Retailers who had been bracing for weak sales this holiday season were pleasantly surprised on Black Friday, as retail sales rose 3 percent to $10.6 billion nationally according to MarketWatch.
In the midst of the current ...READ»
CBS MarketWatch's Chris Pummer recently reported the 10 most overpaid jobs in the United States. They are:
Mutual-fund managers
Washed-up pro athletes in long-term contracts
CEOs of poorly performing companies
Orthodontists ...READ»
Most guys do not believe that it is possible to make a hybrid that is powerful, with decent towing capacity, and enough “manliness” inside and out to justify buying it for work (i.e. construction, contracting, etc.) or pleasure ...READ»
A ray of sunshiny optimism appears to be breaking through the dark, depressing clouds of the last year and a half as the Conference Board reports a 16-month high in consumer confidence. The consumer confidence index hit 55.9 this ...READ»
Thanks to the How Online blog, I found these two articles--and their juxtaposition is quite telling:
To start, an inspiring (and long-overdue) article on MarketWatch about how people are seeking MBAs not just to acquire ...READ»
2Bridge Software www.2bridge.com AltiGen www.altigen.com American Century www.americancentury.com American Electric Power www.aep.com American Express Financial Advisors www.americanexpress.com/advisors American Express Small Business ...READ»
It's no news that business travel has plummented during the recession. Economy travel, which comprises 90 percent of airline ticketing, has also taken a hit, but the decline of business travel has been far more precipitous, as ...READ»
Is the tech sector weaker than we think?
Just last week, analysts were abuzz over buoying technology stocks: The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit 2,000 points on news that chip demand was once again rising. Philadelphia's Semiconductor Index, ...READ»
I was living in San Francisco last year when I attended a small and
informal talk that a young entrepreneur gave at an alumni event. At the
time he started up AdMob, a seller of mobile advertising, he was with a new wife and child ...READ»
MarketWatch has reported that Whole Foods has purchased rival natural-foods grocer, Wild Oats, for $565 million.
Whole Foods has struggled in recent months, reporting a decline in fiscal first-quarter profit, largely due to ...READ»
Dow Jones Co. Inc., owners of The Wall Street Journal, received an unusual and surprising offer this morning. According to CNBC, Rupert Murdoch and his company News Corp. offered $60 a share for all outstanding shares in order to ...READ»
Lately, I've been reading a lot of news reports about Rupert Murdoch's intentions to lift the pay wall from The Wall Street Journal online and I've been wondering if this is a good idea. During the course of my research about the ...READ»
The Palm Pre's ability to sync with iTunes led to speculation that Apple would drop the legal hammer on its competitor. But it turns out there are plenty of reasons for Apple to just look the other way.READ»
Who can contain the likes of Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk? Disney is up to the task. The company announced this morning that it is acquiring comic book publisher turned multimedia giant Marvel Entertainment for around $4 billion. ...READ»
Jimbo Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, slayer of Britannica, has a new giant in his sights: Google. And he thinks he has got a better way to search. Is he delusional--or inspired?READ»
Verizon customers with iPhone envy may finally get a chance to own one of these famous devices. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is developing a Verizon-compatible version of the iPhone, rumored to debut as...READ»
