ThinkstockCarl Icahn is still around, in his seventies and several decades into his place as a famous takeover artist, although he sometimes just scares companies into distributing cash or cutting costs. He…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) founder Richard SchulzeThinkstock, who was thrown off the retailer’s board, may be about to return with a new offer to buy out the company. Reuters reports…
courtesy of AppleIn its third annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies, analysts at Booz & Co. created two lists: one based on dollars spent and the other based on asking…
thinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will be able to sell cheaper e-books. (Reuters) Amazon is likely to win its showdown of e-books in Europe with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as the loser. (Reuters)…
Wikimedia CommonsHas Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) got a deal for you! For just $7.99 a month, you get the company’s Prime free 2-day shipping service plus access to the company’s streaming video…
thinkstockThere may be some consumer electronics markets more crowded than interactive TV. It is just hard to identify what they are since the crossroads of the Web and the big home screen…
courtesy of Apple Inc.New data from research firm IDC indicates that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has started to lose its stranglehold on the tablet market, at least based on third-quarter global data.…
thinkstockNew research from 451 Research’s ChangeWave service shows that the Instant Video offering from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to gain share among consumers. Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) still dominates the market…
courtesy of MicrosoftThe media is filled with rumors that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has tested its own smartphone. The move has many disadvantages, but Microsoft should ignore those. There are many advantages if Redmond takes this…
thinkstockFounders of major companies are sometimes pushed out by their boards. It is quite another thing for an outsider to do the same. Netflix Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) Reed Hastings has lost much…
starwars.comThe Force is Back! The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has undoubtedly scored a major victory with its $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm. Star Wars fans will get to rejoice as the…
Wikimedia CommonsWhich industries benefited from Hurricane Sandy? Very few, one has to suppose. But among those must be e-commerce, which means another victory for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), even if it was…
Trey Thoelcke Wikimedia CommonsSandy and Amazon Which industries benefited from Hurricane Sandy? Very few, one has to suppose. But among those must be e-commerce, which means another victory for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), even…
Douglas A. McIntyre Package delivery giant United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said yesterday that it plans to hire 55,000 seasonal workers to sort, load, and help deliver packages during the coming holiday season. The…
courtesy of BlackberryThe list of new mobile products is extraordinarily long. Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad mini is only two weeks old. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) just released its Surface tablet, and partner…
