The Tribune Company will exit Chapter 11 today. (Reuters) Some pension funds want a change in rules about how executives can trade stocks in the companies they run. (WSJ) Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.U.K.-based media giant Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) has made a “strategic investment” of $89.5 million in cash in Nook Media LLC, a joint venture between Barnes & Noble…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of December 14th in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has upped the ante in the competition among major e-mail suppliers, which would include, at least, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and…
courtesy Boeing Co.Longshoremen’s Strike Looms A strike by the The International Longshoremen’s Association’s (ILA), which would begin Sunday, appears very likely. A number of companies that rely on the ports for their…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has increased its push to take away low-end business customers who use Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows products. Google Apps has been available for several years,…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Google Presses Microsoft Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has increased its push to take away low-end business customers who use Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows products. Google Apps has been available…
Jaguar Land Rover will recall some cars in China over safety concerns. (Reuters) Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) blames Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce outsource operation for a Christmas Eve disruption of the…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The heated competition between Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is expected to heighten next year. (Reuters) The government of China says the antibiotics used in Yum!…
Nielsen released its top Web brands for 2012, and comScore its most visited sites list for November. The two lists overlap, almost completely, when their top 10 are lined up against one…
ThinkstockGun and Ammo Sales Gun and ammo sales have surged, so say several surveys. This is happening at the same time as politicians start to offer gun control legislation and many Americans…
ThinkstockBest CEO lists can be based on dozens of factors. For public companies, the best metric is usually share price. It is hard for chief executives to be considered very good if…
courtesy of AOL, IncA federal judge rejects Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) request to stop the sales of Samsung phones in the United States. (Reuters) The prices of homes in the People’s Republic…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has fallen from grace as far as being the darling of Wall Street. If you took away the emotion and the hype and compare the…
Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders were thrilled when its market value moved above that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and then the…
