Now the No. 1. U.S. seller of LCD TVs, Vizio is setting its sights on the smartphone and tablet computer markets. But will its low-cost business model translate to the mobile electronics market? That’s not a sure bet, but it’ll…
The U.S. Justice Department has begun an investigation into the country’s two largest delivery companies, UPS and FedEx. Both have policies aimed at preventing customers from negotiating lower shipping rates through third parti…
Facebook expects its investor base will exceed 500 this year, a level at which the SEC will require it to disclose its financial results to the public. That may be enough to push the social networking giant into an IPO in 2012 …
The state’s highest court affirmed the fundamental and long-established idea that a bank must own the mortgage it’s foreclosing on before it forecloses. The ruling pertained to Wells Fargo and US Bancorp, but investors are hamm…
This week was all about jobs reports, and after December’s employment numbers fell short of expectations, stocks ended the first week of trading in 2011 on a down note. Kenny Polcari, managing director at ICAP Corporates explai…