Sony Cut to Junk as Latest Turnaround Dies
When current Sony CEO Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai took over as head of the huge Japanese consumer electronics company, he promised to turn the company around. He either took the job too late to matter,…
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Rumor That Apple Will Launch Solar-Powered iPhone 6 Unlikely
There is a rumor that the iPhone 6 will be partially solar-powered, which would represent a next generation of smartphone technology. However, the rumor may only carry the hope of the Apple faithful that…
SodaStream Kicked Off Super Bowl, but Exposure Soars
ThinkstockSodaStream International (NASDAQ: SODA), the odd anti-Coke, anti-Pepsi company, had its advertising for the Super Bowl kicked off TV coverage of the event. The publicity from the decision may bring SodaStream as much exposure…
Weather Channel Begs Customers to Switch
Courtesy of the U.S. National Weather ServiceEach day that passes, The Weather Channel continues to plead for its viewers to switch from DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), which has stopped running its content, over to carriers…
Hackers Move From Retail to Media, CNN
Hackers roam the Internet world, seemingly randomly. They apparently operate in China, North Korea, Syria and parts unknown (maybe even within the United States). They are hard to find, which means they are hard…
GM’s CEO Faces Failure in Europe
New General Motors CEO Mary Barra recently and told reporters that she has no radical plans for the No. 1 car company in the United States. Given GM's size and dinosaur-like management, she stated…
Should Microsoft Keep Steve Ballmer?
As Microsoft's revenue reaches the high-water mark in its history, and does so because it has been able to change the way it conducts business, Steve Ballmer has become the best person to take…
Icahn Uses Twitter in Apple Attack, Again
courtesy of TwitterSocial media isn’t just a platform for hipsters. Even savvy old Wall Street investors like activist Carl Icahn see it as way to make their point when they have a beef with…
74% Believe U.S. Still in Recession
ThinkstockSeventy-four percent of Americans believe that the nation is still in a recession, which may be a sign that the lower and middle classes are still anxious about unemployment, the value of their homes…
Toyota Ranks as World’s No. 1 Car Company in 2013
Now that the count is in for 2013, the numbers are official. Toyota was the No. 1 car company in the world. It is quite a comeback the great 2011 Japanese earthquake and millions…
Facebook to Sell Ads for Third-Party Apps
Facebook plans to extend the reach of its ad sales operations by "showing Facebook ads in third-party mobile apps." Still searching for inroads to the advertising revenue business, Facebook may have found one more…
Spain Unemployment Above 26%
ThinkstockSpain’s statistics bureau, the INE, reported that unemployment was 26.02% for the fourth quarter of 2013. The figure is a terrible reminder that some nations within the European Union may have recovered from the…
Big Tech Gets Smaller: IBM and TI Layoffs
IBM said it would rebalance its workforce. Texas Instruments announced it would cut 1,100 people. These come shortly after Intel said it would fire 5,000. Big tech seems to get ever smaller, both in…
Will Buyers Abandon Small Cars Because of Crash Dangers?
Small cars have several advantages for consumers. But they may be more than offset by the fact that small vehicles often are not safe to drive, a problem driven home by recent research by…
Facebook Cements Position Among Most Traded Stocks
Facebook has been listed at a public company for two years, yet it is one of the most widely traded stocks on any U.S. exchange. Others vying for the top spot have been publicly…
NFL’s 10 Most Expensive Games of the Year
ThinkstockHeading into the Super Bowl, here is a rundown of the NFL’s 10 most expensive games of the year. Super Bowl XLVIII is obviously slated to be the single most expensive football game of…
World Unemployment Level Reaches More Than 200 Million
ThinkstockIf the global economic recovery has left some things behind, the most important is probably job creation. In 2013, 202 million people were unemployed worldwide, up five million from 2012. It is hard to…
Yahoo! Dominates U.S. Website Traffic
Yahoo! continued to hold a significant lead as the most visited website in the United States, based on January figures. The numbers are such that they may help Yahoo! rise out of its advertising…
Many Baby Boomers Reluctant to Retire — Gallup
Naturally, it has occurred to people who do not have the money to retire that they shouldn't. Many baby boomers want to continue to work for years to come, even if they do not…
As China Economy Growth Slows, U.S. Strengthens Grip as Top Economy
Forecasts have predicted that China's GDP will pass that of the United States sometime between 2030 and 2050. For the time being, those forecasts appear too optimistic. China's GDP growth appears to be slowing.