giving users greater control of their data.

Google is to pay the US government $500 million for allowing Canadian pharmacies to advertise prescription drugs to U.S. customers, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Setting aside their environmental cred, are hybrids, diesels and electric vehicles actually wallet-friendly?

As wars wind down, so too will the golden decade for the defense industry as the government cuts back on spending.

Twitter en espaņol--@twitter_es--has about a half million more followers than its English counterpart @twitter.

The Top 20 Greater-Los Angeles area companies in the 2011 Hispanic Business 500 Ranking produced revenues of $779.71 million and employed 3,812 people in 2010. Thirteen of the twenty companies had revenue increases from 2009-2010, led by Support Services of America in Norwalk with a one-year increase of 82.65%.

Hispanics are now the largest ethnic minority in the United States and during the past decade, U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has rapidly increased. This report takes an in depth look at how today's Hispanic Economy is transitioning into an economic power in the U.S. Click here for the executive summary and table of contents!

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.

Hispanic-owned companies make gains in 2010, but a balky economy continues to indicate recovery is not on a fast track.

Veronica Edwards has nurtured her medical staffing and consulting firm from revenues of $3.1 million in 2006 to $51.1 million in 2010.

Let small business be small business.

Companies find the slow road to economic health still has potholes.

CEO of an all-guns-blazing Virginia IT company chalkis up his firm's success to perserverance and people who love what they do.