A hand-embroidered cocktail dress with a flouncy tulle skirt the color of a pink Necco wafer for $64; a 1967 auto repair manual with authentic grease smudges and coffee stains for $28; a spoon rest fashioned out of a melted and …
Technology & Media
Tale of Two Techs: Yahoo CEO Mess Deepens as AOL Rides Patent Sale
Yahoo and AOL are both former tech/media darlings in the midst of turnaround efforts, but lately they’ve had a striking divergence of fortune. One is mired in a tawdry CEO resume-puffing controversy, while the other is enjoying …
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, …
Facebook’s IPO is Now Available For E-Trade Retail Investors
Giant online discount brokerage E-Trade has begun offering its retail clients a slice of Facebook‘s highly-anticipated IPO, making good on Mark Zuckerberg‘s desire to give casual investors the chance to participate in the red-hot …
I Went to the Facebook Roadshow and All I Got Was a Brownie
I went to the biggest show in town without a ticket and got busted at the door — even though I was dressed better than the star, who appeared in a hoodie and sneaks.
The Facebook roadshow — the ritualistic presentation to …
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 …
Facebook Wants to Connect with You After All
Facebook is connecting with Mom and Pop. The world’s most popular social media site has added an online trading firm to group of firms underwriting its IPO — and is serving up a video for potential investors that might well have …
With IPO Looming, Is Facebook’s Ad Business Ready for Prime Time?
On Monday, Facebook will begin the ritualistic process of wooing Wall Strret investors ahead of its forthcoming IPO, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Facebook’s “road show” comes ahead of a May 18 target IPO …
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 …
Companies, Flush with Cash, Share More With Shareholders. Finally.
Corporate America, flush with cash, is finally sharing a bit more with shareholders. It’s about time. U.S. corporations are on track yet again to report amazing returns for the first quarter. And they have tons of cash — about …
Apple’s Tax Avoidance: Evil Scheming, Good Business, or Both?
The New York Times is out with the latest installment of its iEconomy series, which focuses on Apple, the world’s most profitable company. The article details the elaborate — and legal — ways that Apple, and other tech …