SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. (GOOG) on Tuesday advised investors to disregard an internal financial forecast mistakenly posted on its Web site — a mix up that included a reference to management’s concerns about the online search engine leader’s profits narrowing amid tougher competition. The material, including a projection that …

LOS ANGELES – No matter who wins Sunday, Hollywood can both brag about an unusually daring crop of Academy Awards films and hang its head in embarrassment that hardly any came from the studios that dominate the movie business. Check out our new Oscars section! Print Out Your Own Oscar …

HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will make life insurance coverage more accessible to men with prostate cancer, recognizing rising survival rates with early detection. The Hartford plans to announce Monday that it will offer insurance at standard rates to men 60 and older who have been …

JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday to congratulate him on his victory in the Israeli elections, Olmert’s office said. Abbas called Olmert from South Africa, where he is on a trip meeting officials, the statement said. Abbas told Olmert he hoped …

REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Friday it increased its ongoing share buyback plan by about $16.2 billion, almost doubling its repurchase authorization to $36.2 billion through June 30, 2011. The world’s largest software company has been sitting on a huge pile of cash that it didn’t think it …

Below is a list of 10 tips for how to stay safe on campus. Tips are compiled from the nonprofit group, Security On Campus, Inc., and John Hopkins University. Watch FOX News’ special, “Why Does College Cost So Much and Is It Worth it?” Sunday night at 10 p.m. ET. …

LEIPZIG, Germany – Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. expects to price its new Wii gaming console below 250 euros ($321.50) in Europe, its head of German operations said on Wednesday. The company has earlier said the Wii would cost 25,000 yen ($215) or less in Japan and $250 or …

SAN DIEGO – Accused drug kingpin Francisco Javier Arellano Felix was brought to the United States Thursday morning after an arrest at sea and rushed to a downtown federal detention center to be booked, authorities said. Arellano Felix, accompanied by about a half-dozen other men, arrived on a U.S. Coast …

NEW YORK – Expecting a baby around Labor Day weekend? That bundle of joy could mean big bucks if your timing is right. CMT will award $50,000 to the mother of the first baby born in America during the premiere of Jeff Foxworthy’s new sketch comedy series, “Foxworthy’s Big Night …

MONTGOMERY, N.J. – Barbara Lehman has lived in this central New Jersey community for 30 years, but her time here is nearing an end. She sent her children through Montgomery‘s well-regarded schools. And she enjoys the rolling landscape even as housing developments have spread across it in recent years. But …