courtesy of Apple Inc.Why did one of the world’s largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers and customer…
courtesy of MicrosoftBest Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have decided to set a deal for the world’s largest software company to have a store within a store, where Microsoft…
ThinkstockA great deal was made of the fact that the population of India will surpass that of China relatively soon, according to a revised version of the UN “World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.”…
ThinkstockMore depressing news out of Europe: The number of persons employed decreased by 0.5% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.2% in the EU27 in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the…
Courtesy EADS/AirbusAirbus sent its A350 into the air for the first time, at least as far as the public has seen. If the plane has no major glitches, it may be a formidable competitor…
ThinkstockAmericans generally have distrusted banks. And that lack of trust has been for several good reasons, which usually include high fees for simple matters such as checking account balances and overdrafts. A new Gallup…
ThinkstockProxy firm ISS has sided with Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) in the battle between it and Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) to buy Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR). The opinion means that the 4G…
ThinkstockThere is a broadly held assumption that research and development (R&D) budget sizes matter a great deal to the current and future financial prospects of most tech companies. A review of the financial results…
ThinkstockThe two largest makers and marketers of trading terminals suddenly face public accusations about their practices that could undermine the model that has made them successful for so long. Bloomberg has suffered from revelations…
ThinkstockOverall, data about the real estate markets continues to be ambiguous. RealtyTrac reports that in May foreclosure starts were up 2% from April. What is not clear is whether this is because banks want…
ThinkstockThe World Bank has lost confidence in its earlier forecasts about global GDP growth. The organization has cut its outlook for this year from 2.4% to 2.2%. It may be a new reason for…
ThinkstockJapan’s Nikkei fell by 6.4%, and entered bear territory after a huge run up over the past several months. The market has bounced up and down for weeks, due to questions about intentions of…
According to the Nation’s Leading Charity Evaluator, San Diego Tops Annual List; Indianapolis Worst in Nation GLEN ROCK, N.J., June 1, 2013 – San Diego’s philanthropic community is the tops in the nation, according…
ThinkstockWages of many workers in the United Kingdom have collapsed recently. The causes of some these drops also exist in the United States, where real income has been stagnant for a decade. The problem…
MicrosoftThe fight over whether the new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One video game console or the Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) PS4 is the better product came less than minutes after each was introduced.…
ThinkstockThe odds that oil prices will fall over time, caused primarily by supply increases, got more support from the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its oil market report for June. The forecast is similar…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Department wants to help motorists analyze the real costs to drive their cars, a figure that is often a mystery. The number is hard to calculate because of the presence of…
courtesy Boeing Co.The reputation of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner has been battered a number of times over its decade-long development and the manufacturing processes that delayed the launch of the plane…
ThinkstockBond giant PIMCO has forecast that the chance of a global recession sometime in the next five years is greater than 60%. Analyst Saumil Parikh made the remark on behalf of the firm. In a…
ThinkstockGreece is no longer a developed nation. It was downgraded to “emerging market” status by index firm MSCI. The oldest civilization in the Western World is among the most primitive economically, and that will…