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Companies and Brands

Music Industry Posts First Profit Since 1999

ThinkstockThe recording industry has taken a beating for more than a decade as it struggled to come up with a way to maintain its substantial profits in the face of Internet sharing…

Paul Ausick
10:30am ET
Consumer Electronics

HP Pokes Microsoft in the Eye

courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is hitting the morning wire with a couple of big stories. Yesterday the company said that it was preparing a 7-inch tablet, called the Slate 7,…

Paul Ausick
6:17am ET
Retail

Barnes & Noble — Another Founder LBO?

ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal published a rumor that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) chairman and large shareholder Leonard Riggio may try to takeover the part of the company that owns its stores through a leveraged buyout (LBO).…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:15am ET
Investing

Media Digest (2/25/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) aggressively moves into India, with discounts on the iPhone, to get a part of the huge market. (Reuters) Japan will spend $100 billion on infrastructure to boost its economy. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre
12:26pm ET
Investing

Making Search Results Pay

courtesy of Facebook Inc.Everyone knows that if a company or product shows up on the first page of results from a search engine query, the chances that the company or product will…

Paul Ausick
11:50am ET
Retail

E-commerce Retail Sales Rise Nearly 16% in Q4

ThinkstockIn its quarterly report on estimated e-commerce retail sales released today, the U.S. Census Bureau said that adjusted online sales jumped 15.6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2012. On an unadjusted…

Paul Ausick
6:40am ET
Special Report

Companies With the Best (and Worst) Reputations

courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.No company has a better reputation among American consumers than Amazon.com. The online retailer pushed Apple out of the the top slot this year, according to a…

Mike Sauter
12:50pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes

An Angie’s List for Debt Ratings?

ThinkstockThe difference between professional services reviews posted to Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) and book reviews posted at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or the number of video views counted at Google Inc.’s…

Paul Ausick
6:43am ET
Retail

If Best Buy Buyout by Founder Fails, Shares Will Fall

courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) founder Richard Schulze set an agreement with the troubled retailer’s board in August that would allow him to examine its financials with the goal…

Douglas A. McIntyre
4:03pm ET
Retail

Schulze Losing Interest in Acquiring Best Buy

courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Shares of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) have just dropped right before the closing bell. The word is out that founder Richard Schulze is considering alternatives to…

Jon C. Ogg
6:39am ET
Investing

Twenty Sinful Companies to Give Up for Lent

ThinkstockAs Fat Tuesday quickly turns into Ash Wednesday, Lent will take place from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, March 30 in 2013. It may not seem like much on the surface, but…

Jon C. Ogg