Apple Russia online sales halted on fluctuations in ruble
Online sales of Apple products were halted on Tuesday over the volatile ruble. “Due to extreme fluctuations in the value of the ruble, our online store in Russia is currently unavailable while we...
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Coca-Cola plans to cut nearly 2,000 jobs: Report
Manan Vatsyayana | AFP | Getty ImagesAn attendant checks bottles on a production line at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Nilai on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on November 3, 2014. In the next few...
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Copart tops Deloitte’s exceptional companies list
Copart has proven itself the most exceptional public company in the United States, according to a new ranking released on Tuesday. Dow stalwarts and giants like Apple all fell short of the vehicle...
View ArticleMore pain for RadioShack
Morgan Brennan explains how RadioShack’s pain could be another company’s gain.
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Wal-Mart will give half-million employees pay raises
Wal-Mart will give a half-million employees pay raises, the discount retail giant said Thursday as it announced a mixed quarterly earnings report. Hourly workers will earn at least $1.75 above the...
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Lumber Liquidators flooring fails safety tests: ’60 Minutes’
Peter Gridley | Photographer’s Choice | Getty Images Trading was halted Monday in Lumber Liquidators after its shares dropped more than 20 percent following a CBS report that the company sold flooring...
View ArticleStarbucks’ social backlash
Starbucks launches a controversial initiative on race relations. Jane Wells finds out what shareholders think about the “Race Together” campaign.
View ArticleRace campaign & Starbucks’ brand
Starbucks launches a controversial initiative on race relations, but is it smart business?
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The least—and most—risky places for US firms to get stuff made
As the world becomes more interconnected and businesses expand their supply chains far beyond their home countries, things can get risky. But some places are much more risky to supply chains than...
View ArticleFedEx to buy European rival
FedEx will buy Europe’s TNT Express for nearly $5 billion in an effort to expand into Europe.
View ArticleThe new GE
General Electric plans to sell most of its GE Capital unit. What does the move mean for the new GE and investors in one of the most widely held stocks?
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The 10 global companies trying to lead on diversity: Study
This year has already included Silicon Valley’s highest-profile gender discrimination lawsuit and the uproar in Indiana over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Inclusion in the corporate world is...
View ArticleCorinthian Colleges files for chapter 11
Thousands of students were left in the lurch when Corinthian Colleges shut its doors, offering a cautionary tale for students and investors.
View ArticleDuPont defeats Peltz
The long, drawn out and very public battle between DuPont and Nelson Peltz has come to an end.
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Avon spikes, but authenticity of bidder questioned
Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAvon Products Inc. Avon‘s stock was halted three times during Thursday trading after reports surfaced that the company might be acquired by a company called PTG...
View ArticleToxic fumes in airplanes?
A lawsuit filed in Illinois accuses Boeing of building airplanes that have ventilated the cabin with toxic fumes.
View ArticleEx-Im Bank expiry prompts GE to ship 500 jobs overseas
General Electric is planning to move 500 jobs overseas, citing the Export-Import Bank expiration. The jobs will be moving to France, Hungary and China. Four hundred jobs will move to France, and the...
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Goldman Sach’s Blankfein has ‘highly curable’ form of lymphoma
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein said Tuesday he has been diagnosed lymphoma. “Late this summer after several weeks of not feeling well, I underwent a series of tests, which culminated...
View ArticleCaterpillar to cut up to 10K jobs; lowers guidance
Caterpillar announced Thursday that it expects to permanently reduce its workforce by 4,000 to 5,000 by the end of 2016. It said the cuts could reach 10,000 through 2018. The reductions are part of a...
View ArticleAlcoa to split into two companies
The nation’s biggest aluminum producer will split into two publicly traded companies as it tries to deal with an oversupply of the metal and falling prices.
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