Japan’s manufacturers are facing threats on two fronts, and prospects for improvement on either are dim. The first front, which is affecting every one of the country’s exports, is the strengthening yen. The second…
The only way to fix the U.S. economy may be massive debt reductions for individuals and governments. (Reuters) Greece misses GDP targets. (Reuters) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) buys mobile navigation company Telmap. (Reuters) Alibaba’s CEO…
The federal government begins to probe the accounting of several Chinese companies. (Reuters) EU markets to decline more this quarter than in any other since 2008. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to charge…
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has formed a new portfolio company out of its Comcast Ventures unit that will own and operate telecommunications towers throughout the United States. The company is called CTI Towers, Inc.…
Angela Merkel faces a test: will her own party support money being used for the bailout of Greece? (Reuters) Bernanke says the Fed may have to act if inflation falls below targets. (Reuters) Amazon.com…
Reports from the Hollywood Reporter are not likely to move stocks on most days. Today is no normal day. A report from Tuesday afternoon saying that Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) will stop paying for RealD 3D…
IPOs of Citic Securities and Great Wall Motor struggle, a sign that offerings from China are in trouble. (Reuters) The unresolved Greece problem continues to damage markets. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may price its…
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) is trying to prove that it has both clout and relevance. The company has announced the acquisition of all interest in 56.com, an online video-sharing site founded in 2005 which…
World stocks rise on the hope that the eurozone will address its financial problems. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares fall because of rumors that iPad production is low. (Reuters) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:…
The death of newspapers and local TV may not be a death at all. Editors of these media will need to understand what consumers want from them before there can be any considerable turnaround…
Europe begins to more aggressively look for problems to its debt crisis as pressure from the rest of the world grows. (Reuters) Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new tablet PC may be a serious challenge to…
Two things happened this week in the world of internet media that appear to be unrelated but could change the consumption of information substantially. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press…
A shutdown of the federal government could still happen at the end of the month as the budget battle moves to the Senate. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) names Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay…
Advertising revenue at the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) will be off 8% in the third quarter, according the company’s CEO, Janet Robinson. She made the comments at a gathering of analysts. And she…
The House defeated a spending bill to fund the federal government passed September 30. (Reuters) United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) will buy Goodrich (NYSE: GR) for $16.5 billion. (Reuters) China’s PMI for September was weak.…