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Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
As backlash from displeased watchers of a Frontline documentary about WikiLeaks, PBS, who aired the program, has had its website hit by hackers. Those who rely on PBS NewsHour for up to the minute news were greeted with the information that Tupac... Read More | 
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Wal-Mart has been named Fortune magazine’s number 1 on the top 500 of the largest companies in America. The company was chosen based on revenues, which are the total earnings the company made “before subtracting out expenses”. It’s hard to... Read More | 
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Starbucks
and Nestle are passing on the pain of rising coffee bean prices, and reduced supply compared to demand, to its consumers, and the outlook for the rest of the year doesn’t look good. With coffee bean prices at $2-$3 per pound and... Read More | 
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Activision’s biggest selling franchise Call of Duty has come out strong for the company, and Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have seen over a $1 billion in sales. The billion dollar sales have rivaled that of the... Read More | |
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Oprah Winfrey, the queen of daytime TV, has stepped down from reign and this has some worried that small businesses will feel the effect. Oprah’s “favorite things” has been a business driver for small businesses for years, and has driven... Read More | 
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
After news that Chrysler had paid back part of its debt from the 2008-2009 auto recovery bailouts, in the amount of $7.6 billion to U.S. and Canadian governments, Fiat has notified the U.S. Treasury that they would be buying out the last 6% of the... Read More | |
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
The U.S. economy has been hit harder than analysts expected after the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Goldman Sachs reported that "As expected, the hardest-hit sector of the economy appears to be motor vehicle production," Shortages in supply of the... Read More | 
Jun 2, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Business cards, the calling card and first impression one can give to clients and associates alike, just entered a new level of creative competition. What your business card says about you and your company is what determines how much business you... Read More | 
May 31, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
A $5 Billion dollar settlement, one of the largest in US history, has been paid out by pharmaceutical companies for marketing anti-psychotic drugs, in cases when they were not proven safe or effective. In some instances these drugs have caused... Read More | |
May 31, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Economists saw hope on the horizon in February when the unemployment numbers fell to 375,000 jobless, but for the last 7 weeks those numbers have been quickly on the rise. The week ending May 21 saw 424,000 Americans filing new claims for... Read More | |
May 27, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
H&R Block, Inc. is looking to acquire the do-it-yourself tax program TaxAct, which is a fierce competitor in the world of at home tax preparation. H&R Block At Home and TaxACT are 2nd and 3rd after Intuit’s successful Quicken and TurboTax, which... Read More | |
May 27, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
AT&T announced that it will be releasing its new 4G network in selected market areas, with 10 more market areas to follow soon after. The first lucky users of the new 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) service will be Dallas, Houston, Chigaco, Atlanta,... Read More | 
May 27, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
In the wake of the Playstation Network’s security breach, and millions of dollars of lost revenue, Sony has been hit again. Hackers have attacked Sony Ericsson Canada's online store, stealing personal data in the process. Sony told BBC that... Read More | 
May 27, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team
Larry Fox, a 20 year old Williamsburg, Brooklyn delivery man has taken his beef to the World Wide Web, and is slamming bad tippers on his blog. His blog, appropriately titled “15 Percent”, is a great platform for such rants as, "Went out into... Read More | |
May 26, 2011 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team After months of hype around his run for the presidency, Donald Trump has opted out. "After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the presidency," Trump stated.... Read More |
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