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Netflix enjoys steady growth
Published on 25 Jun, 2010 at 8:41 in Business | Viewed 173 views times | No Comments
It’s tough to pick a winner in the stock market these days unless you are one of the few with insider information, but Los Gatos, California based Netflix is on a roll. The mail order DVD subscription service reported a stellar first quarter where they attracted some 1.7 million new customers. Their growth has been
Facebook “Open Graph” platform aims to compete with Google
Facebook has indeed become huge, with over 400 million global users, and they are going to try to make search engines like Google obsolete with their new “Open Graph” platform. The intention is to allow Facebook members to engage a “like” icon while they are surfing the web, and without leaving the page, the article
Google posts strong Q1 profits
Published on 25 Jun, 2010 at 8:20 in Business | Viewed 169 views times | No Comments
Internet search engine giant Google had an excellent first quarter of 2010, posting a net gain of nearly $2 billion which equated to a rise of $6.06 per share. This was a marked improvement over the same quarter last year, and their performance was significantly better than the best guesses of the market analysts. Google
Twitter starts to accept advertisers
It’s really kind of hard to believe when you stop and think about how quickly Twitter has blossomed into such a household name. It seems as though the microblogging service has been around forever, but the fact is that it came into existence just four years ago. Though it is valued at $1 billion at
Forbes names worst-made cars
Published on 16 Apr, 2010 at 11:04 in Business | Viewed 193 views times | No Comments
There has always been a lot of debate concerning the responsibility one may feel to buy an American-made car rather than an import. This was true even before the recent highly publicized financial struggles of the Detroit “Big Three.” It seems logical to me that you should try to support American businesses whenever you can.
Wall Street thief Madoff beaten down in prison
Published on 2 Apr, 2010 at 11:28 in Business | Viewed 147 views times | No Comments
Bernard Madoff, the man who bilked countless individuals and organizations out of some $65 billion, reportedly engaged in a scuffle with a fellow inmate in December. Madoff, who has spent a lifetime getting the best of others, seems to have wound up on the wrong side of the balance of power in this instance. His
China more concerned about U.S. unemployment than our own pols
The Premier of China seems to have a more realistic grasp of the ebb and flow of economic reality than our own government. Wen Jiabao spoke to the National People’s Congress on Monday and warned of a major “double dip” global recession. Do you know what really concerns Jiabao more than anything? It is the
Prius driver gets scare in Cali
Published on 16 Mar, 2010 at 14:09 in Business | Viewed 174 views times | No Comments
The hits keep on coming for the Toyota Corporation. The Japanese based automaker, who had developed a reputation for quality, long lasting vehicles over the last few decades, took another blow yesterday when a 61 year-old California man had the accelerator stick in his 2008 Prius. The man, James Sikes, says he reached down with
Tiger Woods auto accident provides lessons
Published on 5 Mar, 2010 at 18:33 in Business | Viewed 174 views times | No Comments
Unless you live under the proverbial rock, you have heard a lot about the recent Tiger Woods matter. The focus has now shifted from the initial news, which was an automobile accident, to the revelations about marital infidelity and his subsequent attempts to offer apologies to the world. I don’t think that Woods owes me
