![]() | Google China Exit: Microsoft, Baidu, Tencent Seek to Gain |
Microsoft's Bing is sharpening its knives over Google China's potential exit over the search-engine censorship issue, but so are the aggressive, ambitious companies Baidu, Tencent and Sohu.com | |
![]() | Geico Video: Warren Buffett as Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose |
In a new video, the billionaire investor becomes the new Axl Rose, even more pained than the original rock star. But, man, does he know how to sell | |
![]() | Cisco CRS-3 Router Speeds Streaming, Worries Film Execs |
When technology leaps ahead of business models, it's often bad for profits. Cisco's new router poses just such a threat to the titans of moviemaking | |
![]() | Toyota Disputes Runaway Prius Story: Crisis Recovery? |
Toyota has raised questions about the runaway Prius incident, but the automaker still hasn't gotten to the bottom of what went wrong | |
![]() | Yugo: Worst Car in World History? Author Vuic's Defense |
In The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, author Jason Vuic explains why -- despite the book's clever title -- the Yugo isn't the worst car ever | |
![]() | Europe Alleges Bid Rigging in Pentagon Defense Contract |
The bidding for a Pentagon defense contract turned political this week when the French company EADS dropped out, accusing the U.S. of rigging the contest to favor Boeing | |
![]() | U.S. Economy: February Retail Sales "Surprisingly Good" |
February retail sales rose 3.9%, the Commerce Department reported Friday. While analysts are encouraged, many remain cautious about the outlook for consumer spending | |
![]() | Despite Colbert, Is Kwedit's Virtual Credit the Future? |
Any coverage should be good for an Internet start-up, right? Wrong. As Kwedit, a processor of online micropayments, found when The Colbert Report discussed their business model | |
![]() | Subprime Lending Crisis: Auto Loans Thrive, Housing Down |
In the wake of the credit crisis, banks have scaled back lending to subprime borrowers. But other lenders have stepped in, making high-interest-rate loans to borrowers with low credit scores | |
![]() | Bloomberg Sports Targets Fantasy Baseball, Major League |
The media giant is selling its analytical expertise to baseball fans, and Major League Baseball teams. Can a Bloomberg consumer business hit it out of the park? | |
![]() | 'Economics of Integrity' Author Bernasek on Trust, Wealth |
In her new book, The Economics of Integrity, journalist Anna Bernasek says trust is everywhere -- and that it's one of the most powerful economic assets we've got | |
![]() | East Africa's Oil and Gas: Drilling, Exploration Rising |
New drilling in and off countries up the coast of East Africa shows that the region may have massive reserves of natural gas and oil | |
![]() | Disney-ABC, Cablevision Battle: More TV-Fee Fights Loom |
More than 3 million Cablevision subscribers couldn't see the opening of the Oscars on Sunday because of a dispute over paying for ABC shows | |
![]() | EU Approves GMO Potatoes, Testing Europe's GM-Food Fear |
The E.U. has given the green light to farmers to grow fields of genetically modified potatoes. Is Europe beginning to embrace GM foods? | |
![]() | Should We Put A Dollar Value On Nature? |
In many countries nature is quickly sacrificed for wealth creation. But there is a cost to this loss and ignoring it, some experts contend, is "bad accounting." | |
![]() | Walmart, Target in Recession Retail Battle Over Food |
Discount clothes are fine, but Target is discovering that recession-ravaged shoppers want more groceries -- and Walmart owns that aisle | |
![]() | A Weakened Euro Could Help European Exports |
The debt crisis in Greece has cut the single currency's value 10% in the past month. That will help European firms' bottom line | |
![]() | Google Acquires Picnik, Expands Web-Based Photo Services |
Google is snapping up a handful of small tech companies as it prepares to launch its new Web-based operating system. The newest buy, online photo editor Picnik, fills some special needs | |
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