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Are We Witnessing the Death of the Big-Box Store?
Best Buy released its first-quarter 2012 earnings this week, and though the numbers beat Wall Street expectations, net income took a tumble — falling 25%, compared with last year. And more than just poor earnings have plagued …
The Term “Pink Collar” Is Silly And Outdated — Let’s Retire It
You can’t throw a stone around the internet today (if that’s even possible?) without running into the New York Times’ new study on so-called “pink-collar jobs.” The report found that over the last decade more and more …
Is “Edgy” Marketing Too Edgy To Last?
It all came down to a not-so-innocent nativity scene. Last week, Delta Airlines pulled ads from the Daily Show after the Catholic League complained about an image of a naked women with a manger between her legs.
How to Use Social Media to Boost Sales and Customer Service
Social media has unnerved businesses and given consumers unprecedented power by letting them take complaints straight to the internet, where they can be read by anyone before a business can even see and respond.
The Creepy Dudes of Wall Street: Are Finance Guys Losing Their Mojo on the Dating Scene, Too?
It’s tough to tell when an internet phenomenon reaches actual meme status. But, in the case of the “creepy finance guy,” I think we can finally call it.
This week saw yet another jaw-dropping tale of Wall Street …
Back With A-Vengeance? Disney Stock Hits All-Time High on Super-Hero Hit
The Mouse is in the house. Shares of venerable entertainment icon Disney hit an all-time high Wednesday, powered by strong performance from its theme parks and cable networks, as well as red-hot buzz from The Avengers, which …
Celebrity Stock: Social Gaming Company Salad Labs is All About Buzz.
And you thought the stock market was volatile.
Last week, when news broke that Jessica Simpson had given birth to a baby girl her “stock” on celebrity gossip social gaming site Pop Salad more than quadrupled to $200,000. But, …
Romney Pal Writes an Ode to Inequality
Mitt Romney no doubt appreciates the million bucks his former Bain Capital protégé Edward Conard has donated to his election SuperPAC. He may not appreciate quite as much the shout-out he gets in the acknowledgements of …
Rupert Murdoch: Not ‘Fit,’ but Still ‘Proper’ — for Now
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch received a startlingly strong rebuke Tuesday from a committee of British parliamentarians, who bluntly said the media magnate “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international …
Study: Online Streaming Cannibalizes Traditional Television Viewership — Sometimes
With kids channel Nickelodeon suddenly experiencing double-digit ratings drops in the fourth quarter last year, a debate began swirling as to whether streaming of the Viacom-owned channel’s shows on Netflix was dispersing its …
Is It Finally Time For Rupert Murdoch to Step Down as News Corp. CEO?
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch’s testimony this week before the Leveson inquiry — the U.K. parliamentary panel officially charged with investigating phone hacking and police corruption — has had many of the hallmarks of an …