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…
thinkstockStreaming video service Hulu is owned by a consortium that includes Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA). This is not the first time that…
ThinkstockThe explosive global growth of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has led to equally explosive growth in demand for mobile bandwidth to feed the ever-hungrier devices. Growth in demand for mobile…
Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) ad revenue may reach $835 million this year and could be well above $1 billion in two year’s time. The news does not just speak to the…
ThinkstockThe HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index for China comes in at 52.1 last month, another sign of economic trouble. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) recalls 242,000 hybrids because of brake problems. (Reuters)…
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has become one of the greatest cloud providers for businesses out there, and now Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trying ever harder to catch up. This space is…
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) said this morning that the two had signed a multiyear, exclusive deal that will offer Viacom programming…
