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Audible Free Trial: How to Get a Free Trial and One Free Audiobook on Audible.com
Audible.com, the largest provider of digital Audiobooks in the world, is now offering new users a free trial in which they can get one free audiobook along with a fourteen day free trial. Audible currently offers two subscription plans, its one-audiobook-per-month gold membership ($14.59 monthly) and its two-audiobook-per-month membership ($22.95). Both memberships allow Audible.com users [...]
AT&T (NYSE: T) Joins Relief Efforts For Earthquake and Tsunami Victims In Japan
When a natural disaster strikes anywhere in the world, it is up to the rest of the global community to step up and provide much needed assistance. A week after the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, nations around the world have joined together in sending support to the victims in that region. AT&T [...]
BP (NYSE: BP) Announces Sale of Texas Oil Refinery
BP (NYSE: BP) has announced they are putting up for sale the nation’s third largest oil refinery. They also plan to sell the refinery located in Carson, CA all in an effort to restructure BP’s company operations. Both locations encompass about half of the company’s oil refining capacity in the United States. The company hopes [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Defends Free Internet
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak is in support of free internet. Recently, he wrote an open letter to the United States Federal Communications Commission defending a free internet, which was then published in The Atlantic. Wozniak started his letter to the FCC with personal anecdotes from his life on how phone, cable, and DSL [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Gives 50 Apps “Hall of Fame” Status
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has launched a new App Store “Hall of Fame” which recognize fifty applications that are considered by the Cupertino-based company to be best in class. The new section of the “App Store” was launched with little fan-fare. There was no official announcement, just a new link to the list of fifty featured [...]
Music-Sharing Site Limewire Must Shut Down Says Federal Judge
LimeWire received word from a federal judge that the music file-sharing site must shut down the site and disable its software after the company lost a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the record industry. New York US District Judge Kimba Wood issued the permanent injunction against LimeWire on Tuesday. The order requires LimeWire disable their ‘searching, downloading, [...]
MySpace Revamps Site for Entertainment, Not Profiles
Today MySpace revealed its revamped site that now places a focus on content and entertainment instead of profiles of users. The site also uses social elements similar to Foursquare and Twitter rather than its competitor Facebook. The competition between MySpace and rival Facebook has been ongoing. MySpace claims a user-ship of 100 million users compared [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) one of U.S. technology companies to end ban on recruiting workers from competitors
Apple and Google were among the six companies that have agreed to end practices that limited the recruiting and hiring of one another’s employees. The six companies involved include: Apple, Google, Adobe Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar animation unit, and Intuit Inc. The U.S. Justice Department said that these companies have halted [...]
Citigroup (NYSE: C) Bans Analyst Over Accusations of Tax Assets Misuse
Citigroup (NYSE: C), no stranger to controversy, is in the news once again due to its decision to ban banking analyst Michael Mayo. Citigroup froze Mayo out in late Auguest after he essentially pointed the finger at the bank for using deferred tax assets against the rules of accounting. Mayo’s complaint contends that Citigroup is [...]
Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Corp Giving $10 Million in Grants To Help Small Businesses
Very few would argue that small businesses drive our economy, and yet many of them are struggling as they are unable to get the funds they need to operate. A move by Bank of America could help small businesses throughout the country. Bank of America plans to announce that their company will be giving $10 [...]
BP (NASDAQ:BP) CEO Not Leaving After All
Tony Hayward, CEO of the infamous BP (NASDAQ: BP) is not leaving after reports have been circulated that he was retiring from his post. Hayward, 53, has been at the center of the controversial oil leak that has been spewing massive amounts into the Gulf of Mexico. Denying any reports, a BP spokesperson identified that [...]
Unemployment Benefits Extension Rejected by the House Tuesday
As the concern of the national debt increases, the House voted to reject a bill that would extend benefits for people who are unemployed for long periods of time. There is expected to be another vote, perhaps as early as Wednesday, by the house as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to force [...]
Facebook Made Error in Disabling ‘Boycott BP’ Page
Facebook is facing some criticism after it disabled a page set up calling for a boycott of BP Oil Company (NYSE:BP). The company’s officials say the page removal was an error stemming from a glitch in technology. The page has since been reinstated. The Boycott BP Facebook page was organized as a boycott around the [...]
