Coverage: Amazon introduces new card reader
Amazon just can’t help but trying to be all things to everyone. In an effort to capture the offline business, it is introducing a new card reader to rival Square, PayPal and other payment...
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Coverage: The buzz about BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has long been a media darling with its easily digestible and clever lists covering the news and entertainment. With the announcement it is receiving a venture capital investment of $50 million, which values...
Coverage: The recession isn’t over
According to Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, the recession is still weighing on the U.S. economy, particularly the labor market. Gina Chon of the Financial Times had this story: The Federal Reserve’s...
Frankie Flack: Who’s spinning now?
This morning, the fine folks at the Pew Research Center put up a blog post that should serve as red meat to every ink-stained wretch who likes to rail against the idea that he’s...
Coverage: Kinder Morgan reorganizes to stay alive
Kinder Morgan Inc. is leaving behind the master limited partnership structure and becoming a corporation in order to stay alive with both investors and regulators. Alison Sider and Russell Gold wrote for The Wall...
Coverage: New math for credit scores
If you can’t get a loan based on your credit score, simply change it. The Fair Isaac Corp. is changing what’s included in its calculations, making it a little easier for some to get...
Coverage: Banks still too big to fail
Banks still have a long way to go when it comes to the safety of the system, and regulators aren’t pleased with the progress they’re making. Bloomberg’s Jesse Hamilton reported that 11 of the...
Coverage: The day the deals are pulled
Many of the business headlines today were about abandoned deals. First Rupert Murdoch’s Fox withdrew its bid for Time Warner. Then the news broke that Sprint was backing away from T-Mobile. Since I love...
Coverage: Gannett looking to expand
Media companies have been expanding past the news business for years. Several of the most successful companies, such as Bloomberg, get most of their earnings from sources other than reporting the news. And now,...
Coverage: Portugal is biggest banking story
This week (or at least Sunday) Portugal is the biggest banking story as it looks to bail out one of its lenders. It seemed that the Euro-crisis was past, but there are still problems...
