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The Top 10 Financial Tweets For Tuesday, July 30
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 11:00am | 1250Read More...There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful, or just down right comical. 1. The Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press (@freep) tweeted its recap of...
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A 'Buffet' of Buffett: Benzinga's Biggest Pet Peeve
Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:34am | 151Read More...Everybody makes mistakes. But can you imagine incorrectly spelling the name of one of the biggest and most respected business people in America, not once, but hundreds of times? From Wikipedia: Warren Edward Buffett (/ˈbʌfɨt/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and...
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Every Investor Should Follow These 23 Twitter Feeds
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 4:49pm | 135Read More...Everybody's doing it. It's become so mainstream that when somebody hacks the Associated Press Twitter feed, it moves the Dow more than 100 points. If you've resisted the Twitter experience so far, give it a try. The secret to using Twitter is to be choosy. Don't follow just anybody. Constrain...
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The 9 Most Infamous Twitter Hacks of All-Time
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:58am | 89Read More...Following Tuesday's frightening Associated Press tweet, which "hacked the market," the impact of hijacked Twitter feeds in a world that depends on instantaneously-shared information has become a legitimate concern. The AP hack is the latest in a disturbing (though occasionally hilarious) trend of...
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Euro Shows Little Change After the First Day of the EU Summit
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 6:56am | 316Read More...The euro dipped a bit lower on Friday morning, trading at 1.3060 as the day began. The currency has held around $1.30, riding a wave of optimism after Moody's left Spain's credit rating unchanged and rumors of a credit line for Madrid surfaced. Thursday was the first day of a two day summit for...
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The BBC as Apologist for Lying about Libor
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 2:23pm | 1125Read More...Editor's Note: This column is part one of a two-part discussion by William K. Black. The right has a reservoir of writers who can be relied on to defend and even praise elite white-collar criminals, but the center has managed to produce eager apologists for lies. This column discusses the BBC's...
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Can a New CEO Save The New York Times?
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 1:48pm | 368Read More...The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) is reportedly searching for a "tech-savvy" chief executive to steer the company toward profitability. According to Bloomberg, three prominent names were discussed as possible hires. They include Mark Thompson, the director-general of the BBC; Paul Sagan, the CEO of...
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BBC Worldwide Launches the Global BBC iPlayer App in Australia
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 3:54pm | 135Read More...BBC Worldwide has confirmed that the global BBC iPlayer App has launched in Australia from Thursday September 29th 2011 and will be available on the App Store exclusively on iPad. The app will give iPad users access to a quality mix of classic and contemporary British television specifically...
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BBC World News to Examine waste management and recycling in Denmark
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 3:47pm | 132Read More...On Friday 7 October, BBC World News launches the second series of Horizons, a collection of ten programmes exploring the business world of the future. Presented by the award-winning business journalist Adam Shaw, Horizons will continue to travel across the globe to destinations including Brazil,...
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BBC Asks Viewers to Nominate a Sporting Unsung Hero
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 4:17pm | 133Read More...The BBC is once again set to honour individuals from the world of grassroots sport with the BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award 2011. Across the UK people are invited to nominate someone who has made a difference to their community through sport. BBC Sports Unsung Hero is one of the categories at the BBC...
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New BBC Homepage to Showcase More of What Makes up BBC Online
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 4:11pm | 135Read More...The BBC has launched a beta version of an improved homepage which will surface a richer selection of its output on the web than ever before. From today, users of BBC Online will be able to access the work-in-progress BBC Homepage beta from a link on the current homepage. Beyond reorganisation of...
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Voting Opens for the Seventh BBC World Challenge Competition
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 4:08pm | 138Read More...On Monday 26 September voting opened for World Challenge 2011, an annual competition run by BBC World News and Newsweek in association with Shell, which highlights and rewards small enterprising and innovative businesses bringing economic, social and environmental benefits to local communities...
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Sony Forces PSN Users to Waive Their Rights, Will Ban Users Who Won't Comply
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 2:50pm | 201Read More...Corporate gluttony at its finest. For those who didn't think that Sony (NYSE: SNE) was stupid enough to drive itself out of the game industry, get ready for the company's latest announcement: the PlayStation maker wants PSN users to sign away their rights to collectively sue over future security...
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Scary Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Chase Humans to West Virginia
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 2:38pm | 618Read More...When terrified, people will go anywhere and do anything. According to the BBC (via Popular Science), dozens of Americans have “flocked” to the town of Green Bank, West Virginia. To put this story into perspective, let's take a look at the specifics of what BBC had to say: Diane Schou is unable...
