Ron Burkle, a financier who is fond of raiding retail companies, plans to take a 37% stake in the nation’s largest bricks-and-mortar book seller, Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS). Burkle’s Yucaipa investment funds…
Most brand valuations done by consultancies render suspect figures because none are based on completely transparent data. This is particularly true of the well-known Brand Z and Interbrand annual numbers. Each of these two…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will get a $100 million bonus (Times of London) Morgan Stanley (NYSE::MS) will hire hundreds of traders over the next few years…
The price war for market share in the cellular business have moved from carriers to handset manufacturers. AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless have dropped subscriber fees in a battle for US customers. Now…
It might appear that the only two companies in the race for first place in the global smart phone industry are Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM). That is not even close to…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: Obama is looking for ways to cut the deficit. Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) may sell its private equity group. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will announce the fix for its gas pedals. Reuters: China…
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) used to serve on the Apple board of directors. He left, presumably, because of a growth in competition between the two companies. That competition has gotten…
Quarterly results at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) beat even the company’s own high estimates for revenue and profits. A lot of that was due to the success of the company’s Kindle e-reader…
Shares in almost every major American company on the most active list fell and in some cases fell sharply on the 28th. The stock of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), the largest handset chip maker in…
Reuters: Congress will probe the Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls. Reuters: Samsung said chip and TV demand is strengthening. Reuters: Some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees are open to cuts in retention pay.
Since the inception of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store more than 140,000 applications have been produced by thousands of developers. The debut of Apple’s iPad provides a whole new platform for developers to tailor their products to. Apple…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (AMZN), does not want to see Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple (AAPL), take away the e-reader market with the new Apple iPad. The iPad does almost all…
Reuters: The Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls grew to 8 million. Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) is considering selling its real estate unit. Reuters: Wall St. will fight Obama’s plan for the banking system. Reuters: Obama…
The much anticipated Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) tablet has finally debuted under the name “iPad.” It will sell for as little as $499, making it available to potentially huge market. Despite Apple’s secrecy…
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