If print advertising revenue had been down and Internet revenue up, there would have been some hope that The New York Times (NYT) was making a modestly successful transition online. But, total Internet revenue…
The Detroit Free Press, one of the old city dailies, on the brink of extinction and in the shadow of the failing car industry, won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting. Last year, the paper…
According to Reuters, the government will give Chrysler and GM (GM) new aid. Reuters reports that IBM (IBM) revenue fell more than expected. Reuters writes that the Treasury’s plan to get toxic assets off…
The Fortune 500, which has become one of the most useless exercises in business journalism, has been released again. It covers company financials for the year 2008. In this annual edition, Exxon Mobil (XOM) passed…
According to Reuters, PepsiCo (PEP) is offering $6 billion for a number of its bottlers. Reuters reports that GlaxoSmthKline (GSK) is in talks to buy Stiefel Laboratories. Reuters writes that the US may convert…
According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults. Reuters reports that VW may overtake Toyota (TM) as the No.1 car company in…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with its first quarter earnings report. The search and online ad giant posted earnings at $5.16 EPS and $4.07 billion in ex-TAC revenues. Estimates from Thomson Reuters were…
This afternoon’s earnings report from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is perhaps one of the most anticipated earnings releases so far this earnings season for Q1-2009. Google could steer almost every tech and media company…
According to Reuters, Obama vowed to overhaul the tax code. Reuters reports that GM (GM) is working on a plan to cut dealers at an accelerated pace. Reuters writes that China’s first quarter growth…
Shares of Premier Exhibitions Inc. (NASDAQ: PRXI) have been higher all day on word that G. Michael Harris’ company WLM, Inc. has made two offers that total $40 million on a combined basis of…
Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI) was a quasi-stealth initial public offering when you consider how few IPO’s we have seen over the last 8-month period. As it was publicized less and received less attention than…
The deal for Microsoft (MSFT) to take over the search business owned by Yahoo! (YHOO) and pay the portal company a share of the advertising revenue in the venture is looking worse as each…
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs (GS) would like to return to its old businesses and compensation practices, but it may not be able to. Reuters reports that the US is planning to reveal the…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) might not exactly seem like the most stable or improving company by any financial statement analysis on the surface. If that is really the case, then why has…
According to Reuters, Ebay’s (EBAY) shares are cheap by many measures but investors are avoiding the company, while Amazon’s (AMZN) are so expensive that investors are concerned. Reuters reports that the SEC will examine…