Filed under: Columns , Economy Are people going to spend $20 for an issue of Worth ? I would suspect not. The publicity gimmick by Sandow Media Corp., which bought Worth from CurtCo. Media last year, says a mouthful about the precarious state of the print media. First quarter magazine advertising revenue...

Filed under: Company News General Electric ( GE ) posted a net profit that’s down 35 percent from last year, but beat Wall Street expectations. Wall Street expected a 21 cents per share profit and GE posted a profit of 26 cents per share. Revenue for GE fell 9 percent to $38.4 billion. Analysts...

Filed under: Company News , Earnings What a quarter it has been for General Electric ( GE ). Manufacturer of everything from light bulbs to nuclear reactors, it has seen its stock fall 25 percent so far this year — and that’s including a six-week-long surge in which it has nearly doubled...

The financial sages have started calling the market grossly overbought on the near-term, but enthusiasm for stocks is exactly as high now as it was low six weeks ago. That optimism pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 96 points, or 1.2 percent, to 8,125 today. Tech stocks like Microsoft ( MSFT...

Filed under: People Those who are convinced that President Obama is anti-business will probably shout “Aha!” when they see his choice for the new head of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. David C. Vladeck is a long-time part of the legal team for Public...

Filed under: Investing , Earnings It has been a mixed week for the markets, with financial institution bulls and bears engaged in yet another tug-of-war over Dow 8,000 . However, there is one objective, positive data point that the bulls can point to: confidence in the global economy. Confidence in...

Filed under: Company News , Economy As I posted Tuesday , some people took time off to protest yesterday. I am not sure what exactly they object to or what they want. It appears that they don’t like paying taxes and they object to government spending. Although they may not have realized it, their...

Filed under: Company News Guests at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, North Carolina will soon be running, like America supposedly does, on Dunkin. The doughnuts-and-coffee chain is launching the first of “a variety of store models to suit any lodging property, including full retail shops, kiosks...

Filed under: Company News , Columns The short-term publicity General Electric Co. ( GE ) got from signing a reality show deal with ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will be eclipsed by the long-term harm it will do to the credibility of its NBC network. Blagojevich has reportedly been offered...

Filed under: Company News , Columns The short-term publicity General Electric Co. ( GE ) got from signing a reality show deal with ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will be eclipsed by the long-term harm it will do to the credibility of its NBC network. Blagojevich has reportedly been offered...