Business insights and opinions from the Editors of Hoover's
If anything has prepared semiconductor manufacturers for the market challenges of 2008, it was the year just past.
To paraphrase Dickens, 2007 was the best of times for some chip makers and the worst of times for others. Wireless communications was a double-edged sword, as market forces …
While it’s still too soon after Christmas to declare this holiday shopping season a flop, it’s not looking good for many of the nation’s major retailers. With the caveat that some 16% of holiday retail sales occur the week after Christmas, which …
With gas pump prices sitting at $3 or more a gallon, a question keeps coming up. Why aren’t there more refineries in the US?
According to the Energy Information Administration, the US had more than 300 operating refineries in the early 1980s. By 2007 the number of refineries …
Year-end lists, is there anything they can’t do? They dish out convenient bite-site morsels of information, provide periodicals with easy copy around the holidays, and help bloggers like me on a deadline before vacation. Sure, they’re not necessarily news, but they’re usually good conversation (or debate) fodder.
One …
Sounds like a great deal, doesn’t it? There are quite a few companies out there marketing such genetic tests, offering gullible customers a profile of their health risks for a modest fee. According to experts, however, these tests are being marketed …
Do you know what they say about buying a Jaguar? That when you buy one you better also get the little trailer that comes with, so you can bring your mechanic with you everywhere!
OK, enough Jaguar-bashing. Although American Jaguar dealers have expressed …
Food manufacturers and their scientists have checked their lists (one hopes at least twice) and found some bugs that are nice, and they’re adding them to your food. These nice bugs are called probiotics and they are bacteria similar to those naturally found in the human …
Whether shopping on the High Street or Main Street, the conventional wisdom is that both British and American consumers will be keeping tighter grips on their wallets — or notecases as they’re called over there — this holiday season.
With the fallout from the subprime …
It was just October, when Biogen Idec announced it was looking for a buyer, that everyone was hot and bothered about the prospects of a big deal. In particular, Pfizer — with so much of its profit depending on drugs soon to lose patent …
Consumers looking for a one-stop shop for all things computers will now have one fewer option. The struggling CompUSA retail chain announced last week that it would close or sell all 103 of its US locations. Earlier this year, the company closed an additional 100 stores, with …
