Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCAs recalls go, the one set by Chrysler Group was a large one. However, the car company would have inspected all the cars and light trucks in question anyway. The publicity around…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsIf Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is supposed to make such a superior car, according to the press and the company’s PR, why does it have to recall some of its…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) AdSense, which has made tens of billions of dollars for online sites, large and small, celebrated its 10th birthday. The ad system allows publishers to easily run…
courtesy Boeing Co.If Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has one more problem with its 787 Dreamliner, it might as well take it out of production. This week is the Paris Air Show, and consequently a…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) dropped its bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), which means it is probable that Japan’s Softbank will get a 78% controlling interest in the number…
ThinkstockThe Ministry of Finance’s Trade Statistics of Japan said exports rose 10.1% in May to 5.567 trillion yen. The nation posted a trade deficit of 993 billion yen for the same period. Exports to…
ThinkstockA statement from the G8 conference said that while the global economy may be in the midst of a recovery, there remain a number of trap doors that could open and swallow the progress.…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Optimal Inc. has released a new study about brand leadership numbers between Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The data show the massive lead the world’s largest social network has in…
ThinkstockConsultancy PwC expects medical costs to rise at only 6.5% in 2014, which would be down sharply from increases in recent years. It expects the both the economy and federal public policy will help…
ThinkstockIn another sign that the recession in Europe has hit consumer spending, car sales there fell in May and reached their lowest level in that month since 1993. The data likely will press U.S.…
courtesy of Sony Corp.As a means to pressure Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) to spin out its entertainment division, Third Point, which is controlled by activist investor David Loeb, said it has upped its ownership…
ThinkstockChina issued its data on home sales prices in May for the nation’s large and mid-sized cities. Activity surged. The National Bureau of Statistics of China made the announcement. On its face, the data…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReservePresident Barack Obama indicated that Ben Bernanke would not remain at the Federal Reserve after the current term. This opens the possibility that frontrunner Janet Louise Yellen may takeover next year.…
courtesy Airbus S.A.EasyJet will buy a number of planes from Airbus in a setback to rival Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), which has had a share of setbacks due to problems with batteries on its 787…
ThinkstockSprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), desperate to hold on to a deal to be bought out by Softbank and keep its play to buy Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) for its 4G spectrum, sued Dish…
ThinkstockHow does a large company market a product on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)? By using the Facebook page of one of its senior executives? Huawei is about to find out whether that approach will work.…
ThinkstockA move to digital formats was supposed to save the newspaper industry. However, the approach cannot work if the public’s confidence in the industry slips toward zero. It seems that is exactly what is…
Courtesy Maersk LineFinally, some good news out of Europe. In April, Eurostat reports, the European Union had a trade surplus with “the rest of the world” of 14.9 billion euro. This was up 3.3 billion…
ThinkstockA study done by Harvard researchers and experts from the University of Utah found that exposure to money can corrupt people. The research was conducted at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard…
courtesy of SamsungAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has begun to take orders for the new ultra rugged Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active. The AT&T online page set to promote the Samsung phone says “Pre-Order Now” and:…