courtesy of Apple Inc.The two leaders in smartphone shipments, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), widened their lead over competitors in 2012, according to data released today by research firm Strategy…
thinkstockBack in the days when billionaires were scarce on the ground, one of the bona fide big wheels was oilman J. Paul Getty, who offered this advice on getting rich: “Work hard and strike…
ThinkstockBeginning this week, merchants may charge a 4% premium for people who use credit cards for their purchases. A settlement in a legal action between card companies and merchants has triggered that fee. Now,…
ThinkstockThe Financial Times has released its annual ranking of business schools from around the world. Readers may be stunned to find that the Harvard Business School, a wing of the huge, Cambridge, Mass.-based university that is…
courtesy Boeing Co.A shocking development in the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner catastrophe: Japanese officials may have been lax in their safety tests of the plane. And U.S. regulators may have ignored suggestions from…
courtesy of USPSThe U.S Postal Service, plagued by losses that may force it to curtail service, and could make it miss some payments to retirement health plans, may want to increase the price of…
thinkstockJapan eased safety regulations on the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner in 2008. (Reuters) The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is not selling well in some of Asia’s affluent cities, including Singapore and…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.On most business section front pages, both print and digital, much of the coverage has gone to the fact that Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) passed General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) to…
ThinkstockA New Credit Card Surcharge Beginning this week, merchants may charge a 4% premium for people who use credit cards for their purchases. A settlement in a legal action between card companies and merchants…
There are movie stars, and then there are actors whose involvement appears more important than the movie itself. Some are so critical to success that studios will pay them tens of millions of dollars to be…
flickr / gsfcTwitter is worth $9 billion, based on reports that BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is willing to buy $80 million of stock in the short message social network at that astronomical valuation. The…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning before dipping following the report on new home sales in the U.S. Stocks regained positive momentum during most of the remaining session. In Europe, Germany’s Ifo Institute’s…
CNBCIn what was supposed to be a CNBC interview with Bill Ackman about Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) and nasty comments made this week about Ackman by Carl Icahn, CNBC ended up with a pit…
Wikimedia CommonsShortly after noon today, oil & gas supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) re-captured its position as the most valuable company in the world. Exxon’s market cap now totals $416.54 billion. Apple Inc.…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is in full swing and the coming week will have many big earnings announcements. 24/7 Wall St. has provided a brief calendar showing current and ex-DJIA stocks and…