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Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) To Build “Dozens More” Retail Stores
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) opened four brick-and-mortar stores during the last year and now the Redmond-based software company hopes to build out the initiative by opening a number of new retail locations. Last week, at Microsoft’s... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Names New European Head
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has appointed Stephen Odell, former CEO of Volvo, as the new head of Ford’s European business. Current European head John Fleming, who will be succeeded by Odell, will shift focus manage the company’s manufacturing... More of this article »
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile Merger Rumors Return After Comments from Sprint CEO
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile may be moving toward a merger as Sprint builds out its 4G network, said the Financial Times suggests in an article published Tuesday. According to the report, Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse told the... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Delays 2011 Ford Fiesta Deliveries
Shipments of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F)’s 2011 Ford Fiesta to U.S. dealerships have been delayed by 10 to 14 days because of storm-damaged rail lines. Ford spokeswoman Angie Kozleski said that key rail lines in northern Mexico were... More of this article »
Union Pension Fund Sues Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Over Off-Label Marketing
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is being sued by a union pension fund which claims that the company’s board of directors ignored indications that the drug manufacturer was playing fast and loose with off-label marketing. The fund blames the company’s... More of this article »
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Set to Release Q2 Earnings on Friday
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) will report its second quarter earnings before the U.S. stock exchanges open on Friday, July 16th. The conglomerate reporter 1st quarter earnings of $2.3 billion ($0.21 earnings per share) down 18% compared... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Receives Loan Guarantee From U.K. Government
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has received a 360 million GBP loan guarantee from the U.K. government for the company’s 450 million GBP European Investment Bank loan, as part of the company’s 1.5 billion GDP British investment plan over... More of this article »
Microsoft Corp CEO Touts New Windows-Based Apple iPad Competitors (AAPL, MSFT)
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer touted new Windows tablet devices from more than a dozen manufacturers at a conference on Monday, suggesting that the Redmond-based software giant is eager to counteract the growth of Apple’s... More of this article »
NTP Sues Microsoft, Google, Apple and Others Over Mobile Phone Patents
NTP said on Thursday that it had filed patent infringement lawsuits against several of the world’s top mobile phone manufactures including Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Motorola (NYSE: MOT),... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) To Give Consumers “Distraction Free” Mode While Driving
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) will give its customers the ability to turn off features of its “Sync” communication system in the form of a “do not disturb” status which will turn off capabilities “that are not relevant to... More of this article »
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes Store Accounts Hacked by Vietnamese Developer
A rogue Vietnamese developer, Thuat Ngyugen, has reportedly hacked into Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes accounts and gamed the “Books” category of the App Store in an effort to artificially inflate the ratings and sales for his book... More of this article »
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Fixes YouTube Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has fixed a flaw on YouTube which allowed hackers to bombard users with pop-up messages and redirect unsuspecting users to adult websites. Malfeasants placed their carefully-crafted code into the comments section... More of this article »
Developer Brings Adobe’s Flash (NASDAQ: ADBE) to the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad
A developer has successfully gotten a mobile version of Adobe’s (NASDAQ:ADBE) Flash technology working on the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and iPhone. In order to make use of the newly hacked-up version of Flash for the iPad, you’ll... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Begins Figo Exports to South Africa
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) announced on Monday that it has set aside 1,200 of its Figo compact cars to be exported from India to South Africa, suggesting that India is an increasingly important part of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F)’s global... More of this article »
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Eyes for Growth in Saudi Arabia
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Hopes to make Saudi Arabia a manufacturing hub in the Islamic world as the company seeks to build its revenue from last year’s total of $3 billion. General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is focused on building... More of this article »
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Takes Stake in 11 Idaho Wind Farms
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is taking a majority stake in eleven wind farms in Idaho, a project worth almost $500 million according Exergy Development Group, who is selling the assets to General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). Montana... More of this article »
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Hires Energy Services Vice President
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has announced the appointment of Eric Gebhardt as a senior general manager and vice president in G.E.’s Energy Services, a business within G.E.’s energy unit. Gebhard has previously held a number... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Setting Lincoln Brand Up For Turnaround
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) recently won the “Best Turnaround of the Year” award, but the Detroit based automotive company’s luxury brand is still struggling. Traditionally, Lincoln has been one of the top profit earners since the... More of this article »
Google (NASDSAQ: GOOG) Purchases Travel Search Company
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced a $700 million acquisition of ITA software, which provides data for travel search engines. The deal announced on Thursday is one of the largest acquisitions that Google has attempted to make and... More of this article »
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) Spent $1.5 Million in Q1 Lobbying
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) spent more than $1.5 million lobbying the federal government during the first quarter on financial regulatory overhaul and mortgage lending. The company’s first-quarter lobbying spending was a... More of this article »
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) May Give Apple TV an iOS Overhaul
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may overhaul its Apple TV product with a new model based on the iOS operating system which powers the iPhone and iPad, according to the New York Times. The anonymous sources that the NYT reported said that Apple... More of this article »
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) Sees Boost in Mustang, Taurus and F-Series Sales
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) saw a boost in the number of F-series trucks, as well as Taurus and Mustang cars during the month of June. Overall, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) saw a 15% increase during the month of June but dropped 13% from... More of this article »
General Motors to File IPO in August
General Motors will file its initial public offering in mid-August and will likely sell about $3 billion of mandatory notes which will convert into stock shares in the future. The Detroit motor company will take the proceeds from the... More of this article »