Topic: Douglas Mcintyre

Job Benefits »

The job market remains tight enough, and people remain concerned enough about their current employment, that many would accept cuts in vacation...

CEOs To Be Fired »

By Douglas A. McIntyre. . It's the middle of the year, and by now, most large public companies have reported financial results for the second...
The U.S. housing recession is so deep that an average home takes nearly a year to sell. In the hardest hit areas, it can take several years. Just...

An Alarming Rise In Layoffs

The number of layoffs at large companies dipped as the recession ended in 2009, but the practice is back with a vengeance, renewing concerns the...

Surprising New Views on Retirement

It was probably inevitable after the worst recession in decades: Americans now view their future retirements differently than they did 10 years...

$9 iPhone »

By Douglas A. McIntyre. . AT&T (T) is now offering an $9 iPhone. Granted, that price is for a refurbished 3 G3S-8G. But the handset provides the...

Tesla shares surge on Wall Street

Tesla Motors got off to a flying start on Wall Street on Tuesday as shares in the US electric carmaker soared more than 40 percent over its initial public offering price.Shares in Tesla, the first US auto manufacturer to go public ...

Twitter unveils ad plan in profit push

<div><p>Twitter, which has seen explosive growth since its launch four years ago, unveiled a plan on Tuesday to use advertising to turn its massive popularity into profit.</p><p>Biz Stone, one of the three co-founders of the micro-blogging service ...

Palm comeback falling short

A year ago, handheld devices pioneer Palm seemed poised for a comeback.Its new smartphone, the Palm Pre, had just won "Best in Show" at the annual gadget fair in Las Vegas and the company had high hopes that the Pre would ...
US insurance giant AIG reported Friday a fourth quarter net loss of 8.9 billion dollars, better than the worst of market fears, as it strove to repay a multi-billion dollar taxpayer bailout.AIG said the loss stemmed mainly on charges tied ...