The reasons for Apple and Samsung to look over their shoulders in the smartphone business have increased as their product lines have aged. Now, three of the world's top smartphone vendors are Chinese.
Buy something from Amazon.com and need help setting it up, installing it or just making it work at home? The world's largest e-commerce company will arrange to send an expert.
ThinkstockThe US Tennis Open, the single biggest tennis tournament to hit American soil each year at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, will be underway in less than four weeks. The US Open…
(July, 2011) Standard and Poor's State Credit Rating, Provided by The Tax FoundationAs far as S&P is concerned, holders of Argentina’s sovereign paper may as well burn it The press release: RATING ACTION On…
It may be difficult for GM to sell the Chevy Volt, but it is by one important measure a very safe car. It won the IIHS 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK+ award for small cars.
Twitter's earnings were so good that the stock rose 26% after hours to $48.55. That is still very far short of its all-time high of $74.73.
Jeff Macke is the host of Breakout on Yahoo Finance. Prior to that he was an original cast member of CNBC’s “Fast Money,” founder of Macke Asset Management and a hedge fund manager. His…
ThinkstockBy Chris Dalby for Oilprice.com The debate over the impact of peak oil has been raging for decades. Although few deny that the end of mass oil consumption is drawing nearer, educated estimates now…
Despite the success of smartphone sales, as is true with almost any other business, there are only so many customers to go around. Huawei announced its smartphone sales rose 62% in the first half.
ThinkstockDebt, as measured by share of debt in collection, is less of a problem in states with low unemployment, in many cases. According to the Urban Institute, the national average of households with a…
Nissan's surge in sales should be expected in China, but not as much in the United States. China has become the world's largest car market. The U.S. market does not have the same growth…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyAmericans have become more conscious of the effects of what they drink and eat. This is particularly true with soda, a trend that is not good for branded soda companies,…
ThinkstockSylvester Stallone has been in the news lately, as a version of his new movie “The Expendables 3” has been illegally downloaded by 200,000 people. The first two versions of the movie were made…
ThinkstockAccording to several media reports, upcoming movie “The Expendables 3” has been “leaked” online and downloaded by at least 200,000 people using file sharing system BitTorrent. The movie’s production company, Nu Image, sued those…
ThinkstockA Detroit resident with a past due water bill, facing a shut off of H2O, now has a chance for help. Someone other than himself can pay his water bill. As of Sunday morning,…
RadioShack's stock has traded below $1 so long that it has received notice from the New York Stock Exchange that its shares may be delisted. The notice likely will cause investors to drive the…
Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive live off the consumer appetite for branded products. It turns out that this appetite costs these consumers an additional $44 billion a year.
At a time when the movie theater business is in jeopardy because ever more people stream premium video into their homes, a powerful new generation technology may help these traditional outlets to sell tickets.
MicrosoftToday, China is a market that most software and hardware companies believe they must conquer if they are to expand what may be stagnant sales worldwide. The most recent example of this is that…
The CEO of one of the worst-run retailers in American is joining the board of another company in the same category. Joseph Magnacca of RadioShack is among the new board members of American Apparel.