Virgin America soars in its third quarter
Filed under: Company News, EarningsVirgin America has cracked the airline growth code in the U.S. Despite a travel market slump that shows almost no signs of recovering and an industry with perpetual...
View ArticleThis Week, Social Media Sold Out and Became Social Marketing
Filed under: Technology, MediaIt didn't take long for brand managers and manufacturers of all types to realize the opportunities afforded by social media. Almost as soon as each new platform appeared,...
View ArticleBoards of Directors Are Doing More to Earn Their Keep
Filed under: Energy, Economy, Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , Apple, American International Group, One Year LaterSitting on a corporate board of directors has always been great work if you can get it,...
View ArticleInsurers Will Come Back to Hedge Funds in 2010
Filed under: Investing, Marsh & McLennan Cos, American International Group, One Year LaterInsurance companies cut their hedge fund allocations in 2009, but the sting of the financial crisis will...
View ArticleFacebook's New Privacy Settings Spark a Public Spat
Filed under: Technology, Media, FacebookIt was only a matter of time until someone decided to challenge Facebook legally. Social media and privacy are constantly at odds, with service providers trying...
View ArticleSeven More Banks Fail, Bringing Total to 140
Filed under: EconomyThe financial crisis has claimed seven more banks, bringing the total number of casualties this year to 140. The FDIC took over all seven of them: Two large banks in California, and...
View ArticleBanking Liability Litigation Drops, Making Insurance Cheaper
Filed under: Investing, Marsh & McLennan Cos, American International Group, One Year LaterThe up-tick in equity markets may leave lawyers in the lurch. We all waited for litigation to surge...
View ArticleReinsurers to Take it on the Chin: Rates Likely to Fall 9% in January
Filed under: Investing, American International Group, One Year LaterThe Jan. 1, 2010, reinsurance renewal is approaching fast, but a quiet year for catastrophe losses is causing the annual ritual to...
View ArticleCat Bond Market Pushes Past $3 Billion
Filed under: Economy, Investing, Goldman Sachs , Marsh & McLennan Cos, American International Group, TravelersMaybe now people will believe that the catastrophe bond market has recovered fully....
View ArticleInsurers Feeling the Urge to Merge in 2010
Filed under: Economy, Investing, American International GroupM&A will likely dominate the insurance and reinsurance market next year, as stronger balance sheets inspire firms to look for growth...
View ArticleFacebook 'Friending' With Benefits Is Benefiting Divorce Lawyers
Filed under: Technology, Media, FacebookSocial networking sites have developed an unusual, but perhaps unsurprising, new fan base: divorce attorneys. More and more divorce petitions are mentioning...
View ArticleJudge nixes mandatory condoms in porn flicks
Filed under: Health Care, MediaThe porn business is going to keep its elbow room. A petition by an AIDS advocacy group to require that adult film companies use condoms when shooting movies has been...
View ArticleIs Twitter Really Profitable? Do the Math
Filed under: Technology, MediaWhen reports of Twitter's profitability came out, it seemed like a great underdog story. Social media critics have long blasted the microblogging platform for its lack of...
View ArticleEven Porn Stars Get the Recession Blues
Filed under: Technology, Economy, Media At the Adult Entertainment Expo four years ago this month, I passed through the security checkpoint at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas -- and was struck by the...
View ArticleAfter 2009, Private Equity Fund-Raising Has Low Expectations for 2010
Filed under: Economy, InvestingThe private equity sector suffered severely in 2009. The late 2008 financial crisis shaped the year that followed it, constraining institutional investor capital and...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Twitter Seeks Staff Who Can Shake Its Monetizer
Filed under: Technology, Media, Google , MicrosoftTwitter is looking for money-makers. The microblogging service, which has convinced close to 60 million people to communicate in 140 characters or...
View ArticleIs the Art Market Bust Finally Over?
Filed under: Economy, InvestingIf the recent art market boom had a poster child, it may have been the British painter Lucian Freud. Before the boom ended suddenly in summer 2008, Freud's paintings...
View ArticleInitial Penthouse Offering, Take Two: Go Public or Go Bust
Filed under: Company News, MediaFriendFinder Network needs money ... fast. But, this is nothing new. The weight of hundreds of millions of dollars of short-term debt and no way to repay it has prompted...
View ArticleChristie's Is Ready to Share the Risk in Art Market Recovery
Filed under: Company News, Economy, InvestingChristie's International (CRUPF) expects to have a better year in 2010 than it did in 2009, a goal which shouldn't be too difficult for the auction house to...
View ArticleIs Twitter Slipping or Regrouping?
Filed under: Technology, Media, Google , MicrosoftTaken as a whole, 2009 was a great year for Twitter. The white-hot social media site approached a membership of 58 million registered users, each...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....