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…
Still No Eurozone Rescue. The rescue of the financially weak eurozone nations becomes more confused by the day. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner continues to tour the region. He wants to convince area finance ministers…
By 2013, sales of new smartphones using the HTML5 standard in the phone’s browser will total 1 billion, up from 336 million this year. The recent decision by Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is a company which many investors and outsiders expect to be in a transformation. The first such addition under new management is a stake and…
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…
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…
A New Bailout Fund. Rumors suggest that leading eurozone nations, particularly France and Germany, may have begun the process to create a large bailout fund for the financially weak nations in the region.…
JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) may buy a 16.6% stake in Martha Stewart Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) according to The New York Times. The price would be $3.50 a share, or a 16% premium to…
HTC, based in Taiwan, is supposed to be the leader among the world’s Android-based smartphone companies. It is supposed to be the company with products that can challenge Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise. Those…
Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t the only…
Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters) HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)…
A pact to save Europe. France’s president Sarkozy and Germany’s Angela Merkel will try to set a grand pact to save Europe. Germany wants strict adherence to austerity plans in nations that…
VirnetX Holding Corp (AMEX: VHC) is trading higher on news that the ITC is investigating its complain that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) bringing in products into the United States which violate some of…
Jon C. Ogg 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…
