6:38am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Jon Corzine of MF Global says he does not know where much of the firm’s funds went. (Reuters) Samsung wins the legal fight over whether it can sell its tablet PC in…
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9:07am ET
Investing
Microsoft, GE Launch Healthcare Software Joint Venture (MSFT, GE)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) have announced a 50-50 joint venture to compete in the healthcare software industry. In a joint press release, the two companies said: he…
6:26am ET
Investing
Best and Worst Run Companies in America
Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations also did…
1:27pm ET
Investing
One Billion New Smartphones Will Run HTML5 by 2013 (ADBE, GOOG, MSFT, AAPL)
By 2013, sales of new smartphones using the HTML5 standard in the phone’s browser will total 1 billion, up from 336 million this year. The recent decision by Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)…
6:45am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg
The board of Olympus may resign by late February. (Reuters) China says its annual rate of growth slowed between October and November. (Reuters) Congress pressures the CFTC for stronger regulation after the…
6:29am ET
Investing
What’s New in the Financial World (12/6/2011) The Rise of Shale, BP Fights With Halliburton
Eurozone on notice. The situation in Europe, so promising just days ago, took a sharp turn for the worse. S&P put 17 nations in the euro area on credit watch and said it…
10:44am ET
Industrials
Xbox Live Challenging Cable Supremacy? (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, CMCSA, TWC, VZ, CVC, SSNLF, LOGI)
Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t the only…
6:49am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters) HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)…
4:28am ET
Investing
SAP Moves To Cloud With SuccessFactor
SAP (NYSE: SAP) will buy cloud computing company SuccessFactor (NYSE: SFSF) for $3.4 billion. It is a move that will get the Germany company into a business dominated by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google…
6:42am ET
Investing
The Newest Fortune 100 Companies
Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in the past…
6:41am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (12/2/2011) Chrysler Victory, Google Chrome Surge
The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. This should…
11:35am ET
Investing
Yahoo! Releases Most Searched Terms For 2011
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) has released its annual list of most searched terms for 2011. Yahoo has been the target of takeover speculation since the board dismissed CEO Carol Bartz three months ago.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:51am ET
Investing
JPMorgan Lowers PC Forecasts (DELL, HPQ, MSFT, INTC, WDC)
It was just yesterday that demand for notebooks was shown to be higher in 2012 versus 2011 from DRAMeXchange, but now some new data is out from J.P. Morgan that may be…
6:27am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (12/1/2011) Yahoo! Japan, EU PMI
China’s PMI declined as the nation’s factory economy contracted for the first time in almost three years. The state-sponsored China Federation of Logistics & Planning reported its manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:18am ET
Retail
Online Retailers Stealing Bricks And Mortar Business
The Monday following this year’s Thanksgiving, also known as Cyber Monday, was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history. According to research firm comScore, spending reached $1.25 billion, an increase of…