Archive for the ‘Corporate’ Category

Thursday March 4, 2010 17:15

Lego profits from Star Wars

Posted by Alex as Consumer, Corporate

I always liked Legos. One of my childhood frustrations is that my parents never bought me enough of these little bricks. In the world of Playstations and Xboxes, it's still nice to see "traditional" toymakers still make a profit. In the case of Lego,...

Sunday February 28, 2010 16:41

Asset-based lending spikes

Posted by Alex as Banking, Corporate, Credit Cards

Asset-based lending's basically putting up collateral for loans. For many business owners today, it has become a viable option to inject fresh capital into their business. Credit-worthiness has become an issue for many small businesses today and with...

Thursday February 11, 2010 14:23

USA Today pay halts and imposed leaves

Posted by Alex as Corporate

The struggles of print media has given rise to the question as to how people consume information today. Popular news outfit USA Today announced that it will be forcing 1,620 employees a week-long leave without pay some time from end of February to July...

Sunday December 13, 2009 19:07

New exec salary cap unveiled by White House pay czar

Posted by Alex as Corporate, Government

And this is why companies just want to pay back the bailout money the government has given them. Salary caps. Bad for them. Good for us. Taxpayers would hate to read some top corporate exec getting while Average Joe can't even make credit card...

Thursday December 3, 2009 19:10

GE trims the fat, sells off NBC

Posted by Alex as Corporate

Even with the recession over, coporate America seems to bent on streamlining their ranks to get in better position for profitability. Such is the case with probably the last business conglomerate. General Electric sell off its media and entertainment...

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