First Take: Breaking-News Commentary
While Steve Ballmer may have said that no one at the software giant is “sleeping at the switch” when it comes to the emerging tablet, it still appears the company is slow on the uptake.
Nick Godt wonders why the Dow would drop nearly 200 points after a Fed president, who votes on monetary policy, suddenly warns about deflation.
Here is a modest proposal for the companies that want to acquire Newsweek magazine from the Washington Post Co. Call the Post Co.'s bluff.
First Take: Breaking-News Commentary Headlines
This time it’s the steering. Last time it was sticky accelerators. What next, the brakes?
2:47 p.m. Today2:47 p.m. July 29, 2010It seemed inevitable that massive corporations would come bigfooting into the exploding world of social media, writes Jon Friedman.
12:10 p.m. July 28, 2010You know that Comcast Corp.’s announced acquisition of NBC Universal must be right on course, writes Jon Friedman.
11:10 a.m. July 28, 2010SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- As BP chief Tony Hayward prepares to tackle new challenges in Russia, he's hit on a way to choke off some of the cost of that pesky Gulf oil spill.
3:30 p.m. July 27, 2010That tantalizing possibility comes on the interpretation of none other than Richard Russell, editor of Dow Theory Letters.
4:52 p.m. July 26, 2010The change of leadership at BP is part of an unsettling pattern.
4:25 p.m. July 26, 2010IBM Corp.’s mainframe business may account for less than 4% of its total revenue but it may surprise some investors as to its continued importance to the company’s bottom line, writes Therese Poletti.
2:48 p.m. July 26, 2010Houston, we have no problem, according to Tribune Co., Jon Friedman writes.
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