The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. Last year the world had 1,125 billionaires. Today there are 793. A mammoth 83% of those moguls saw their net worth shrink. Only 44 of......

REDMOND, WA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Msnbc.com today announced that video from NBC's top-rated news programs are now available to millions of consumers at http://msnbc.com, its popular mobile Internet site. Msnbc.com mobile now features branded video destinations for "Today," "NBC Nightly...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), a video-game company that competes with Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), and THQ (NASDAQ: THQI), delivered some ...

Today’s tickers: AN, GD, HSY, MSFT & NOK AN – AutoNation Inc. – Shares of the automotive retailer have lifted 6% today to $10.33, a price that represents a more than 160% increase over the 52-week low of $3.97 established just as the broad market reached its weakest point for 2...

It emerged over the weekend that Verizon Wireless was trying to share your cell phone data with “affiliates, agents and parent companies.” David Weinberger read the fine print on a recent 45-page Verizon mailing to discover that tidbit, and posted a really clear set of instructions to op...

A bold social media marketing experiment on the Mars brand's home page prompted a lively debate at the fourth annual Social Media Conference...

Filed under: General Motors (GM), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Newsletters, Citigroup Inc. (C), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Chevron Corp (CVX), DJIA, Stocks to Buy "What can get this market going again?" asks Chuck Carlson. In The DRIP Investor he says, "It's helpful to understand what stoc...

Filed under: Bad news, Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Stocks to Sell, Recession, Financial Crisis Investment bankers are suing their employer for millions in unpaid bonus commitments. Apparently, they did not get the memo on the economy. Meanwhile, here's why Netbooks are perfec...

Suggestions for maintaining an empty in-box, a goal that has tantalized many since the dawn of e-mail....

Carol Bartz isn't saying a whole lot about Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) dealmaking future, but what she has said makes us like her more and more. We were quite concerned that we'd have to listen to another few months of Yahoo! execs saying "We'd be willing to do a deal with Microsoft" and Microsoft C...