MicrosoftIt didn’t take very long for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) to erase the $100 price premium it charged for the new Xbox One compared with Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4. All…
Shares of Symantec tanked Friday after the company said it had ousted its chief executive officer. But its woes highlight the emergence of a new generation of security-protection companies, such as privately…
IBM unveiled Thursday its new fraud and financial crimes prevention business. The organization hopes to help clients employ a holistic approach to understand the criminals, their relationships and the techniques they use.
Wikimedia CommonsPoor results for the holiday quarter were supposed to injure Wall Street’s sentiment on Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). On the contrary, it has continued to rise, leaving observers to ask whether…
In the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, Visa and MasterCard said Friday that they have formed a new group aimed at improving payment system security. The new group will include banks,…
Safeway's agreement to sell out to Cerberus Capital Management for as much as $40 a share says something about Kroger, the archrival of both Safeway and Cerberus's supermarket business Albertson's.
Thursday night's announcement that Cerberus Capital Management will acquire Safeway for $40 a share in cash and stock may offer be the last gasp for supermarket chains. Going big may be the…
In a swipe at Amazon.com and Target, Walmart last October quietly launched a subscription service to members of its Sam's Club stores that allows those members to receive free shipping on about…
J.C. Penney's CEO said the most difficult part of its turnaround is over. That is not true, and some of the retailer's most difficult days may be ahead. It has set painfully…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockThe sheer amount of data about people’s private online information that is available for sale by criminals reached a staggering 360 million credentials. It is a sign of just how powerful cyber-thieves…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Maybe it’s because Saturday is launch day in Japan for the PlayStation 4 from Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but the company’s hot-selling new game console is practically non-existent on…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, February 13, 2014. They include Angie's List, Itron, NVIDIA, Regeneron and Sempra Energy.
ThinkstockNow that the holiday season is over, one thing is crystal clear. Fourth-quarter results are just in and revenue fell for most of the retailers. It was the rare company that did…
With a huge price surge driven in part by strong results from Facebook, the market value of Twitter has pressed above those of Target, the nation's second largest retailer, and CBS, one…
Hackers roam the Internet world, seemingly randomly. They apparently operate in China, North Korea, Syria and parts unknown (maybe even within the United States). They are hard to find, which means they…
