Business Pundit

Sometimes, the most important part of a job posting isn’t what it says, but what it doesn’t say. For example, the people who need someone to do a “small job” on their door. I can only imagine what kind of pain that little understatement could… Read more

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Tesla Motors has announced that Panasonic bought a $30 million stake in the company. The stake gives Tesla promising access to new battery technology–crucial for reducing electric vehicle costs–as well as another prominent backer (current… Read more

A Qantas A380 with 489 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing today when one of the plane’s Rolls-Royce engines failed shortly after takeoff from Singapore’s Changi airport. Qantas has grounded all of its A380 flights until it… Read more

Time Warner Cable’s profit is up 34% this quarter, despite losing 63,000 net subscribers. Its ad revenue, meanwhile, is up 23% this quarter, reflecting a larger ad rebound, as well as a pre-election ad buy. From Dow Jones Newswires: …the… Read more

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It’s a fact of life: If you put something on TV, and that something goes wrong, the world will see it. Whether it’s a TV commercial, a news episode, or a game show, unedited video footage has a knack for showing the raw side of reality. We collected… Read more

MGM Studios, which was last bought out by private equity firms in 2005, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MGM, which has been struggling since its buyout, hired Stephen Cooper, the CEO who had run post-bankruptcy Enron and Krispy Kreme, to… Read more

Although some states have already seen interesting election results, the national stage isn’t as exciting. From an economic perspective, the new Republican majority in the House isn’t going to amount to much more than gridlock, according to the… Read more

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Oracle will buy Cambridge, MA-based IT and e-commerce company Art Technology Group for $1 billion. GigaOm explains the strategic importance behind the buy, which is Oracle’s first since former HP Mark Hurd became the company’s CEO: By buying… Read more

This is a guest post by Carmine Gallo, author of “The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success.” The global recession has forced many people to reconsider their careers and life choices. In these… Read more

Image: PRA Lest you forget that the weather can throw a wrench into the economy, rubber trees in Asia have been getting rained on too much during the past year, meaning rubber products are going way up in price soon. The Financial Times… Read more

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