ThinkstockUpdated 10:46 a.m. 12/16/2013. The strike by Amazon workers from Germany due to what they believe is low pay has not caused any concern, or excitement, among investors — although it was reported everywhere…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) may change CEOs within months, of even weeks, of one another. GM has already chosen Mary Barra to replace Dan Akerson who…
ThinkstockNorth Korea has been in the headlines, heavily in recent days as the No.2 leader, Jang Song Thaek, was executed by his nephew Kim Jong Un–the current No.1 of the isolated country. Before that, the concern…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The spread of estimates of how holiday sales did over the period from Black Friday through Cyber Monday is wide. NRF reported that Thanksgiving Holiday spending reached $57.4 billion, which was a slight…
Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) admitted that the discounts it gave on gifts during its Black Friday Deals Week and Cyber Monday Deals Week are over. Like every other retailer, it has to keep…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsJohn Chambers, the longtime CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) made a presentation to investment analysts. It contained dozens of PowerPoint slides, but the audience only cared about one. It…
ThinkstockGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) has a new chief executive officer, Mary Barra — the first woman to head a major global car company. Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: G) may need a new CEO…
ThinkstockIf foreclosure rates are among the hearts of the real estate industry, then housing has gotten much stronger. Foreclosure starts hit a 95-month low in November. Overall foreclosure filings dropped 15% from October, the largest month-over-month…
MicrosoftIt is as if the Xbox One mattered to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) — at least financially. The world’s largest software company boasted it sold two million devices in 18 days. And in a…
ThinkstockIn the matter of how large the holiday sales pie will be this year, the size apparently will be small. That means retailers, both store-based and Internet-based, will need to take business from one…
ThinkstockThe U.S. economy has benefited for some time from cheap oil, fueled by historically weak demand in China, crumpled demand in Europe and the rise of shale. However, the price of crude has reached almost…
courtesy of General MotorsNew General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra inherits a company that has done remarkably well in China and horribly in Europe. However, her greatest challenge is in GM’s home…
Wikimedia CommonsThere are several research firms and employee review websites that publish lists of the best places for people to work. The latest of these is from Glassdoor, the jobs and career online community.…
ThinkstockTwitter Inc.’s (NASDAQ: TWTR) shares, despite worries that it has no sustainable revenue model, have outperformed those of LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) over the past month. Incidentally, Wall Street…
ThinkstockNew research show that women have not been able to break the glass ceiling at many large corporations, at least as measured by their numbers in senior management and on board. According to research…
ThinkstockThe American Customer Satisfaction Index has released its ranking of the nation’s top four banks, which include J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) and…
thinkstockThe NFL is supposed to make money on TV rights and from major sponsors. Most of these sponsors are among the largest branded companies in the United States. And virtually all of them already have huge…
ThinkstockSo far, the list of reasons shoppers may let down the retail industry this year includes unemployment that is still at high levels, weak store sales over the Thanksgiving weekend and a consumer spending trend that has been…
Wikimedia CommonsThe assumption among most investors is that to make money on stocks based on holiday sales, the only option is shares in retail and e-commerce companies. That is not entirely true. All those…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Major retailers have not let up on offering discounts — even a little. The trend could pull in shoppers who did not exhaust their budgets on the Thanksgiving to Black Friday…