ThinkstockIf you are a computer and technology buyer, then chances are high that you know CDW. The company is mostly online and sells computers, monitors, networking gear, software, and a myriad of other…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.All industries in American business change and evolve over time. In some cases it is due to technological change, internal change within the specific industry, changes in consumer…
ThinkstockStaples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the office supplies retailer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.46 and…
ThinkstockThough the Internet is made up of tens of millions of websites, people spend the vast majority of time on just a handful of sites. According to comScore, an Internet analytics company,…
courtesy of Apple Inc.A brief look at today’s trading chart for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a study in misery. The company, which put up an all-time high of more than $705…
thinkstockThe stock market is supposed to fall after reaching nearly all-time highs, because $85 billion in budget cuts have begun. But these will not move the stock market down, at least not for…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.Most analysts believed that it was only a matter of time before Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) CEO Andrew Mason lost his job. He controlled enough of the company’s shares…
ThinkstockThe recording industry has taken a beating for more than a decade as it struggled to come up with a way to maintain its substantial profits in the face of Internet sharing…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is hitting the morning wire with a couple of big stories. Yesterday the company said that it was preparing a 7-inch tablet, called the Slate 7,…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal published a rumor that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) chairman and large shareholder Leonard Riggio may try to takeover the part of the company that owns its stores through a leveraged buyout (LBO).…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) aggressively moves into India, with discounts on the iPhone, to get a part of the huge market. (Reuters) Japan will spend $100 billion on infrastructure to boost its economy. (Reuters)…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Everyone knows that if a company or product shows up on the first page of results from a search engine query, the chances that the company or product will…
courtesy of Office DepotIf the press is correct, there is a very good chance that OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) and Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) will merge, hundreds of stores will be…
courtesy of Office DepotRumors came out over the weekend that Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) finally are considering a long-awaited and long-speculated merger. This will not be…
ThinkstockIn its quarterly report on estimated e-commerce retail sales released today, the U.S. Census Bureau said that adjusted online sales jumped 15.6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2012. On an unadjusted…
