Economy Watch Archive: Corporations

Did Jeff Skilling do anything illegal?

Did Jeff Skilling do anything illegal? That was the question I kept asking myself while listening to federal prosecutors lay out a multiple-count fraud charge against the former Enron chief executive during his May 2006 trial in Houston, which I...

By Frank Ahrens | June 24, 2010; 2:45 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
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CFO survey: 'Limited' plans to hire in next year

If this morning's jobs report didn't convince you that unemployment won't come down anytime soon, take a look at a new survey of more than 1,000 chief financial officers at U.S. companies. The CFOs say they have "limited plans" to...

By Frank Ahrens | June 10, 2010; 2:26 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Washington Post Co. elects former GM CEO Rick Wagoner to its board

Rick Wagoner, who was fired as chief executive of General Motors by the White House, has been elected to The Washington Post Co.'s board of directors, increasing the board to 11 members, the education and media company said today. The...

By Frank Ahrens | June 10, 2010; 1:04 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (8)
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BP stock crashes; oil giant trading below book value

It was a bad day for most stocks today, but it was a bloodbath for embattled oil giant BP. Shares of BP dived 16 percent today, driving the stock price to below $30 per share, the worst drop on record...

By Frank Ahrens | June 9, 2010; 5:10 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (65)
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BP CEO Tony Hayward to testify on Capitol Hill next week

Following the partial success of his oil spill cap, embattled BP chief executive Tony Hayward will testify before the House Energy and Commerce next Thursday at 10 a.m. Hayward has increasingly become an object of scorn from Capitol Hill and...

By Frank Ahrens | June 8, 2010; 1:19 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (5)
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GM recall: 1.5 million vehicles for potential fire hazard

General Motors is recalling 1.5 million Buick, Cadillac, Hummer, Saturn and GMC sport-utility vehicles, pickups and cars from 2006 to 2009 because a heated washer fluid system module could pose a fire risk, the company said moments ago. There are...

By Frank Ahrens | June 8, 2010; 10:54 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (18)
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Duck a la Fool: Star Aflac duck visits Motley Fool HQ, Frank Ahrens , May 27, 2010

GE's Immelt to college graduates: You're pretty much hosed., Frank Ahrens , May 24, 2010

Adobe (hearts) Apple -- except for that one little Flash problem, Frank Ahrens , May 13, 2010

Credit rating agencies: The real villain in the financial crisis?, Frank Ahrens , May 13, 2010

Newsweek is for sale: Washington Post Co. puts magazine on the block, Frank Ahrens , May 5, 2010

April sales: Ford, Chrysler(!) surge 25%, Toyota up 24.4%, GM rises 6.4%, Frank Ahrens , May 3, 2010

Goldman Sachs's worst week. At least so far., Frank Ahrens , April 30, 2010

Video: Goldman Sachs is a market-maker. What is that?, Frank Ahrens , April 30, 2010

Blankfein speaks Martian, Levin speaks Venutian, Frank Ahrens , April 27, 2010

Fabulous Fab's love letters to Goldman Sachs, Frank Ahrens , April 27, 2010

Stocks mixed at opening following strong Caterpillar earnings, Frank Ahrens , April 26, 2010

DNC, Goldman Sachs, others bidding to buy Google search term 'Goldman Sachs SEC', Frank Ahrens , April 20, 2010

Massey to boost production at other mines to make up for downtime at W.Va. mine, Frank Ahrens , April 9, 2010

NHTSA hires underemployed NASA engineers to figure out Toyota problems, Frank Ahrens , March 30, 2010

How much money will the Final Four bring to Indianapolis?, Frank Ahrens , March 29, 2010

Tracking the true cost of the health-care legislation, Frank Ahrens , March 29, 2010

Video: Why you're going to hear more about a Chinese company called Baidu, Frank Ahrens , March 26, 2010

Chinese search engine gains as Google exits, Frank Ahrens , March 22, 2010

N.Y. police confirm Fed's findings on 'runaway' Prius: Driver error, Frank Ahrens , March 22, 2010

Health-care legislation's economic/business winners and losers , Frank Ahrens , March 22, 2010

Feds: Brakes were not applied on runaway N.Y. Prius, Frank Ahrens , March 18, 2010

A way for corporations to contribute to political campaigns and preserve democracy at the same time, Frank Ahrens , March 18, 2010

Data: Toyota drivers experience more runaway acceleration than owners of other vehicles, Frank Ahrens , March 16, 2010

Toyota casts doubt on runaway Prius driver's story, Frank Ahrens , March 15, 2010

Advice to drivers of runaway cars: Shift into neutral, Frank Ahrens , March 15, 2010

Financial industry reform bill to be rolled out this afternoon -- what's in it, Frank Ahrens , March 15, 2010

