ThinkstockChief executives who have no real plans to turn around troubled companies often offer generalities in the place of details. Put another way, they put vagueness in the place of tactics, and…
ThinkstockShares of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) rose as much as 4% after an announcement that Sharon McCollam, who used to be the director, executive vice president, chief operating and chief…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe head of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows unit, Steven Sinofsky, suddenly leaves the company, not long after the launch of Windows 8. (Reuters) U.K. lawmakers attack Starbucks Corp.…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.JCPenney Company Inc. (NYSE: JCP) reported third-quarter 2012 results this morning. The retailer posted a net loss of $0.93 per share on revenues of $2.93 billion. In the…
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…
