Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will begin to sell the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, which would not make much difference since the tablet is available almost everywhere else. The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will be one of the major investors in a massive wind farm project on the East Coast. It is hard to see how the search engine company will make money on…
Reuters: Asia nations have begun to guard against foreign capital inflow as currency tensions continue. Reuters: A halt in foreclosures could hurt investors in related securities. WSJ: Wall St. pay will rise 4% this…
Good thing that Barry Diller and Sidney Harman don’t work for the CIA because the two media tycoons are doing a terrible job in keeping word of the potential merger between The Daily Beast…
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) which claims that it represents the interests of hundreds of securities firms, banks and asset managers, says that a full-scale moratorium would be ruinous to both…
The great dream of America’s energy planners and nightmare of the oil companies and coal producers is that one day the US will have a large scale, economic way to bring electricity to homes…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
Updated throughout the day. Sinochem and Canadian pension are at work on separate deal to buy Potash (NYSE: POT) (The Times) Citigroup (NYSE: C) may move to increase its transaction business in Africa (Reuters)…
The Business Round Table, which is a group of the most powerful CEOs in America, will meet in Chicago this month and try to address what the largest businesses in the US can do…
CNOOC, the large Chinese energy company, will buy assets of US firm Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE: CHK) for $1.1 billion. Chesapeake holds large reserves of shale oil deposits and those have proven to be…
The penetration of the Internet may be high in the US, but it is not used nearly as much as in China and the Middle East. Essentially, Americans presence online does not affect personal…
The IMF was dismissed as the possible arbitrator in the growing currency dispute among the biggest countries. The US immediately said it would push China harder to boost what many see as the yuan’s…
Reuters: CNOOC offered $1.1 billion for a part of Chesapeake Energy, a deal the US may not approve. Reuters: Pressure to investigate mortgage practices has begun to build for banks. Reuters: South Korea warned…
A car without a driver. A man without a brain. A map that needs not user. Google says that “we have developed technology for cars that can drive themselves.” The cars are not ready…
Sometimes, it’s not easy being a rich, famous business pundit. These days, the media only wants to know whether the U.S. headed for a double-dip recession. The question — which is legitimate — is…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million…
The most powerful brands in the world, based on name recognition and earnings, usually take decades to create. The most fertile period of brand creation in America lasted from the 1880s to 1920s. Ford,…
Today’s best unfounded rumor comes from Bloomberg. China Telecom, the third largest wireless company in the People’s Republic, is in talks with Apple Inc., (NASDAQ: AAPL) to sell the iPhone in the world’s most…
S&P gave GM a corporate rating of “BB-,” which put it well into “junk” territory. However, the credit agency was optimistic about some of the No.1 American car company’s prospects. GM made money in…