Leading business TV network CNBC, which is controlled by Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), and Yahoo! Finance, one of the most successful parts of the Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) portal’s content operations will join forces in an…
People with full-time jobs tend to have good habits such as healthy eating and lower rates of smoking. The unemployed tend to be at the other end of the spectrum in terms of exemplary health habits.…
Beset by rising rhetoric about a possible Israeli attack against its nuclear facilities, Iran is seeking full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an additional layer of international diplomatic “life insurance.” On 12…
Members of Congress have already tired of Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT) tardy reactions to its requests for information about a bribery probe in Mexico started a month ago by the world’s largest retailer. It has been…
RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), at 90 years old, operates in over 7,200 locations. Even with those advantages, the company might as well fold. The company stands as a fine example of how better-run competitors and…
Industrial production in the United Kingdom slowed in April, another sign that the economy there has fallen into recession. The Office of National Statistics reported: The seasonally adjusted Index of Production fell by 1.0…
Month after month, Gallup polls about how Americans view the economy have shown that many people believe the United States is still in a recession. A few have described the economy as in a…
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for Q3 2012 examines hiring plans across the world. The research covers more than 65,000 human resources and senior managers. An analysis of the data concludes that, in a…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will challenge Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own map service. (Reuters) A Manpower Group survey shows that companies in most parts of the world do not want to add workers. (Reuters)…
When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced it would launch its own map products, analysts wondered where the data would come from. The question was answered today when the world’s most valuable company set a partnership…
Human resource company Mercer has released its study of the most expensive places to live. This is for expats, and not the locals. At the top of the list is Tokyo, which is usually…
There are reports that Saudi Arabia may battle with its fellow OPEC members over near term oil production. The Saudis have supported high exports recently, which has helped the price of crude to drop…
Industrial production in the UK fell in April which in another sign that the economy there has fallen into recension. The Office of National Statistics reported: The seasonally adjusted Index of Production fell by…
Today, the FBI announced that violent crime dropped 4% in 2011, compared to a 5.5% drop in 2010. Nationally, the murder rate fell 1.9% from 2010, and robbery, forcible rape and assault fell 4%…
As new regulations have eaten into their profits, banks have looked for new ways to increase revenue from their customers. Many banks tried, unsuccessfully, to implement debit card fees. More successful for banks was…
Editor’s note: 24/7 recently pointed out that managment at WWE has done a poor job for shareholder. Yesterday, its shares reached a 52-week low of $7.48 Holders of shares in World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE)…
For some strange reason, research firm Comscore measures tablet PC sales in relationship to smartphone activity. Each is quite different from the other, based on screen size and resolution and computing power alone. Comscore’s largest poll on tablets…
American unions and their members have supported Democrats for decades. Democrats continue to be seen as champions of the blue-collar class, as well as lower-paid professions like teaching. Republicans still have the image as the party of…
China’s May export numbers were much stronger than expected. With the world’s economy slowing, it is hard to imagine where those exports went. It is even harder to figure out how this success can…
The attention of international capital markets is likely to turn to Italy now that Spain has gotten a $125 billion reprieve for its economy and troubled banks. Although Greece remains a concern, Italy is Europe’s third-largest…