Business insights and opinions from the Editors of Hoover's
The recent news from Intel about its laser chips represents a significant milestone in semiconductor technology. When will these new chips turn up in a computer that you can buy? Not any time soon, but they will, they will.
The world’s largest chip maker developed …
The recent outbreak of E. coli caused by eating fresh spinach packaged by Natural Selection Foods goes to show that the FDA and USDA still have work …
First there was Extreme Makeover and The Swan. But those “reality” television shows were missing one key element that makes pilot-season contender The Hottest Mom in America such a sticky prospect. The show’s main sponsor is a pharmaceutical company …
Publisher Random House recently announced it would refund buyers of James Frey’s bestselling memoir, A Million Little Pieces – you know, the book lauded by Oprah before Frey admitted to altering the facts. Those of you wanting your money back need …
Most in the US are well aware of the woes that plague General Motors and Ford Motor Company. They have too many plants, too many workers making too much money, and too few products that can compete …
September is one of my favorite months of the year. Once the NBA Finals end in June, the sports fan in me goes into hibernation for a long three months as the airwaves are filled with that mind numbingly boring thing called baseball. As the calendar rolls …
Our society’s evolution toward push-button gratification took another step forward with the recent announcement that both Amazon and Apple Computer are selling movies and TV shows for download across the Internet. The nascent business of selling …
A passel of professional investors are salivating after Freescale Semiconductor, with figures of $16 billion or more being thrown around. The news came out just weeks after Royal Philips Electronics agreed to sell 80% of its semiconductor division to a consortium …
Advanced Cell Technology, which made front page news around the world last month with its claim that scientists had obtained stem cells from embryos without destroying them, is now fielding hard questions about its research from other …
The US Postal Service is eliminating its numbered-ticket system from all of its statewide branches in the coming weeks, according to The Arizona Daily Star. Traditionally, postal customers would take a numbered ticket from a dispenser and wait for that …
