According to today’s report from the U.S. Census Bureau, retail and food services sales in August rose 0.9% month-over-month and 4.7% compared with August 2011. Economists had been expecting an increase of…
courtesy NintendoAfter more than a year since the product’s introduction, the Nintendo Wii U game controller finally has pricing, shipping dates, and more details on what the device can do. The company…
Digital media research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its ranking of the top 50 U.S. web properties for August and the list is topped, once again, by the usual suspects.…
Mark Zuckerberg makes a rare public appearance and expresses disappointment about Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares but says that the company will push forward in mobile. (Reuters) Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning after a weekend of mixed news from Asia. China’s trade balance rose on falling imports and industrial production failed to meet estimates…
Privately held toy retailer Toys “R” Us announced today that it will offer a proprietary tablet device for kids called “tabeo” only at its own stores beginning October 21st. The new device…
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: LF) had been looking like a great story in the spending dollars for learning based toys in the childrens market. If you have children, you have probably run across…
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) loses up to $49,000 on each Chevy Volt. (Reuters) J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) may change their compensation practices. (Reuters) China…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning following a lower-than-expected increase in non-farm payrolls (more coverage here). In Asia and Europe, though, markets were higher for different reasons. Asian…
Despite the downturn in chip stocks today following the lowered outlook from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), there are some stocks doing quite well, thank you very much. Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
So what if the jobs numbers were a huge disappointment. There are many stocks on the move this morning after the huge Chinese stimulus package and on the heels of yesterday’s bond-buying…
bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsThe Nasdaq Composite Index reached an intraday high of 5,132.52 on March 10, 2000, and closed an at all-time high of 5,048.62 the same day. The close yesterday was almost…
Poor jobless figures may force the Fed to adopt QE3. (Reuters) BP PLC (NYSE: BP) tries to blame workers on the Deepwater Horizon for the accident that caused a huge oil spill.…
Amazon.com Inc.Now that the dust has settled a bit on today’s announcements of new products by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), we’ll take a look at the whole stable full of new horses.…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new Kindle reader called the “Kindle Paperwhite,” which includes a new front-lighting technology (called ‘paperwhite’) that allows the device to be used in the dark.…
