Updated throughout the day. Google (GOOG) will close its China search engine today (FT) Germany will put a tax on banks to cover the costs of a future credit crisis (ZDF) EMI…
Douglas A. McIntyre Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Douglas A. McIntyre The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Lee Iacocca, Chrysler’s CEO in 1979, worked for $1 a year while his company paid back taxpayers $1.2 billion in loan guarantees. Edward Liddy, former CEO of Allstate (ALL), was paid $1…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networds in the world. All major media companies have a presence on Twitter and some are…
Reuters: China will send an envoy to the US to discuss the yuan. Reuters: European carriers who lost money on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone won’t do the same in their deals to…
Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the envy of many cellphone makers for the last two years. Now you have Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with the iPhone and Google Inc.…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networds in the world. All major media companies have a presence on Twitter and…
Sprint (S), still losing subscribers to AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless each quarter, is down to 48 million cellular customers. Many analysts believe the number will go lower. Its relationship with Palm…
Reuters: Toyota (TM) told regulators it is looking at how to fix 1.2 million Corollas. Reuters: A Chinese export body said a rise in the yuan would be destructive. Reuters: China Mobile’s…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Google (GOOG) may have to rename its Nexus One because of trademark infringement issues, but whatever the handset it is called Sprint (S) will distribute the product. “Nexus One, the first wireless…
The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Google’s application for its “Nexus One” trademark. Several media sources say that “a likelihood of confusion” with a trademark held Portland, Ore.-based Integra Telecom…
Research-In-Motion (RIMM) shareholders have been concerned for some time that the Apple (AAPL) iPhone is such a good product that consumers would begin to switch to Jobs & Co. products. Those concerns have…
If Google (GOOG) closes its Google.cn Chinese search portal, it will be tough luck for the American company which looked forward to getting an increasing shares of its revenue from the People’s Republic’s…
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