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Today Is the Day to Sell a Used iPhone (Jun-11, 09:35 EDT )-- If you want to get the most money for your used iPhone, sell it Friday before the resale market is saturated.
Chinese Inflation Accompanies Strong Growth (Jun-11, 09:27 EDT )-- Recent strikes threaten to drive prices higher as pressure mounts on Beijing to tweak interest rates.
Business Inventories Rose; Retail Sales Slipped (Jun-11, 09:20 EDT )-- Inventories were up 0.4 percent in April while retail sales fell 1.2 percent in May.
Parsing Europe's New Biofuel Rules (Jun-11, 09:14 EDT )-- Companies producing biofuels have cheered the introduction of a certification system by the European Commission. It is supposed to ensure that the industry doesn't lay waste to forests and drain peat lands or destroy other zones of environmental value.
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan to Lead on a G.M. I.P.O. (Jun-11, 09:12 EDT )-- Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase are expected to take the lead underwriting positions in an initial public offering of General Motors, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.
Gulf Tourism Losses Leading To East Coast Gains (Jun-11, 09:01 EDT )-- As images of the oil spill continue to dominate news coverage, many nervous travelers are canceling plans to visit the Gulf of Mexico and looking east instead. While they don't want to sound too mercenary about it, East Coast beach resorts and hotels...
U.S. Markets Mixed; Consumer Confidence Rises (Jun-11, 09:00 EDT )-- Markets in Asia and Europe overall were mostly higher and Wall Street was poised for a soft open following Thursday’s surge.
Patient Money: What to Expect in Next Year’s Health Benefits Offerings (Jun-11, 08:58 EDT )-- The new health care law is already affecting benefit packages being put together for 2011, and it seems likely that employees will be asked to absorb more of the costs.
Mixed Signals: Retail Sales Drop, Sentiment Up (Jun-11, 08:58 EDT )-- Retail sales plunged 1.2 percent in May, the most in eight months, as consumers slashed spending on everything from cars to clothing. But consumer sentiment picked up in June, according to a preliminary survey.
Japan Refocuses on Debt Problems (Jun-11, 08:44 EDT )-- Japan could face a financial crisis of Greek proportions if it does not tackle its colossal debt, the nation's new prime minister said Friday.
House Committee Says J&J Is Dragging Its Heels On Recall Probe (Jun-11, 08:01 EDT )-- A House panel says Johnson & Johnson hasn't been cooperative enough on an investigation of quality problems with medicines. The company disagrees.
More on Soliciting Employee Ideas (Jun-11, 06:00 EDT )-- I think my people are smart enough to see that making the company operate more efficiently is to their direct benefit.
GM Says Customers Are Welcome To Say 'Chevy' (Jun-11, 03:00 EDT )-- A memo by General Motors executives that was leaked has drawn plenty of criticism. Management in Detroit sent a memo to employees ordering them to stop using the word Chevy. Instead, they are to refer to the brand by its full name Chevrolet. GM later...
Air France To Fly 'Superjumbo' From Paris To London (Jun-11, 03:00 EDT )-- Air France will begin using the world's largest passenger plane for a very short hop, starting Saturday. The flight between Paris and London takes 25 minutes. Critics say the plan does not make economic or environmental sense.
Obama To Meet Top BP Executives Next Week (Jun-11, 03:00 EDT )-- President Obama and top BP officials will discuss the company's response to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama has been making harsh public statements against the company. He's expected to pressure BP to cut the stock dividend it normally pays...
New Oil Estimates Show Spill Rate Much Higher (Jun-11, 03:00 EDT )-- The federal government has come up with a new estimate of the size of the Gulf oil spill. The figures indicate the blown-out well may have spewed as much as 2.1 million gallons of oil per day. The estimate indicates the leak already has put 4 to 8...
Driving Force Helps Grad Shift Gears, Land Job (Jun-10, 23:01 EDT )-- Since his freshman year in college, Duwain Pinder was focused on getting a job on Wall Street. But when the financial crisis shattered that dream, he put all his energy into landing a job in management consulting. His drive helped him land a job as a...
New Orleans Oyster Processor Runs Out Of Oysters (Jun-10, 23:00 EDT )-- Wildlife officials closed an area in the Gulf where oysterman Mitch Jurisich has been farming oysters for years. He sold them to Al Sunseri, president of P&J Oyster. The other six or seven oystermen Sunseri normally buys from had already been shut down...
Drug Courts Confront Relaxed Attitudes Toward Pot (Jun-10, 23:00 EDT )-- Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states, and advocates would like to expand that or legalize pot altogether. But the judges, lawyers and therapists who work in drug courts say changing attitudes make it harder to convince people that marijuana is a...
How Foreign Aid Hurts Haitian Farmers (Jun-10, 23:00 EDT )-- Haiti's staple food is rice. Since January's earthquake, the influx of foreign food aid has meant that many Haitians can now get rice for free. As a result, the price of rice in Haiti has plummeted.
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