| Mon, May 20, 2013 |
| 06:27 PM |
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Moleskine's CEO on paper's advantages (and how to pronounce Moleskine)
Arrigo Berni puts his bet on paper over tablets after taking Moleskine public.  |
| 04:59 PM |
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner returns to the skies
Four months after being grounded for safety inspections, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner flew safely from Houston to Chicago today.  |
| 04:56 PM |
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New Cirque du Soleil show will keep money flowing to Jackson estate
Michael Jackson is gone, but his music is still breaking records, earning around $150 million a year.  |
| 04:29 PM |
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Power, risk and Jamie Dimon
Jamie Dimon faces shareholder judgment on whether he should remain chairman -- as well ask CEO -- of JPMorgan Chase. It's a symbolic vote, but important to a banker who prefers control.  |
| 03:29 PM |
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The steps to making Tumblr a moneymaker
How does Yahoo plan to sell ads to turn Tumblr into a profitable acquisition?  |
| 03:27 PM |
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Yahoo spends a cool billion on cool
Marissa Mayer is looking to the Tumblr acquisition to help change the DNA of Yahoo, from old and tired to young and hip.  |
| 03:06 PM |
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Dove's viral video hit becomes most watched ad -- ever
Dove says the video has been watched over 114 million times.  |
| 02:25 PM |
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Texting while driving? There's an app to stop that
AT&T and other mobile carriers are uniting to help prevent teens from texting while driving. What technology exists, and does it work?  |
| 02:15 PM |
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Nashville's Music City Center hopes to make a lasting note
Nashville's Music City Center cost $600 million and has a lot of cutting-edge bells and whistles. But convention organizers looking for a new convention center have a lot of options.  |
| 12:52 PM |
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PODCAST: Yahoo tumbles to get back up
Yahoo buys Tumblr. What will happen if the Federal Reserve backs off? And public pensions bounce back, but not enough for some.  |
| 11:51 AM |
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Is the economy ready to fly by itself?
What happens if the Federal Reserve takes away the big can of sterno it put under the U.S. economy?  |
| 10:33 AM |
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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion to get hip
Yahoo buys Tumblr in an effort to reach a younger audience.  |
| 09:54 AM |
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Smartphone wars: Two is company, but Microsoft, Apple, and Google is a crowd
Windows phone beats out BlackBerry, iPhones shipments fall, while Android nearly doubles. Who will be the winners and losers in the new smartphone world order?  |
| 09:25 AM |
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Japan takes energy race overseas, promotes solar at home
Things have been electric on the Japanese stock market recently. But the country is in need of energy and is hunting for it in innovative ways.  |
| 08:45 AM |
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Yahoo plus tumblr equals...Yumblr?
Yahoo's Tumblr acquisition is a big part the mission for new CEO Marissa Mayer -- a mission to make the aging Internet company cool again.  |
| 05:30 AM |
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Solar plane only goes 58 MPH, but might change how we fly
Inventors of an experimental solar aircraft simply want to prove it’s possible to fly long distances using energy from the sun.
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| Fri, May 17, 2013 |
| 06:58 PM |
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What happens when a billionaire faces Congressional confirmation?
Commerce Secretary nominee and Hyatt heiress Penny Pritzker will have to shift her billions to avoid conflicts of interest, and prepare for questions about the family business.  |
| 05:55 PM |
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Gold prices are falling, but global demand is expected to grow
As an investment and inflation hedge, gold still looks overvalued, at nearly 30 percent below its peak. But demand for gold is growing in India and China.  |
| 05:44 PM |
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Public pension funds rebound from recession
But for some the recovery still doesn't mean they are doing as well as they should.  |
| 05:11 PM |
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Shanghai smog: Life in a polluted city
Marketplace's Rob Schmitz tells Kai what it's really like to live in smoggy, hazy Shanghai. Gas mask and all.  |
| 05:03 PM |
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What's behind the uptick in consumer spending?
Retail sales rose a tenth of a percent in April. Why are people spending more and are they going back into credit card debit over these purchases?  |
| 04:11 PM |
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Connecticut grabs TV business from other states
Connecticut may not have the glitz and glamour of L.A. or New York, but what it does have is an increasing number of TV shows.  |
| 03:24 PM |
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A week of scandal and taxes
Check out weekend reading picks (not about the IRS scandal) from our Weekly Wrap.  |
| 03:02 PM |
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A look at Facebook a year after its IPO
Facebook's initial stock offering was a debacle for the company and the NASDAQ, but things are looking up  |
| 02:59 PM |
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How much is the DSM-5 worth?
The diagnostic mental health bible comes out this weekend and as doctors' manuals go, it's high profile and big money.
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| 02:57 PM |
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The effect of colleges divesting from fossil fuels
Fossil fuels, the new apartheid? University students want their schools to divest. One college calculates the cost.  |
| 01:40 PM |
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Rating Stefon's favorite clubs for business viability
Comedian Bill Hader’s exit from "Saturday Night Live" prompted us to ask, "Would Stefon's clubs work out in the real world?"  |
| 01:18 PM |
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PODCAST: Food stamps under review; Fed easing stimulus?
With one in five Americans on food stamps, some in Congress want to cut back on the program. There's talk in high places about the Fed ratcheting back on policies it hoped would add pep to the wheels of commerce. It's no surprise farmers and home builders want more immigrant labor, but horse breeders? Texas lawmakers decide whether to allow craft beer sales at grocery stores and brewery tours. It could mean a big boost for craft breweries.  |
| 12:09 PM |
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Fed may ease off on stimulus
There's talk in high places about the Fed ratcheting back on policies it hoped would add pep to the wheels of commerce.  |
| 10:36 AM |
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European auto sales up for first time since 2011
But that comes with an asterisk.  |
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