ThinkstockA move to digital formats was supposed to save the newspaper industry. However, the approach cannot work if the public’s confidence in the industry slips toward zero. It seems that is exactly what is…
Courtesy Maersk LineFinally, some good news out of Europe. In April, Eurostat reports, the European Union had a trade surplus with “the rest of the world” of 14.9 billion euro. This was up 3.3 billion…
ThinkstockA study done by Harvard researchers and experts from the University of Utah found that exposure to money can corrupt people. The research was conducted at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard…
courtesy of SamsungAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has begun to take orders for the new ultra rugged Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active. The AT&T online page set to promote the Samsung phone says “Pre-Order Now” and:…
ThinkstockAccording to El Mundo, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) made an offer for Spanish telecom Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF). According to a version of the article by translated by Google: Telefonica shares have started the session…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Why did one of the world’s largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers and customer…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, kicking off a gradual decline that lasted all day. Profit-taking and a lower-than-expected reading on consumer sentiment in the U.S. get the blame. In Europe, CPI readings…
By: Matt Egan / FOXBusiness Last week, Americans were shocked to learn about the U.S. intelligence community’s telephone and Internet surveillance activities. However, investors may also be surprised to learn that same agency operates…
ThinkstockA seven-year convertible bond issued to Japan’s SoftBank at the time of its initial bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has tossed another hurdle in front of satellite provider Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ:…
courtesy of General ElectricGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) had been trading up marginally during Friday morning, but news of the company’s dividend is not exactly creating any new interest. GE released news that its…
ThinkstockThis week brought on a nasty credit rating downgrade from Standard & Poor’s for the City of Detroit. Now we have word that Detroit’s Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has identified plans to a group…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) almost certainly will to dominate the earnings reports from technology in the week ahead. The $160 billion enterprise software giant’s streak of beating earnings has not been as…
ThinkstockLess than a third of the nation’s workers were actively engaged in their jobs last year, according to a Gallup report released this week. Gallup’s State of the American Workplace showed that an additional…
Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.U.S. Representative Linda Sanchez has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting that the agency begin an investigation into allegations that Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is a pyramid scheme.…
ThinkstockWells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is supposed to be the best bank in America now. It has a solid balance sheet, trades above book value, has more than a dominant position in the…