Business Feeds
The iPhone As Business Tool (Forbes)
SanDisk's Ravi Naik says business-ready iPhones are the future.
Demand for business equipment fuels modest rise in industrial production (Washington Post)
Industrial production rose in February because of increased demand for computers and semiconductors, a sign some economists say that gains in U.S. business investment are continuing.
Wah Seong May Buy Pipe-Coating Business in Nigeria (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Wah Seong Corp. , Malaysia’s third- biggest oil and gas services provider, is in talks to acquire a pipe-coating business in Nigeria to tap demand for its products amid increased exploration.
JSE Plans a Separate Board for BEE Stock, Business Day Reports (Bloomberg)
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- JSE Ltd., operator of the stock exchange in Johannesburg, is planning a separate board for black empowerment schemes, Business Day reported.
Lehman Lawyers Want to Turn Bankruptcy Into For-Profit Business (Bloomberg)
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Lawyers liquidating the bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. proposed transforming the remnants of the investment bank’s staff into a for-profit asset- management business to begin operations by May 1.
Five Features the iPad Needs for Business (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Only a few weeks left until the Apple iPad--the Wi-Fi version at least--will actually ship and be available in stores. Reports suggest that Apple sold more than 120,000 iPads when pre-orders began last Friday, and it seems safe to assume that the early adopters are not looking to revolutionize business computing.
Slim a maverick tycoon in Mexico's business elite (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in Mexico, but he also is seen to typify a business elite that amassed fortunes by exploiting the poor.
Consol Energy buying Appalachian business (Denver Post)
Consol Energy Inc. will pay $3.48 billion in cash to acquire Dominion Resources Inc.'s Appalachian business that finds and produces oil and gas, continuing to expand beyond coal mining into the booming shale-gas business.
Consol Energy to buy Dominion's drilling business (AP via Yahoo! News)
Consol Energy Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc.'s Appalachian exploration and production business for $3.475 billion, substantially increasing its natural gas reserves and production capacity.
Business events scheduled for Tuesday (AP via Yahoo! News)
Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: