Leapfrog.comIf the app is the new door for searching the Internet, or the portal to allowing people to have their own online DNA, the opening is widening at a frightening pace. According to Gartner, annual…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveIn the scheme of things, as far as the size of the economy and the massive amounts of credit capital that wash around the financial markets like a huge ocean, $10 billion…
ThinkstockAmong the most common comments about the new Census Bureau data on income, poverty and insurance coverage is that the rich have gotten richer and, at best, the middle and lower classes have held…
courtesy of StarbucksNothing worth adding. The letter speaks for itself: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Posted by Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer Dear Fellow Americans, Few topics in America generate a…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.The largest car company in America has set an improbable goal. General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) plans to produce a poor man’s Tesla. GM hopes to capitalize on the wild success…
Nasdaqtrader.comMarch 10, 2000. Nasdaq intra-day high reaches 5,132.52 — a record. It closes at 5,048.62 — a record, too. The good times rolled. Trading today at about 3,700, it will never get back above 5,000…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) well outpaced every major personal computer (PC) maker in the new, annual ratings from widely regarded research firm ACSI. Whatever the problems Apple has with its iPhone and…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveLarry Summers has lost his chance to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, brought down by arrogance, missteps as president of Harvard and close relationships to Wall Street. Widely regarded former…
courtesy of General Electric Co.CEOs of almost any company of any size can learn critical lessons from the successes, and failures, of decisions made by political leaders as they have taken sides in terms of deciding…
Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCThe Financial Times reports that Chrysler may file for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as this week, a decision made by CEO Sergio Marchionne, who also runs Fiat. The…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.The money that hoped to build back the confidence from investors and customers in the century-old J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is now almost completely gone. William Ackman of…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.After being third behind GM and Volkswagen in 2011, Toyota regained the top spot in 2012 as the largest auto manufacturer in the world, according to a recent report. Toyota Motor…
courtesy of XiaomiWhile you are watching yourself, someone else may be too. And most smartphone owners are watching themselves so that they can know where they are. According to new of data from the…
TwitterTwitter filed papers for its initial public offering (IPO). The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allowed the filing to be essentially secret because of rules that apply to companies with revenue of less than…
Wikimedia Commons/creative commonsThe announcement must have sent shudders down the backs of fast-food chain and big-box retail chief executive officers. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker…
ThinkstockHowever rich some portion of America has become, there is another slice that cannot afford to buy food. If 1% of people in the United States control an extraordinary amount of the wealth, another…
ThinkstockRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the U.K. postal operation, will go public soon. Among the reasons appears to be that the government would like to make money on the value of the institution and avoid…
ThinkstockRealtyTrac produced more evidence that the housing market is in an impressive recovery. Unfortunately, the trend has left several states behind. In a statement: RealtyTrac released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for August 2013,…
courtesy of MicrosoftIt turns out that smaller is better, at least in the world of personal computers. This runs against the tide of other industries. In the fast-food business, bigger burgers are better, at…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaExpensive coffee and movie rentals are in a different class from daily food intake, home heating fuel and the cost of clothing children for school. It is heartening then that the…