Five Features the iPad Needs for Business
Only a few weeks left until the Apple iPad--the Wi-Fi version at least--will actually ship and be available in stores. Reports suggest that Apple sold more than 120,000 iPads when pre-orders began last Friday, and it seems safe to assume that the early adopters are not looking to revolutionize business computing.
Slim a maverick tycoon in Mexico's business elite
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in Mexico, but he also is seen to typify a business elite that amassed fortunes by exploiting the poor.
Consol Energy to buy Dominion's drilling business
Consol Energy Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc.'s Appalachian exploration and production business for $3.475 billion, substantially increasing its natural gas reserves and production capacity.
European companies: gov't debt hurts business
Soaring government debt endangers Europe's business climate because it could hold back economic growth and crowd out financing for companies, European employers said Monday.
Lehman Lawyers Want to Turn Bankruptcy Into For-Profit Business
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Lawyers liquidating the bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. proposed transforming the remnants of the investment bank’s staff into a for-profit asset- management business to begin operations by May 1.
