 | Good afternoon Bit |  |  | Social media junkies pining for an invite to try out Google+ will have to wait a little bit longer. Google decided to temporarily stop inviting users to join its new social networking service less than two days after it launched the service. What gives? "Insane demand. We want to do this carefully, and in a controlled way," a Google engineering executive said in a Google+ post on Wednesday night. A company spokeswoman contacted by Reuters declined to say whether the company had resumed invites on Thursday.
Reviews of Google+ are starting to filter in from those who've been lucky enough to get an invite. The general consensus seems to be that it's a lot like Facebook and that it is an improvement over Google's past social media efforts, Buzz and Wave. ZDNet rounds up five things it loves about the new service. The Guardian pans the desktop version, but gives the mobile platform a thumbs up. PCWorld says it's no Facebook. Wired calls its approach to privacy a "pretty good start". And CNN explores one of its most distinctive features: video conferencing.
Meanwhile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told reporters on Thursday his company is planning to unveil an "awesome" new feature next week. Details were scant, but tech blogs have speculated in recent weeks about new mobile products in development at Facebook. Could it be the long-awaited iPad app? Or a dedicated photo-sharing app? Or, as tech blog GigaOm founder Om Malik joked on Twitter, is it just an attempt by Zuckerberg to divert attention away from Google+.
Big-name private equity firms have been scouring tech powerhouse Hewlett-Packard for cracks in the hopes they'll get to scoop up some of its assets, arguing the world's No.1 PC maker is stretched too thin, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters correspondents Nadia Damouni and Poornima Gupta.
Skype, the Internet video calling service recently bought by Microsoft for a hefty $8.5 billion, rolled out service to users of Android phones on Thursday. The service will let Android users make free video calls to Skype contacts, including those on Apple iPhones. | | | Wall Street rallies 4th day, gains in July seen | | June 30, 2011 04:39 PM ET | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a volatile quarter on Thursday with their biggest four-day rally since September as positive economic data and a temporary resolution of Greece's debt crisis indicated further gains in July. | Full Article | | | BUSINESS NEWS
| | Greece passes austerity bill after trouble-free vote | | June 30, 2011 04:14 PM ET | | ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament passed a second austerity bill Thursday, opening the way for the EU and IMF to release a 12 billion euro ($17 billion) loan installment which Athens urgently needs to stave off bankruptcy. | Full Article | | Geithner mulling departing post: report | | June 30, 2011 04:09 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he is considering leaving the administration after a deal to raise the debt limit is reached, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing three anonymous sources. | Full Article | | U.S. caught China buying more debt than disclosed | | June 30, 2011 12:47 PM ET | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rules of Treasury auctions may not sound like the stuff of high-stakes diplomacy. But a little-noticed 2009 change in how Washington sells its debt sheds new light on America's delicate balancing act with its biggest creditor, China. | Full Article | | | | U.S. TOP NEWS | | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | |  |  | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. |  | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. |  | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | | | | |
据知情人士说，一旦美国国会就提高政府债务上限达成一致，财政部长盖特纳将考虑辞职。 
QE2落下帷幕，对于它有用无用，经济学家各执一词。总的来说，还是有一些方面因QE2而受益，当然也有一些方面未能受益，甚至受损。
中国将月度个人所得税起征点提高至3,500元。外界普遍认为，中国下调所得税税率是为了应对通货膨胀压力。
中国杭州警方在在线交易平台阿里巴巴相关欺诈案件的侦破过程中抓获了36名嫌疑人。欺诈门事件促使阿里巴巴进行了改革和改组，公司首席执行长也因此引咎辞职。
调查显示，去年标准普尔500指数成分股公司的首席财务长的收入中值上升了19%，至290万美元。原因是利润和股票价值回升，以及一些CFO承担了更多的职责。
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据知情人士说，一旦美国国会就提高政府债务上限达成一致，财政部长盖特纳将考虑辞职。
中国将从周五开始对车辆用柴油实施更加严格的排放标准，但分析师们表示，国家为成品油价格设定上限的做法将继续打击炼油企业提高高品质燃料油产量的积极性。
台湾最高法院检察署周四说，已对前总统李登辉及其担任总统期间的经济顾问刘泰英提出起诉，指控他们在1994年至1999年期间侵占了国家安全局名下的资金。
