http://www.businessramble.com/ Business Ramble en Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:53:00 GMT Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:53:00 GMT info@businessramble.com info@businessramble.com http://www.businessramble.com/images/brtitle5.gif http://www.businessramble.com/ http://www.businessramble.com/dell-buys-perot-systems/ Earlier today Dell Computer announced the purchase of Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion in cash. The move is seen an indicator that Dell will be moving into more lucrative business... http://www.businessramble.com/dell-buys-perot-systems/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/dell-buys-perot-systems/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:53:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/recession-over/ The Washington Post reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke commented after a speech on Tuesday that the recession is "very likely over". However, he continued by adding that the... http://www.businessramble.com/recession-over/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/recession-over/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:54:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/small-companies-slammed/ A report from Ernst & Young on the Russell 2000 small cap compaines shows that they have been slammed by the receission. Companies with a market cap (stock price plus... http://www.businessramble.com/small-companies-slammed/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/small-companies-slammed/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:27:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/windmills-are-killing-our-birds/ The Wall Street Journal reports that "Windmills Are Killing Our Birds" throughout the country. On Aug. 13, ExxonMobil pleaded guilty in federal court to killing 85 birds that had come... http://www.businessramble.com/windmills-are-killing-our-birds/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/windmills-are-killing-our-birds/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:44:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/labor-unions-and-environmentalists/ Who would have expected labor unions to hold up development of environmentally positive projects? Well, as IBD Editorials report, that's exactly what's happening in California. The New York Times... http://www.businessramble.com/labor-unions-and-environmentalists/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/labor-unions-and-environmentalists/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:06:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/how-bad-is-greed/ Recently President Obama has blamed much of what lead to the economic meltdown to "greed" by various parties: Investors, bankers, mortgage companies, insurance companies, overpaid executives, etc. The media and... http://www.businessramble.com/how-bad-is-greed/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/how-bad-is-greed/ Tue, 19 May 2009 21:42:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/pay-for-bbb-score-boost/ Reporting today in the Orange County (California) Register, columnist Jan Norman discloses that the Better Business Bureau (BBB) gives higher rating scores to businesses that are members of the BBB... http://www.businessramble.com/pay-for-bbb-score-boost/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/pay-for-bbb-score-boost/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:56:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/what-is-obama-admin-message/ Anyone watching these early days of the Obama Administration has to wonder what the message is. Candidate Obama promised to exit Iraq immediately - President Obama is calling for a... http://www.businessramble.com/what-is-obama-admin-message/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/what-is-obama-admin-message/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:57:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/dow-falls-below-7000/ The Dow Jones 30 Industrails Average, one of the premier benchmarks of stock market performance, has fallen below the 7,000 point mark for the first time since 1997, the New... http://www.businessramble.com/dow-falls-below-7000/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/dow-falls-below-7000/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:34:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/aig-gets-billions-more/ Fox News is reporting that American International Group (AIG: 0.4299, -0.0721, -14.36%) and the federal government will announce a major restructuring of the insurance giant's government bailout Monday morning that... http://www.businessramble.com/aig-gets-billions-more/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/aig-gets-billions-more/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:31:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/private-information-made-public/ Who do you trust? I don't mean about politics or life - who do you trust with your personal information? Who should have access to your bank records, tax filings... http://www.businessramble.com/private-information-made-public/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/private-information-made-public/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:47:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/reward-for-worm-attacks/ A newly formed group of high-tech companies is joining forces against malicious code, such as the Downadup worm currently spreading on the Internet. Additionally, Microsoft has offered a $250,000 reward... http://www.businessramble.com/reward-for-worm-attacks/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/reward-for-worm-attacks/ Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:29:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/economy-surprises-experts/ In a surprising show of strength, the results of January's retail sales statistics shows an overall increase of 1 percent, the largest increase in 14 months. The various "experts" were... http://www.businessramble.com/economy-surprises-experts/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/economy-surprises-experts/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:32:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/xom-profits-stir-media/ The media reports are loaded with headlines screaming about Exxon Mobil's $45.2 BILLION in profits for calendar 2008. But, as reported here before, that is not the entire story. In... http://www.businessramble.com/xom-profits-stir-media/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/xom-profits-stir-media/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:40:00 GMT http://www.businessramble.com/gm-gets-billion-lays-off-thousands/ So, after going to Congress twice for a bailout and being approved for $13.4 BILLION taxpayer dollars, GM today announced that it will lay off 2,000 workers and halt production... http://www.businessramble.com/gm-gets-billion-lays-off-thousands/#comments http://www.businessramble.com/gm-gets-billion-lays-off-thousands/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:32:00 GMT