Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still one of the most revered companies in America, and in the world. Since Steve Jobs has passed away there has been a bit less enthusiasm for…
Olympus may hire its former CEO, Michael Woodford, in the midst of an accounting scandal. (Reuters) Foreign investment in China drops for the first time in 28 months. (Reuters) Holiday sales continue…
Andrea Jung was forced out as CEO of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) after years of poor financial performance at the company. The CEO of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Brian Dunn, should be the…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has said the its Kindle Fire is the best-selling item on its web site and it wants to give customers a chance to order the device as close to…
The Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle Fire, flagship of the e-commerce sites holiday products may have design flaws. Some of the products have been returned to Amazon. One of the issues has to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Worries about the EU solution to the sovereign debt crisis rise. (Reuters) U.S. firms will be asked to disclose relationships with Syria and Iran. (FT) Many jobless Americans face cut off of benefits at…
E-Commerce activity continued to surge, and outpace bricks-and-mortar sales. Comscore reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 39 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday…
A burst of interest in the Nook tablets from Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is causing the company to increase orders on its manufacturers. That’s good news for B&N, but even…
Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations also did…
If the recent CNBC survey of US holiday shoppers accurately portrays what these shoppers plan to spend this year, US retailers can expect a pretty good year. Those surveyed said they plan…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com…
The board of Olympus may resign by late February. (Reuters) China says its annual rate of growth slowed between October and November. (Reuters) Congress pressures the CFTC for stronger regulation after the…
Holiday e-commerce sales continue to set records. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), which is the leader in e-commerce sales by far as a single company, is likely to be among the major beneficiaries of…
Smartphone pioneer Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has lowered its third-quarter guidance and said that it will take a “predominantly” non-cash charge of $485 million on its existing inventory of the…
Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in the past…
