It’s not quite a Carl Sagan commentary, but one of the giant stars of the oil and gas firmament has burnt just a little too brightly in recent years, and is looking to conserve some of …
‘In the News’ Archive
Billions and billions of… dollars in asset sales. ConocoPhillips
by Stuart Hampton, March 16, 2010, 8:32 amWhen screens go dark: Brinksmanship in the digital age
by Jeff Dorsch, March 11, 2010, 1:39 pmWhen big media corporations can’t reach agreements on their business arrangements, with the result that popular channels go blank on cable television systems, cutting off millions of subscribers, what’s to be done?
The remedy may or may …
Money, it’s a track
by Lee Simmons, March 9, 2010, 2:12 pmUPDATE: Pink Floyd 1, EMI 0.
If ever there was a band that would eschew single-track digital music sales, it would be Pink Floyd. The legendary British band hates single-track sales so much, in fact, …
Oil is not calming the waters in the Falkands
by Stuart Hampton, March 2, 2010, 12:07 pmPrompted by a renewed search for oil, an old geopolitical conflict is beginning to heat up again.
The place: the windblown Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. The protagonists: the far away UK (which …
Silicon wafer shipments down in 2009; IC equipment sales up in 2010 (so far!)
by Jeff Dorsch, February 26, 2010, 4:24 pmSemiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI), an industry trade group, is best known for its monthly book-to-bill reports, tracking the business of North American suppliers of semiconductor production equipment. (The Semiconductor Industry Association once …
Warner breaks ranks
by Lee Simmons, February 26, 2010, 1:28 pmFree online streaming music — a bandwagon that once carried a happy collection of artists, labels, and consumers — has lost a big passenger. Warner Music Group will no longer license artists to online streaming services such as …
Nickelback vs. a pickle
by Lee Simmons, February 25, 2010, 11:11 amIf anyone out there still doubts the power of social networking, look no further than a pickle. Last week, a pickle earned more fans (nearly 1.5 million at last count) on its Facebook page …
Real Estate Makes a Comeback
by Patrice Sarath, February 23, 2010, 2:58 pmSo what’s going on in the housing market, you ask? Let’s take a look. There’s actually plenty of good news. No, really, we don’t have to use air quotes or anything. According to The National Association …
