Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions wit

It's sexier than the pajama rack at Target (TGT), classier than the display window at Frederick's of Hollywood (FOH), and produces catalogs more coveted by preteen boys than a mailer from Hammacher S

There’s a truism among investors that you should invest in what you know, understand, and like. It’s a common sense strategy: You spot something new. It’s special. It’s useful

The ego of reporters is legendary, but a lawsuit by the Hartford Courant’s former consumer affairs columnist takes absurdity to new heights.George Gombossy says the newspaper forced him out of

In a Memorandum Order dated September 14, 2009 Judge Jed Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York -- which includes within its borders many of the great and sm

positioned itself as a “green” company -- never mind that it’s in the same business as Chevron.When Chevron learned that 60 Minutes planned a potentially damning report ab

Even the Hulkster himself will tell you: Famed wrestling organization WWE (WWE) -- formerly WWF -- is on the ropes. Waning interest, a partial symptom of

Even progressive Scandinavians have to bow to the almighty media conglomerates: The developers behind The Pirate Bay, the popular BitTorrent tracking site, were sentenced to 1 year in prison for &quo

Several weeks ago was the twentieth anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, when a grounded tanker spilled 11 million gallons of crude into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The images wer