Patent wars in technology are nothing new. Sometimes they are promising, sometimes they are just noise-making events. Paul Allen’s Interval Licensing LLC has filed a complaint today in the U.S. District Court of the…
So far the 2010 hurricane season has left the United States unscathed. That may not be the case for long. Hurricane Danielle appears to be headed north in the Atlantic and is expected to…
Reuters: Bernanke may admit the economy is weak but not five details of the Fed’s plans. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) outbid Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) for 3Par (NYSE: PAR) by offering $27 a share for…
Skype, which offers free voice calls from PC-to-PC and cheap calls from phones has about 400 million subscribers. More than 25 million of them use the service at any one time. The Skype product…
Reuters: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) will take its case to Potash (NYSE: POT) shareholders. Reuters: Google In.c (NASDAQ: GOOG) will allow phone calls from Gmail accounts. Reuters: The Bank of Japan may begin to…
Reuters: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) reported strong profits and now faces questions from its investors about Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: Global economic problems will shadow a big Fed meeting. Reuters: FEMA sees progress five…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL), which revolutionized the music business with 99 cent digital downloads, is poised to do the same thing with television. The idiot box may never be the same. According to Bloomberg…
3D movies helped push the phenomenal ticket sales of films such as “Avatar” and “The Dark Knight”. IMAX cinemas have begun to open in great numbers which has helped that public company’s fortunes. The…
Reuters: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is likely to show strong profits as it continues its quest to buy Potash (NYSE: POT). Reuters: Chrysler will have a hard time turning a profit this year. Reuters: …
Reuters: Kenneth Feinberg took over the BP plc $20 billion escrow account. Reuters: Americans are confused about healthcare reform according to a new poll Reuters: Sinochem approached Potash (NYSE: POT) about countering its BHP…
Reuters: Korean National Oil made a bid for UK firm Dana Petroleum Reuters: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) shares dropped on concern about a tech slowdown. Reuters: Potash (NYSE: POT) is looking…
Reuters: There do not appear to be any bids to rival BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: A US government agency is considering more self-regulation for oil Reuters: GM filed for…
What happens when large hedge funds shut down? They unload their holdings, at least assuming the clients say they would prefer to receive share distributions. Stanley Druckenmiller is shutting down his Duquesne Capital Management…
Reuters: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has begun an attempt at a hostile deal for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: A female contractor of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said she lost work because she would not have…
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) may have just taken a page out of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) playbook. By creating demand where there has been none, this could be a significant point for THQ…