Prison Inmates Claimed Homebuyer Tax Credit, $28 Million in Fraud
As many potential first-time homeowners rushed to lenders in order to qualify for the Homebuyer Tax Credit, which expired in April, some behind bars were successful in filing for and receiving the credit. The United States Treasury Department released a report today declaring $9.1 million in tax credits were fraudulently claimed and received by more [...]
Walmart Customers Contribute to Children’s Miracle Network Fundraising Success (NYSE: WMT)
If you have every been asked if you would like make a donation for a fundraiser when checking out at the register of participating stores, you might wonder if your donation actually makes it to the intended organization or cause. This is not an uncommon reaction in a day and age where everyone has to [...]
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Focused on Entering Chicago, Creating Jobs
Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is working with the city of Chicago to construct several dozen stores in the next five years. The retail giant has not found it easy to enter urban markets like New York and Chicago before, largely due to opposition from community activists and labor unions. The company has also found roadblocks [...]
Oil Companies Criticized for Disaster Plans Similar to BP (NYSE: BP)
Lawmakers are blasting oil companies like Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) for their outdated plans in the event of another oil spill. Their disaster plans entail all of the same techniques that have continually failed BP in the past month and a half. BP (NYSE: BP) is the largest oil producer in [...]
BP’s (NYSE: BP) Slippery Oil Spill
Since April 20 British Petroleum (NYSE: BP) and the United States Coast Guard have been battling with the oil spill resulting from the oil rig, “Deepwater Horizon”, explosion. Estimates are that about 5,000 barrels a day are leaking, and threaten to hit Louisiana and Florida shores. Louisiana’s wetlands have already made contact with oil. On [...]
AT&T to Help Disabled Veteran Business Owners (NYSE: T)
On May 13, 2010 AT&T announced the launch of “Operation Hand Salute” – a new supplier diversity program to help mentor and develop Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs), a program AT&T began in 1993 and has increasingly supported since. AT&T spent over $721 million dollars with DVBE firms in the past ten years. This program [...]
General Electric (NYSE: GE) CEO Theorizes on Recovery
Jeff Immelt, Chief Executive of General Electric (NYSE: GE) thinks it’s going to take much more than consumers getting out and spending money to pull the US economy out of the recession. The CEO believes it will be an overall investment by businesses to help turn the corner. Investors at the recent shareholders meeting were [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Takes $7 Million to Charlotte’s PGA Tour
If any company were to spend millions of dollars on an event partnership, how many of those companies would be happy to sit in the background and hope no one mentioned their name through the course of the event? That’s just what Wells Fargo is hoping for during the PGA stop at Charlotte. This year’s [...]
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSK)Cares Day – More Than 55,000 Volunteers Nationwide on April 24th
The ninth annual Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSK) Cares Day is one of the largest, single-day, corporate sponsored volunteer events in the US. Comcast employees, family members and friends provide spring cleaning, landscaping, painting and other related services to nonprofit organizations and cities across the country. This year, Comcast Cares Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 24th. Comcast [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Merill Lynch Accused of Discriminating Against Women
On Tuesday, three female financial advisers from Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Merill Lynch accused the companies of discriminating against women in a lawsuit. Two of the women are former employees of Bank of America while one is a current employee of Merill Lynch. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court [...]
Owner of American Idol May Sell To One Equity Partners, of JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM)
American Idol, owned by CKX, is in discussions with One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) about a possible sale. The Wall Street Journal reports a bid of $6 per share, which would also allow the group chief executive of CKX, Robert Sillerman, to retain 21% ownership. At $6 per share, [...]
16 Year Old Charged in Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Racial Case
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has been addressing days of publicity over an incident that occurred in their Washington Township, NJ location that cause public outrage internationally. A 16 year old boy from Atlantic County, NJ was arrested and charged with harassment and bias intimidation after he used the public address intercom in the store last Sunday. [...]
Businesses Hope for Super Profits from Super Bowl
With the up-and-down economy in the United States, businesses are struggling to stay alive. Business owners welcome any occasion that can bring a boost in sales, even if it’s temporary. For some, the Super Bowl provides this boost, albeit temporary. On February 7, 2010, the city of Miami, Fl will host Super Bowl XLIV at [...]
Toyota Announces Another Recall
Toyota announced on January 21, 2010 that they are recalling 2.3 million vehicles. Irv Miller, Toyota Motor Sales Group Vice-President said, “In recent months, Toyota has investigated isolated reports of sticking accelerator pedal mechanisms in certain vehicles without the presence of floor mats. Our investigation indicates that there is a possibility that certain accelerator pedal [...]
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