Engineers weigh in with their stories, possible solutions to Toyota's problems, Frank Ahrens , March 10, 2010

Toyota's bad luck continues with runaway Prius in California, Frank Ahrens , March 9, 2010

Toyota launches massive engineering, PR counterattack on runaway acceleration, Frank Ahrens , March 8, 2010

Congress wants more documents on runaway acceleration from Toyota, Frank Ahrens , March 5, 2010

Why it's so hard for Toyota to find out what's wrong with its vehicles, Frank Ahrens , March 4, 2010

List of vehicles that do not have brake-override systems, Frank Ahrens , March 3, 2010

Nissan to recall more than 500,000 vehicles, Frank Ahrens , March 3, 2010

Subpoenaed Toyota documents cause partisan rift on House Oversight committee, Frank Ahrens , March 2, 2010

Rockefeller: Toyota should be required to add brake-override systems to all Toyotas in U.S., regardless of vehicle age, cost, Frank Ahrens , March 2, 2010

GM to recall 1.3 million compacts for steering problem, Frank Ahrens , March 1, 2010

AIG sells Asia insurance unit to Brits for $35.5 billion -- biggest taxpayer repayment so far, Frank Ahrens , March 1, 2010

Oversight chair accuses Toyota of withholding court documents, keeping secret 'Books of Knowledge', Frank Ahrens , February 26, 2010

NHTSA buys car that belonged to Runaway Lexus Lady for $42,500 -- twice Blue Book value, Frank Ahrens , February 26, 2010

Bilbray to Toyoda: Will you hand over data about Toyota problems in other countries? Toyoda: 'Hai.', Frank Ahrens , February 24, 2010

Rep. Issa readies for lead role today as inquisitor of Akio Toyoda, Frank Ahrens , February 24, 2010

Rep. Engel asks pointed questions of Toyota, expresses doubts, Frank Ahrens , February 23, 2010

Documents show NHTSA closed 2007 probe of runaway Toyota acceleration even though it knew the problem was 'dangerous', Frank Ahrens , February 22, 2010

Does recent M&A activity mean the economy's getting better?, Frank Ahrens , February 22, 2010

Waxman: Documents show Toyota dismissed electronics in runaway acceleration cases, misled public about fixes, Frank Ahrens , February 22, 2010

Toyota loses D.C. lobbyist to conflict of interest, Frank Ahrens , February 22, 2010

Toyota official: Our deal with U.S. regulators avoided massive recall, saved us $100 million, Frank Ahrens , February 22, 2010

Akio Toyoda agrees to testify before Congress, Frank Ahrens , February 18, 2010

Congress subpoenas documents from former Toyota lawyer, Frank Ahrens , February 18, 2010

Formal U.S. probe of Toyota Corolla steering problems to begin Thursday, Frank Ahrens , February 17, 2010

Toyota's eye-popping Corolla recall news, Frank Ahrens , February 17, 2010

Questions from Congress that Akio Toyoda won't answer. Or maybe he will., Frank Ahrens , February 17, 2010

The most recent breakdown of all Toyota recalls thus far, Frank Ahrens , February 16, 2010

Rep. Issa supports subpoena of Toyota president -- but can he do that?, Frank Ahrens , February 16, 2010

U.S. to demand Toyota records to ascertain timeliness of recalls, Frank Ahrens , February 16, 2010

Buying a piece of Buffett, Frank Ahrens , February 12, 2010

GM: No problems yet on our hybrid brakes, Frank Ahrens , February 9, 2010

What you need to know about Toyota, Lexus recalls, Frank Ahrens , February 9, 2010

U.S. govt. looks at Toyota Corolla steering complaints, Frank Ahrens , February 9, 2010

U.S. government reaction to third Toyota recall, Frank Ahrens , February 9, 2010

Dodge attempts turnaround -- by selling pink muscle cars, Frank Ahrens , February 8, 2010

Report: Toyota hires D.C.'s Glover Park Group lobbyists, Frank Ahrens , February 8, 2010

Another day, another Prius recall report, Frank Ahrens , February 8, 2010

Stocks dive following Bank of America news, Frank Ahrens , January 20, 2010

Stocks up following big Citi loss, Frank Ahrens , January 19, 2010

Corporations kicking in with Haiti relief, Frank Ahrens , January 15, 2010

Is Google the hammer that brings down China's wall?, Frank Ahrens , January 15, 2010

Report: Bank of America cutting cash portion of bonuses, Frank Ahrens , January 13, 2010

Adviser: Crisis would have happened even if housing prices had flattened, Frank Ahrens , January 13, 2010

Why corporate 'bonuses,' though huge, are more like paychecks, Frank Ahrens , January 12, 2010

Report: New York Fed told bailed-out AIG to hush payments to banks, Frank Ahrens , January 7, 2010

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