Microsoft's Ballmer urges companies to invest, despite economic downturn [16 mins][Las Vegas, NV]
Giving his first keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant will continue to invest despite the economic downturn and called on other industry players to do the same. | Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris (AP) [33 mins][Lubbock, TX]
AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly." |