If most Americans had never heard of Wall Street titan Edward Liddy before the financial crisis, they knew his name only too well by the end of last spring.The former CEO of Allstate (ALL) famously c

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NPD reported that US video-game sales fell 19% in October as the industry suffered from tough comps and consumers pulled back from discretionary buys. It's not actually news, since we've recently see

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In February 2008, Apple (AAPL) released a long-awaited update to its much-maligned Apple TV. It introduced HD rentals, expanded storage, and offered AirTunes support. And now, a short 20 months later

There was a time I loved Martha Stewart. Well, actually I loved her magazine, Martha Stewart Living. Since I had already succumbed to the cheap side of the force, there was no way I was going to actu

For the second time over the last few weeks I looked up after the close the other day and heard someone on my floor yelling,“We’re barring the trade!” I’m thinking, what are t

I usually ignore takeover rumors because 99.9% of the time, they're 100% false. However, I'm giving some credence to today's gossip -- that video-game software publisher THQ (THQI) is being looked at