Jessica Seaman covers energy, Dillard’s Inc., Windstream Corp. and Acxiom Corp. for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She joined the Democrat-Gazette in May 2012 after graduating from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s...
After the fire in a Bangladesh garment factory killed hundreds, several business news outlets have turned to covering where clothing comes from and the real costs of how it’s made. The Wall Street Journal...
Microsoft executives were unusually candid with reporters about the growing pains of it new Windows 8 operating system. As always when a large company’s future is being staked on a specific product, it’s progress...
There were several stories Monday featuring Bank of America and the continued legal battles about the role the firm played in the mortgage meltdown. On the positive side, the bank entered into a settlement agreement...
Every now and then my email will suddenly become inundated with emails from friends and colleagues in the PR industry all emailing me one story. Before evening opening any one of these notes I...
There have been many stories recently about Silicon Valley’s new campaigns to influence immigration policy. Most recently, the New York Times ran a piece analyzing the campaign reminding me that this is an especially...
With the nomination of North Carolina representative Mel Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, coverage of the agency and where it is heading was back...
The early results of American City Business Journals‘ overhaul of its San Jose, Calif., paper has resulted in a growth in circulation, online readers and revenue, so the Charlotte-based owner of 40 business weeklies...
In an ideal world, a business would only have to do one thing very well to ensure a steady source of revenue. The news business doesn’t work that way. At Richmond BizSense, a daily...
The closely watched Federal Reserve meeting this week had some investors and journalists looking for changes to the bond-buying plans that have been in effect for much of the past year. And they got...
