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Americans are spending gas savings on ... more gas
So what are Americans doing with some of the money they’re saving from cheap gas? Why, they are buying more fuel.
Dish's online TV debuts, targets cord-cutters, cord-nevers
Dish Network's online television service, Sling TV, debuted Monday as a way to entice people who have dropped their cable or satellite TV service or never had one.It's cheaper than a traditional pay-TV package, but it comes with fewer channels. Anyone with an Internet connection in the U.S. can sign up.
Apple basically saved this earnings season
It's a good thing for Apple, because otherwise the U.S. profit picture would look a lot different.
Hasbro's Hollywood dreams come true, in cold cash
The company behind Play-Doh, Monopoly, and Yahtzee is reaping handsome returns from licensing deals with major movie studios. Those contracts made a big difference in Hasbro’s fourth quarter, as sales tied to Paramount’s Transformers franchise and Disney’s Avengers helped the company boost its financial results despite a strengthening dollar, which weakened sales abroad. Sales ticked up 1 percent to $1.3 billion in the period, while profit surged 31 percent to $170 million.
Video games could be coming to Vegas casinos
I’m a little too young to remember video arcades, but when older folks tell tales of these places and the times that were had there, their voices are always tinged with a sense of nostalgia and loss. Like MacGyver and denim jackets, the...
Analyst picks these as big Internet stock themes
These are the biggest themes affecting Internet stocks, analyst Colin Sebastian tells CNBC.
Which retailers do shoppers like most?
A certain e-commerce giant topped the list of favorites, according to a new survey.
Is Your Home Ready to Sell This Spring?
Put these four tasks on your to-do list for a quick and painless sale.
Qualcomm pays $975 million, resolves China antitrust dispute
Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said on Monday it agreed to pay China a fine of $975 million, ending a 14-month government investigation into anti-competitive practices.
Food scares cost McDonald's in China, Japan; sales fall
Food-quality scares are hurting McDonald's in China and Japan, where weakness contributed to a key global sales figure falling 1.8 percent.The world's largest hamburger chain said sales dropped 12.6 percent in January at locations open at least 13 months in the division that includes the Asia region. That overshadowed a 0.4 percent rise at U.S. locations and a comparable 0.5 percent increase in Europe.McDonald's shares fell $1.27, or 1.4 percent, to close Monday at $92.72.McDonald's Corp. said its performance in Asia was hurt by customer perception issues in Japan, where a human...
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