Brian Williams’ reporting on Katrina: What we know
In a 2006 interview with former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Williams described the horrifying scene in post-Katrina New Orleans. “When you look out of your hotel room window in the…
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My RadioShack franchise store will be fine
Brezinsky would prefer to see RadioShack live on in some form, but he’s prepared to keep his stores open under a different name if necessary. That might happen soon —…
Very weird: Corporate bond rates go negative
Related: European stocks love QE Racing below zero: So what’s sparking this latest fad in finance? Central bankers around the world are experimenting with new recipes aimed at jump starting…
Brian Williams the latest in a string of NBC blunders
October 9, 2014: Dr. Nancy Snyderman: Who could forget NBC’s chief medical editorwho violated her voluntary quarantine last year after returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa? – Most stock quote data…
Ferguson police explores ‘less lethal’ gun attachment
Ferguson, along with law enforcement agencies around the country, are under a lot of pressure to consider less lethal force. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices…
The ‘Game of Thrones’ banquet you’re invited to
Related: Learn to speak ‘Game of Thrones’ – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by…
Fly business class to London for 50% less
Other upstarts have tried to grab a slice of the lucrative transatlantic business travel market before. Three all-business operatorsEos Airlines, MAXjet and Sliverjethad all collapsed by 2008. A fourth, L’Avion…
Amazon opens its first store
But Amazon has experimented with physical locations before, placing lockers in stores across the country. And Bloomberg reports that Amazon is considering a purchase of RadioShack stores after the company…
Twitter’s CEO is on the hot seat
Twitter has launched two new features that have generated excitement among the user base: the ability to send Direct Messages to a group and a camera function that allows people…
Sex, drugs and murder in oil country
Related: Oil boomtown could see 20,000 layoffs by June With all that expensive oil field equipment around, theft is a big issue. One company recently had a forklift stolen right…
Uber to develop self-driving cars
But the Wall Street Journal, also citing an anonymous source, batted that notion down, calling Bloomberg’s report “blown out of proportion.” The Journal said that the app Google is developing…
Geolocate your keys — or your cat
Users take a picture of each item and assign each tag a name in the app. Then, affix the tag onto the item. Next time it’s missing, just open up…
Oil shock: More energy firms slash spending
Last week, Royal Dutch Shell said it was scaling back its planned capital investment by $15 billion over the next three years. Chevron (CVX) said it would trim spending by…
Dow jumps 275 points as oil prices rebound
“When you see an asset class in free fall, it’s hard to get excited about anything else. You’re not going to buy stocks because you’re afraid falling oil is a…
Vine launches kid-friendly app
The online platform was acquired by Twitter in October 2012 and recently announced that it has more than 40 million registered users.
Business Gets Personal
The same idea drives our markets data page. We zero in on the most important markets, stocks and stats. Exactly what you need, without the clutter. – Dow Jones: The…
The Buffett Rule is back
The president’s budget also calls for a change to “a loophole that lets some high-paid professionals avoid Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes, costing the Trust Funds almost $10 billion…
Oil tycoon lost $9.3 billion in six months
According to a regulatory filing registered this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Hamm pledged about $2.4 billion worth of shares in Continental. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain…