Coverage: Former Massey CEO convicted on just one of three charges

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted on conspiracy to violate federal mine-safety laws yesterday for his role in a 2010 coal mine explosion that killed 29 West Virginian miners. Blankenship was found not guilty on two other charges. Kris Maher of The Wall Street Journal wrote about the jury’s verdict: A jury on […]

Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 4, 2015

Some of Friday’s top business news stories: The Wall Street Journal EU hits McDonald’s with full-blown tax investigation, by Tom Fairless  Sears Holdings revenue slides, by Anne Steele  Quartz Is Marissa Mayer to blame for Yahoo’s failed comeback?, by Dan Frommer General Electric is dumping prime-time TV advertising, by Ashley Rodriguez Bloomberg The jobs report probably won’t change the […]

Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 3, 2015

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories: The Wall Street Journal U.S. wages show signs of breaking out, by David Harrison Bidders emerge for Yahoo’s Internet business, by Mike Shields and Ryan Knutson Quartz Yahoo used to be bigger than Apple, Google and Amazon. Now it might sell itself for scrap, by Melvin Backman  Netflix is near its all-time closing […]

Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 2, 2015

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories: The Wall Street Journal How big food is using natural flavors to win consumer favor, by Annie Gasparro Companies shy away from spending, by Eric Morath Quartz Volkswagen’s emissions scandal destroyed its November sales in the U.S., by Alison Griswold Barely anyone used Apple Pay on Black Friday, by Ian Kar Bloomberg […]

Growth coming at Financial Times

Nikkei has pledged to back the expansion of the Financial Times, writes Daniel Thomas of the FT. Thomas writes, “Lionel Barber, editor of the FT, said Nikkei would ‘invest and deliver a fresh wave of innovation in editorial in 2016.’ “He pointed to the development of comment and analysis across digital platforms and the planned investment of […]

Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 1, 2015

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories: The Wall Street Journal Pending home sales rise 0.2% in October, by Eric Morath Fed adopts Dodd-Frank bailout limits, by David Harrison Bloomberg Seeing Kobe’s final game will cost you dearly, by Eben Novy-Williams  Target site stumbles on Cyber Monday, locking out some users, by Shannon Pettypiece  The Associated Press Puerto Rico […]

Nikkei chairman promises not to meddle with FT

The chairman of Nikkei, which closed on its purchase of the Financial Times on Monday, promised not to interfere in the operations of the business newspaper, write Guy Faulconbridge and Paul Sandle of Reuters. Faulconbridge and Sandle write, “Ridding said the FT was ‘a little underweight’ in the United States and Asia, where he said Nikkei could help the […]

Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 30, 2015

Some of Monday’s top business news stories: The Wall Street Journal Will Black Friday deals give a boost to car sales? by John D. Stoll Black Friday shopping–with thinner crowds, by Suzanne Kapner Bloomberg ‘Mockingjay’ tops Dinosaur, Rocky and Frankenstein at box office, by Anousha Sakoui Holiday weekend shoppers skip the store and buy online, by Lindsey Rupp […]

Coverage: Thanksgiving — All about the deals, not the turkey

Black Friday has become synonymous with madness and with the National Retail Federation projecting 135.8 million shoppers hitting the stores and online this weekend, it’s not going away anytime soon. And in order to better thrive off the consumer frenzy, some stores are pushing their luck and transitioning Black Friday more onto Thanksgiving Day itself. […]

Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 25, 2015

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories: The Wall Street Journal Campbell Soup raises earnings guidance, by Annie Gasparro Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin succeeds in landing spent rocket back on earth, by Andy Pasztor Bloomberg Fed says it’s overhauling standards for large bank examiners, by Ian Katz Costco chicken salad tied to seven-state E.coli outbreak, by Craig Giammona The Associated Press […]