December 29, 2009
Chief Culture Officer:How to Create a Living, Breathing CorporationBy Grant McCrackenBasic Books; 262 pp.; $26.95 Is it possible to clone Steve Jobs or Martha Stewart?...
April 23, 2009
Despite the dismal retail environment, Amazon.com (AMZN) posted results that beat expectations for the second consecutive quarter. And, even more surprising to many, ...
March 19, 2009
For a company at the mercy of penny-pinching customers, Amazon is looking pretty good. In the past four months the stock has more than doubled, to 71.25 on Mar. 18 ...
March 3, 2009
The microblogging service Twitter has caught on with everyone from celeb Ashton Kutcher to CEOs. Yet for all the buzz, Twitter has always seemed more novelty than ...
February 3, 2009
It's an unseasonably warm January evening, and the darkened office in lower Manhattan is packed. This is the monthly meeting of a new group for entrepreneurs called ...
January 29, 2009
Being bullish on Amazon.com proved to be a smart bet in the fourth quarter. Even as traditional retailers founder amid the worst economic malaise since the Depression,...
January 12, 2009
By selecting Julius Genachowski to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Barack Obama is signaling that the nation's chief media and technology ...
January 12, 2009
Just as advertisers and wireless companies are hoping for the business of marketing on mobile phones to take off, consumer groups are raising pointed questions about ...
December 10, 2008
Some of the world's biggest consumer and tech companies, ranging from Intel (INTC) to Nike (NKE), are making strides to reduce their businesses' impact on global ...
December 3, 2008
Six years ago, Paul Nelson gave up his long career in the defense industry for what he thought would be a peaceful retirement in Tucson. The weather was mild, the ...