courtesy of Hostess Brands Inc.Twinkies Hoarders Disappointed Some Americans hoarded all the Hostess Twinkies they could find once the company announced plans for a liquidation that would destroy 18,000 jobs. Now, the…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Some stocks become so badly beaten down that they become improbable bets for rebounds. Right now, in retail, several are so battered that modestly improved results in Black Friday…
courtesy NintendoFor the first new game console in six years, the weekend’s U.S. launch of the Nintendo Wii U turned out to be solid if not spectacular. A new PlayStation 4 from…
flickr / eschipulThere is a nearly endless number of criteria that measure how well CEOs perform, whether they are paid fairly, and what metrics should be used for determining chief executive compensation.…
ThinkstockStaples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.46 and $6.35 billion in revenues before the markets opened this morning. In the same period a…
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…
