Category: Money
Talks of Yahoo Selling
Talks of Yahoo selling part or all of their use to be relevant search engine, has caught the interest of Microsoft. Although this wasn’t the first time that Microsoft has had their eyes on the company. In 2008 reportedly Microsoft offered $47.5 billion for the failing company, which Yahoo rejected. This gives a good reason [...]
Irktree Halfway protesting
In a strange turn of events, the evergreen tree has been found to be protesting. The tree in question has been a staple in homes across America for Christmas. When we spoke with Sir Evergreen he complained about the low taxes paid on local trees. “We have a duty and are the 1%, we are [...]
U.S stocks fall as debt talks fail
Stock prices are falling as the debt talks seem to be failing as of Monday. The Dow Jones has dropped almost 300 points on Monday, this racks in at about 2.5%. The Dow has dropped to a low of 11,500 points in the early afternoon. The S&P is down 28 points or 2.3% at 1,189. [...]
Black Friday opens early and small businesses wins
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year and with less than a week away the frenzy begins. This year many companies are changing their 5am strategy to a Thanksgiving Midnight strategy. The move has received must criticism from consumers, but with the retail industry seeing small increase in growth over [...]
UPS lowers fuel charge and ups rate
United Parcel Service said that they will be lowering the price of its current fuel charge, one percent decrease on ground and two percent decrease on air shipping starting on January 2nd. But with that being said UPS will also the same date be increasing the actual shipping charges; for ground an increase of 5.9 [...]
