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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Announces Partnership for Car Charging Network
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has partnered with Better Place, a Silicon Valley electric car infrastructure company, to develop technology and financing for car batteries, the company announced on Wednesday. G.E., a producer of an... More of this article »
G.E. and NBC Opposed to Apple’s $0.99 TV Rentals (NASDAQ: AAPL) (NYSE: GE)
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE)’s NBC is unlikely to join rivals Fox and ABC in serving up $0.99 TV show rentals to Apple TV users for $0.99 through the iTunes store later in the year, said NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker... More of this article »
Blockbuster Bankruptcy Looms (PINK: BLOKA)
Many cities may soon lose their last remaining local video stores as Blockbuster, a company that helped turn home movie renting into pastime, is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to reports from Bloomberg... More of this article »
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Hopes to Expand to San Francisco
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is hoping to open two dozen stores in the San Francisco Bay area as part of its new “urban strategy”, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle. Although the cities that Wal-Mart hopes... More of this article »
Ford (NYSE: F) Hires Former Hyundai Design Head
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has hired former Hyundai-design chief Joel Piaskowski to become the company’s new director of exterior design for the Americas. Piaskowski, age 41, is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.... More of this article »
Report Suggest Ad Costs will Rise Because of Yahoo-Microsoft Partnership (NASDAQ: YHOO) (NASDAQ: MSFT).
A study published on Monday suggested that the prices paid by advertisers to place ads in search engines may rise after Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) combine their internet search services. The report, compiled... More of this article »
Ford Motor Credit to Issue $1 Billion in Five Year Notes (NYSE: F)
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F)’s finance arm may sell $1 billion worth of five-year notes, according to a report from Bloomberg News. Ford Motor Credit, the second-largest issuer of high-yield corporate debt, may issue the debt as soon... More of this article »
BP Says that Claims Will Not Exceed $20 Billion (LON: BP)
BP PLC (LON:BP) doesn’t expect its legal claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to go beyond the $20 billion it had set aside in an escrow fund managed by the government. A research report from Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C) equities... More of this article »
iPhone Antenna Issues Aren’t Over, Consumer Reports Says (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said on Friday that the company plans on discontinuing its case program at the end of September, a move which was designed to placate disgruntled iPhone 4 users that had antenna issues, but Consumer Reports saying... More of this article »
Nokia Hires Former Microsoft Executive as New CEO (NASDAQ: MSFT)
Nokia has hired former Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) executive Stephen Elop to serve as its new chief executive officer in a move to reclaim lost ground to Apple and Google which has removed more than $161 billion worth of its market value. Elop,... More of this article »
Wal-Mart Appeals to Supreme Court over Sex Discrimination Suit (NYSE: WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling which allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company had discriminated against female employees. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, located... More of this article »
Apple Ends Free iPhone 4 Case Giveaway as Antenna Issue Fades (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed that it would be ending its free case give away to iPhone users, which the company began in July after complaints surfaced about low signal quality because of the phone’s antenna design. The Cupertino-based... More of this article »
Former Executive Accuses G.E. Capital Services of Cooking the Books, Files Suit (NYSE: GE)
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE)’s Capital Service unit has been sued by a former executive who claims he was forced out of the company for questioning the company’s accounting practices of a certain asset which he believed was... More of this article »
Large Banks Moving Away from Blackberry to Google and Apple for Mobile Email (NADSAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: RIMM) (NASDAQ: AAPL)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and several other banks considering whether or not to allow their employees to make use of smartphones for use in work email, including the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and Google (NADASQ: GOOG)... More of this article »
GlasoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) Hires Former Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) Executive as CFO
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced on Wednesday that it has hired former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) investment banker Simon Dingemans as its new chief financial officer. Dingemans will succeed the company’s current chief... More of this article »
Did Microsoft’s and Yahoo’s Search Deal Increase Google’s Market Share? (MSFT, GOOG, YHOO)
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NASAQ: YHOO) have finally begun integrating their search services, but Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be the real winner in the search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. Experian Hitwise, an analytical... More of this article »
SmartyPig cuts Interest Rates from 2.10% to 1.75%
SmartyPig, a company which offers goal-based online savings accounts, is lowering the interest rate that it affords to customers from 2.10% to 1.75% effective on Tuesday, September 7th. The company wrote the following note to its customers... More of this article »
Get a Free Audiobook with Audible.com’s “Audiblepodcast.com/Transmission” Deal.
If have some free listening time, consider downloading a free audiobook from the world’s premier audiobook service, Audible.com, with its current “Audiblepodcast.com/transmission” coupon. The audiobook service is now offering... More of this article »
Apple Media Event Countdown Begins (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) now annual fall media event is just hours away, an event in years past that has been focused on music and has seen a number of product and technology announcements, including several iterations of the iPod... More of this article »
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to Live Stream Media Event
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), will be live streaming its press event today to users, but only those users running iOS or OSX based devices. Some believe that the move to only broadcast the live stream to Apple users is a snub on the part of... More of this article »
Hedge Fund Sells Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) Shares for Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C)
Lee Ainslie, a hedge fund manager, has sold all of his shares in Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) and used the funds to begin investing in Citigroup, Inc (NYSE: C) during the second quarter, according to media reports. Ainslie’s... More of this article »
Apple (NADSAQ: AAPL) May Overhaul iTunes, Increase Sample Length to 60 seconds
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the largest digital music retailer, is expected to boost the amount of time users can listen to a sample song as part of a larger overhaul of its iTunes store. CEO Steve Jobs is expected to take the stage on Wednesday... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Begins Sales of Vehicles with MyFord Touch
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has begun offering the sale of two vehicles which feature the “MyFord Touch” on-screen turn-by-turn navigation and computer systems, including the 2011 Ford Edge and 2011 Lincoln MKX. The MyFord Touch technology... More of this article »