courtesy of Apple Inc.In a U.S. District Court ruling this morning, U.S. Department of Justice charges against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for colluding to fix prices for e-books with several publishers were…
ThinkstockIt looks like Internet stocks are going to be back in focus on Wednesday. Citigroup’s Mark May, who is the former Internet analyst at Barclays, has issued new coverage of key internet…
ThinkstockAs former Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch took the fall for the failure of the company’s e-commerce business, the man who controls the company — Leonard Riggio —…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockThe chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) never really ran the company. The family that has control of the book firm did. But someone had to be the…
courtesy of Google Inc.For the first time in months, the most popular free app from the App Store at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not Candy Crush Saga. The honor in June…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Shares in Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) rose 25% in the second quarter. J.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) stock was up 15%, in contrast to a…
ThinkstockBarnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS), like rival book company Borders before it, will not survive as a standalone company. That leaves its board and investors with the challenge of where it…
courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWSome retail analysts believe that if Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is to keep its presence as the largest retailer in the United States, it eventually…
ThinkstockStratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) announced last night that it would acquire privately held desktop 3D printer firm MakerBot. Stratasys will issue about 4.76 million new shares in exchange for 100% of MakerBot,…
ThinkstockBig companies often invest in research and development to promote growth and profitability. Yet this expense can sometimes be a waste. For every Intel or Merck, which invests wisely, there is an…
courtesy of NetflixIn what the company calls a “groundbreaking deal,” Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced this morning that it has signed a multiyear deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) to…
courtesy of MicrosoftBest Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have decided to set a deal for the world’s largest software company to have a store within a store,…
courtesy of Google Inc.The total amount spent on digital advertising in 2012 was just more than $104 billion. That total is expected to grow to $116.8 billion in 2013, and Google Inc.…
thinkstockToday’s announcement that Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) would pay $1.5 billion in cash and assume more than $700 million debt to acquire Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) comes about two months after…
ThinkstockOne in every five jobs in the United States required a high level of knowledge in science, technology, engineering or math as of 2011. Since the industrial revolution, the share of these…
