Most of the analysis about super-brands focuses on companies and products that have been prominent in the last few decades – companies like Apple, Google, Toyota, or Starbucks. According to how many experts evaluate…
Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), and a founding father of Silicon Valley, took issue with the decision of the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) board to fire chief Mark Hurd. In an e-mail…
Reports of the demise of Crocs Inc. (NYSE: CROX) have proven to be premature — again. Four years ago, Crocs seemed doomed after George B. Boedecker, the footwear maker’s largest shareholder, resigned from the…
The blown-out BP plc (NYSE:BP) well in the Gulf of Mexico was such a horrific and dramatic disaster that it nearly totally obscured a ruptured pipeline near Marshall, Michigan, that dumped more than 800,000…
It should come as a shock to no one that major investment houses and analysts have begun to make downward revisions to the forecasts for the stock market indexes, joblessness, and GDP growth for…
Updated throughout the day Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) deal with Saudi Arabia over BlackBerry use is said to undermine use by younger subscribers. (Bloomberg) Whitehaven Coal rose in Sydney trading after The Australian…
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…
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) proved once again that it may be the only company based in America with growth as bulletproof as Apple’s. Same-store sales for July exploded upward by 7%, well ahead of forecasts.…
The economy of one Western nation is growing rapidly–Germany’s. The Federal Statistics Bureau said that exports rose 28.5% in June compared with a year ago. Germany exported commodities to the value of EUR 86.5 billion…
The rapidly expanding car market in China has been critical to the earnings of global auto companies like GM, VW, and Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM). China’s insatiable demand for cars has pushed the nation…
Housing is making a recovery–a tiny one. Some home prices in the weakest markets have begun to improve. In California, 20 of the 26 markets tracked by real estate research firm Zillow had price…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management strength and…
Starbucks Corp. (NYSE: SBUX) Chief Executive Howard Schultz took plenty of grief earlier this year after his company awarded him a $1 million bonus at a time when the coffee retailer was struggling. Now,…
Members of Dell Inc.’s (NYSE: DELL)Board of Directors have many distractions preventing them from reviving the struggling computer maker which help their back accounts and hurt the computer’s long-suffering shareholders. Many have overseen the…
Reuters: Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd settled a sexual harassment case from reality TV star Jodie Fisher. Reuters: HP will signal its direction based on the background of its new chief. Reuters: …
BP plc (NYSE: BP) says at its website that tests of the cement plug on its leaking well have been successful and it is not releasing any more oil. Douglas A. McIntyre
In another sign that Steve Jobs can do no wrong, the head of engineering for the Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone has been pushed out of the company. The Wall Street Journal reports that…
According to several media accounts former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Mark Hurd has settled sexual harassment charges brought by a former contractor with the company. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed. HP paid…
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 US and Canadian governments and Blackberry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are on a crusade to make certain that the device and its service are not restricted in parts of the Middle…