| 01. | Jon Friedman's Media Web: Meet a poster child of newspapers' tragedy
12:01 AM ET, Jan 16, 2009 - By Jon FriedmanAndrea James, a 27-year-old business reporter for the gravely ill Seattle Post-Intelligencer, doesn't want your pity. But she might need a job soon.SBUX, COST, JWN, AMZN, NYT |
| 02. | Mark Hulbert: Thoughts on whether Thursday was a successful retest of low
12:00 AM ET, Jan 16, 2009 - By Mark HulbertThe stock market is such a tease.$INDU |
| 03. | Samsung to restructure into 2 business units
11:34 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By MarketWatchSouth Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics announced Friday an operational and management shakeup that will see the world’s largest maker of memory chips and liquid crystal display panels restructure into two operating divisions, according to a published report.ssngy |
| 04. | TaxWatch: Eight tips for finding a tax preparer
11:01 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By Eva RosenbergAs TaxMama, I receive many letters from readers who’ve suffered at the hands of unscrupulous tax preparers, including letters from taxpayers who’ve had to pay tens of thousands of dollars of additional tax. More often than not, the tax pro that made the mistakes is no longer picking up the phone, maybe has even shut down his business. |
| 05. | Asian Shares In Cautious Fri Gains; Japan Autos Rise
10:02 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - MarketWatch(Adds information, quotes, updates/adds market levels) SINGAPORE (MarketWatch) -- Asian shares were recovering only modestly Friday from Thursday's large falls, with caution setting in before the weekend and before large U.S. financial companies reported earnings, though technology stocks were getting some relief as Intel results met expectations. A slightly weaker Japanese yen had spurred some interest in auto stocks in Tokyo, with Toyota Motor up 3.0%, Honda Motor up 3.8% and Nissan Motor adding 1.9%. Japan's Nikkei 225 was recently up 1.3% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 up 0.7%; Taiwan's main index was 0.2% higher and Singapore's Straits Times Index up 0.4%. |
| 06. | Video game sales beat estimates for December
9:15 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By Dan GallagherDespite the slumping national economy, sales of video games still managed to beat Wall Street’s expectations for the month of December, thanks mostly to strong demand for Nintendo devices.NTDOY, MSFT, SNE, ATVI, ERTS |
| 07. | Mutual Funds: There's risk in those risk-free returns
9:13 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By MarketWatchInvestment risk and return are joined at the gut -- and this past year mutual-fund shareholders got punched hard in both places. |
| 08. | Bush defends record in farewell address
8:38 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By Dan GallagherPresident George W. Bush gave his farewell address to the country late Thursday, in which he touted his record on national security and warned that the “gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack.” |
| 09. | Thomas Kostigen's Ethics Monitor: The 10 most unethical people in business
8:35 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By Thomas KostigenEthisphere magazine has released its list of the 100 most ethical people in business. While I was intrigued by those deemed the most ethical, I was most interested in its list of the most unethical. |
| 10. | All safe after US Airways jet ditches into Hudson River
8:10 PM ET, Jan 15, 2009 - By Christopher HintonA US Airways jet bound for Charlotte, N.C., carrying 155 people goes down in the Hudson River, ditching into the frigid waters just off midtown Manhattan shortly after takeoff.LCC |