ThinkstockThe Financial Times has released its annual ranking of business schools from around the world. Readers may be stunned to find that the Harvard Business School, a wing of the huge, Cambridge, Mass.-based university that is…
courtesy Boeing Co.A shocking development in the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner catastrophe: Japanese officials may have been lax in their safety tests of the plane. And U.S. regulators may have ignored suggestions from…
courtesy of USPSThe U.S Postal Service, plagued by losses that may force it to curtail service, and could make it miss some payments to retirement health plans, may want to increase the price of…
thinkstockJapan eased safety regulations on the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner in 2008. (Reuters) The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is not selling well in some of Asia’s affluent cities, including Singapore and…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.On most business section front pages, both print and digital, much of the coverage has gone to the fact that Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) passed General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) to…
ThinkstockA New Credit Card Surcharge Beginning this week, merchants may charge a 4% premium for people who use credit cards for their purchases. A settlement in a legal action between card companies and merchants…
flickr / gsfcTwitter is worth $9 billion, based on reports that BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is willing to buy $80 million of stock in the short message social network at that astronomical valuation. The…
ThinkstockWhat has been called the “German miracle,” which is the ability for the European Union’s largest economy to grow in the face of the region’s recession, got some support today. The January 2013 Ifo…
ThinkstockJust as U.K. Prime Minister David William Donald Cameron announced his future plans for his country’s membership in the European Union, there are signs that his austerity plans for Britain may not be working.…
It was once a privilege, at least from a financial standpoint, to work on Wall St. The job cuts in the financial industry threaten the lucrative jobs of tens of thousands of people around…
ThinkstockThe German Miracle What has been called the “German miracle,” which is the ability for the European Union’s largest economy to grow in the face of the region’s recession, got some support today. The…
Wikimedia CommonsBoeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) lead director, Kenneth Duberstein, finally gets a chance to lead. With the company’s CEO James McNerney fighting for his job because of growing and severe problems with the flagship…
courtesy of McDonald'sAmericans worry about the battle in Congress over the deficit and national debt. They also fret about the overall economy, job creation and the real estate market. At the heart of their…
thinkstockU.S. regulators say that their investigation into the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner is far from over. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) must decide whether it wants market share in China or a…
courtesy of SamsungThree pieces of information about the continued rise of smartphones reached the market, almost at the same time. Samsung announced record profits, much of which came from its Galaxy line. Apple Inc.…
ThinkstockBy. Daniel J. Graeber of Oilprice.com The Turkish energy minister confirmed that oil was flowing again through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline from northern Iraq following an attack on the transit network. The separatist Kurdistan Workers’…
The federal government does not know what kinds of guns are used in homicides, except on the broadest level. That makes the debate over assault rifles and other semi-automatic rifles and pistols more difficult…
courtesy Boeing Co.There is no hope in sight for Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) as it tries to get its 787 Dreamliner flagship back in the air. Japanese investigators say that an overcharging of the…
ThinkstockAkamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) issued its third-quarter report on connectivity. Not surprisingly, connection speeds on average have risen compared to the same period as last year: The global average connection speed decreased by approximately…
courtesy of SamsungThe Samsung Galaxy S III has done a great deal of damage to sales of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, which may be one of the reasons the U.S. company’s forecasts…