The battle over whether J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) or Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) will win the right to market merchandise from Martha Steward Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) is a ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and wobbled around before heading upward for most of the day. Strong home prices and a surge in the consumer confidence index (more ... Read Full Story »
Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal-year results before markets opened this morning. The department store giant posted quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.05 on revenues ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as they awaited results from the Italian elections. Early exit polls had the center-left party of Pier Luigi Bersani in the lead, but ... Read Full Story »
A Chinese military operation may be the source of many of the major hacks on U.S. cyber interests. (Reuters) Burger King Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: BKW) takes its Twitter account offline ... Read Full Story »
A dispute between Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) and Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) over a licensing deal between Stewart and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is set ... Read Full Story »
The train wreck that is Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) continued as the firm probably will dump its new chief executive. The New York Post reports: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia ... Read Full Story »
German Business Climate The business climate in Germany reversed a bit last month after several months of decline. The news comes as a surprise as the balance of the continent ... Read Full Story »
The outcry about overpaid CEOs has gone on for years as the financial press combs SEC statements for outlandish pay packages that sometime run into the tens of millions ... Read Full Story »
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) releases its iPad mini in Asia, but demand appears soft. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) seeks developers for Windows 8. (Reuters) The FTC may sue Google ... Read Full Story »
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) shuttered two of its small magazines ahead of earnings. It needed to close more, and probably included in that list is the firm's ... Read Full Story »
With the shuttering of Newsweek's print edition, the attention of the media world has turned to other magazines with such severe print problems that they also will have to move entirely ... Read Full Story »
Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy continues to move toward the East Coast, where it may combine with a front from the west, and has generated all sort of hyperbole. Hopefully, most ... Read Full Story »
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) faces the same dilemma many multimedia firms do: it has a print division. Print is no longer a viable medium for these firms in many ... Read Full Story »
Samsung beats Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in an intellectual property case in Japan. (Reuters) The CEOs of Apple and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) meet to discuss patent issues. (Reuters) J.P. ... Read Full Story »