‘Undercover Boss’: TV Program or Infomercial?

The most recent episode of Undercover Boss featured the chief marketing officer of NASCAR, Steve Phelps. While the show stuck to the tried and true for the series, with the usual run of struggles and triumphs, it’s worth wonder…

Texas Sends Amazon a $269 Million Sales Tax Bill

As states grapple with increasingly squeezed budgets, the battle to collect sales taxes from retailing behemoth Amazon has heated up considerably over the past year. Now, Texas has raised the ante by hitting Amazon for four ye…

Apple’s Stealth Assault on the Video Game Market

By now you probably know that the surprise hit of Apple’s latest earnings call was the hockey-puck-size AppleTV device. But an unexpected upside for Apple is that AppleTV could be a backdoor entry into the video-game console ma…

CommScope in Talks With Carlyle Group About $3 Billion Sale

CommScope (CTV), a maker of telecommunications equipment, said that private-equity firm Carlyle Group is in talks to buy the company for about $3 billion.

If the deal goes through, Carlyle would acquire all of CommScope’s outstanding stock for $31.50…