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A bankruptcy filing would be one of the largest since the economy began to weaken and could presage a long-awaited shake-up among companies bought by private equity firms in the last three years.
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While bootlegged DVDs are harder to find on the streets of New York, worldwide and on the Internet, video piracy remains rampant.
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Even as the outlook for a former Silicon Valley executive stricken with a brain-wasting disorder is not encouraging, a campaign on his behalf is hoping to make a difference in other areas.
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A new search engine, Rushmore Drive, is going after the dominance of Google by offering search results targeted to ethnic groups.
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A satire of The Wall Street Journal is selling mysteriously well, a few days before its sales release date.
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Last week, the Tribune Company took an unorthodox approach to announcing a new top hire at the company, in a release that said, “this whole thing is a sham.”
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Posted: April 13th, 2008, 11:45pm EDT
ECONOMIC REPORTS It is a big week for economic news, led Wednesday by the Consumer Price Index for March and the Federal Reserve’s beige book report. They should give a snapshot of economic growth versus inflation.
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A market research firm has found that banks in February sent out fewer direct mail credit card offer than in any month since April 2004.
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It is the second time that Bill Gross, the billionaire bond trader who has also acquired a reputation as a shrewd trader of rare stamps, will auction some of his collection for charity.
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Posted: April 13th, 2008, 11:42pm EDT
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week included today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday.
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American Airlines said that its fleet of 300 MD-80 jets was back to full strength, after the cancellation of about 3,300 flights last week.
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The Smoking Gun, the Web site that specializes in ferreting out embarrassing legal documents, is a happy byproduct of the digital revolution.
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It was almost as if the NBC comedy writers had decided to test the limits of prime time taste just as the network unveiled a family-friendly philosophy of scheduling.
