It is not unusual for companies with highly successful products to run out of inventory. Oftentimes, companies are forced to scramble at the last minute to meet an unexpected upsurge in demand.…
GM (NYSE: GM) management informed the company’s workers this weekend that it would cut all “nonessential” costs because of parts shortages which are a result of the Japanese earthquake. GM has many…
The impact and aftermath of the Japanese earthquake on the US car market has been speculated about and analyzed pretty carefully in the past few days. As the second largest car market…
Healthnet was hammered on news that it “missplaced” data on 2 million customers. Toyota (NYSE: TM) remained high on the list due to concerns about Japanese production and sales. Regulatory problems and…
Americans may cut back car purchase as shipments of automobiles from Japan fall due to the earthquake and tsunami there. The effect on US car companies would seem to be positive, but…
The Nikkei fell 11%. The Ethisphere Institute released its list of the most ethical companies saying those most open with employees and shareholders topped the list. (Reuters) The euro zone will probably…
3.20 AM The Nikkei ended up 5.7% higher as problems with leaking reactors appeared to be temporarily under control. 8.50 PM The Nikkei recovered some of its lost ground in early trading…
The rook of a second nuclear reactor blew off in Japan. (Reuters) A hacker group plans to release Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) e-mails today. (Reuters) Members of Congress are certain of…
“We will encourage the best firms to acquire or build up overseas operations and to license or acquire famous global brands in order to obtain international recognition and improve the image and…
AIG (NYSE: AIG) suffered from news that it will buy back $16 billion of distressed securities. Del Monte (NYSE: DLM) received bad press because of concerns about poor weather effecting crops. Note:…
It is hard to focus solely on the economic impact of tragedy and catastrophe when you read headlines such as “death count 60…” and “death count exceeding 100…” Unfortunately, the damage and…
BP (NYSE: BP) stayed at the top of the list of companies receiving the most negative news after skepticism about its CEO’s apology about Deepwater Horizon. Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) threatened a Chapter…
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has just recovered from a year that could have sunk lesser companies. Mere survival, though, is not Toyota’s goal. The company’s president and grandson of Toyota’s founder,…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Bad press about Chevron (NYSE: CVX) rose on news that a federal judge would delay an $18 billion damage judgement made in Ecuador. Rite Aide was hit by poor press as the…
