White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has been actively watched in the news of late. After its participation in the $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ), this…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there…
courtesy of Time WarnerIf most of Time Inc., the world’s largest and most famous magazine publisher, may be sold, then so can any other pillar of old media. Rumors are that relatively…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained their upward momentum for essentially the whole day. Lacking any really bad news from Asia or Europe, U.S. markets shrugged off a weaker…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as concerns about European markets reared up again. The U.K.’s PMI came in lower than expected and consumer confidence was lower, sending equities markets on…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on the heels of a solid report on U.S. nonfarm payrolls, which rose less than expected but on top of a large upward revision for…
ThinkstockIntellectual property firm Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) announced this morning that a wholly owned subsidiary, I/P Engine, had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) alleging that the software…
ThinkstockWhen the online audience heft of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) are taken into account, it is clear how…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia CommonsBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings. Many changes had been made in the June quarter…
thinkstockTen major media companies control most of the news content in America. Each of these companies reaches millions of people. The five largest reach more than 50 million people each. Discussions about…
Wikimedia CommonsA jury in Norfolk, Virginia, today awarded Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) $30 million in patent infringement suit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and several other companies. Vringo, originally a mobile phone…
Courtesy of The Washington Post CompanyShares of the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) are up in early trading after the company reported that it swung to a profit on strong revenue growth…
A look at the websites that have the largest audiences in America shows that Web 1.0 properties, launched in the 1990s before broadband was widely available, led the list by audience size.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning, aided by a better-than-expected report on U.S. retail sales and a smaller-than-expected rise in the Empire State manufacturing survey (more coverage here).…
Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) reported fiscal third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The USA Today publisher posted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.56 on revenues of $1.31 billion. In the…
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