Editor's 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 c

About the best that can be said for 2009 is that our world didn’t actually blow up, though there were moments when it looked like it might. The bad news is, now we have to get all revved up for

Airlines just can't catch a break. Last summer, as fuel costs rose skyward, US carriers scrambled to dream up new fees and hidden charges to try to stay afloat. A few -- like Aloha, ATA, and Frontier

Best Buy (BBY) knocked Circuit City out of the game, but it now faces a bigger challenge: Wal-Mart (WMT). Wal-Mart says consumer electronics drove much of February’s 5.1% increase in same-

North American airlines -- including American (AMR), United (UAUA), Delta (DAL) and Continental (CAL) -- are expected to report combined losses of about $3.9 billion in 2008, though they will generat

Shareholders of Northwest Airlines (NWA) and Delta Air Lines (DAL) are scheduled to vote today on a plan to combine the 2 companies.The combined companies would create the largest airline in the worl

The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

Marvell Lower on Slower SalesShares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) are lower this morning after the company gave a forecast that indicated sales growth is slowing. Bloomberg reports the maker of chips