Is Chevron leaving Brazil?

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 18:22

Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife The controversial Communist Party boss known for leading a revival of Maoist ideology and recently embroiled in a high-profile political intrigue has been ousted from his post. Bo Xilai has been removed as the Party's chief of Chongqing, according to a brief statement carried by the [...]

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 06:05

China solar stocks are trading lower after the Commerce Department on Tuesday said it will impose import tariffs on solar panels imported from China. The levies will range from 2.9% to 4.73%. As the New York Times notes, the impact of tariffs that small on the market "could be limited," but [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 15:45

Contractors began some 698,000 new homes, a 1.1% decrease from a month ago

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 21:10

Image by Getty Images via @daylife With the acquisition of NDS Group, Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is getting bigger, expanding the scale and scope of its operations, but is it getting better in competing effectively against its peers? Is it getting better for its stockholders? If history offers any clues, the answer is no.  [...]

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 19:59

Considering that the company’s balance sheet was laden with debt, Sprint’s management might have felt that they were pushed into a corner, but in hindsight, they couldn’t be more relieved now.

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 15:25

VideoThe Mass Effect 3 ending controversy shows no signs of slowing down. Various BioWare creatives, including Casey Hudson and Ray Muzyga, have talked to media and/or posted their thoughts on the official company blog. Now Commander Shepard, himself, has weighed in on the controversial ending. Actor Mark Meer, the voice of [...]

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:21

Lloyd Blankfein Jamie Dimon Pretty much anyone tooling in the PR biz is keyed in on this latest chapter of Goldman Sachs' extended trial in the court of public opinion. James Gorman What is it about this particular company that compels the media, regulators, legislators and general public to pounce on it at every [...]

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 02:56

Imagine this scenario: you are a lifelong liberal. You pretty much hate everything Rush Limbaugh stands for, and says. You are really glad that the times have finally seemed to have caught up to him, and that people are outraged by his callous, gross comments. So what do you do [...]

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 06:05

  Image via CrunchBase Consumer Reports came out today and released a preliminary report casting doubts on Apple’s The New iPad due to temperatures.  Similarly, Consumer Reports had cast doubts on the iPhone 4 upon its release.  What is going on? Consumer Reports issued a preliminary report on The New iPad today with [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 13:17