How to tell executives are serious
Reporters spend a lot of time talking to people on background or off-the-record. It’s an important part of the job and a good way to make sure you’re getting the full story. Even if...
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Barron’s Abelson is one for the record books
If there were a definitive business journalism Book of Records, Alan Abelson would no doubt dominate some major categories: Longest current tenure as a columnist at a single business/financial news outlet; Sued or the...
Earnings predicted to be crappy again
Despite the better-than-expected jobs numbers last week, most analysts are predicting an across the board drop in corporate earnings this quarter. From a Bloomberg story: Third-quarter profits and sales for the Standard & Poor’s 500...
Cooking the books?
Last week’s drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent seemed like good news no matter which side of the political spectrum you’re on. Or was it? Several influential business leaders...
Can’t get a small business loan – try Amazon
Watch out bankers, the retailer that sells it all is moving into the loan business. And it’s possible they have more information on credit quality, inventories and sales than you do. The story from...
Leveraging social media as a business journalist
The public nature of Twitter lends to a two-way conversation that allows reporters to source stories and connect with their audience, said Forbes Media LLC science and medicine reporter Mathew Herper in a conference call...
Biz news site Minyanville founder discusses its strategy
Todd Harrison, founder and CEO of Minyanville Media Inc., the business and financial news company that celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this week. In addition to his presence in the media realm, Harrison has...
Advertising Week! Cats and dogs living together!
It’s Advertising Week 2012! Ok, so no one’s actually jumping out of a chair to run to New York, but Tanzina Vega and Stuart Elliot do have an interesting story in the New York...
The debate, the economy and the business media
John Harwood is chief Washington correspondent of CNBC and a political writer for the New York Times. Harwood was born in Louisville, Ky., and grew up in the Maryland suburbs outside of the nation’s...
What the income gap really means
I was reading a piece on Bloomberg.com Tuesday about the rising gap between rich (read executives) and lower earnings (read workers.) The numbers are staggering. From Peter Robinson’s story: The 1.2 million households whose...
