Category Archives: Technology

BISMARCK, N.D. — No one seems more out of place at an oil and gas conference than Jim DeSeyn, president of Solargy Lights. “Thanks for stopping,” DeSeyn said, jumping — literally — out of his seat to chat with an … Continue reading →

PARIS — There are few signs of austerity here in Paris, where tourists still happily pay the equivalent of $4 for single macaroons from Ladurée on the Champs Elysées, and willingly spend hundreds of dollars on pumps at Christian Louboutin … Continue reading →

First, the good news: In the past year, consumer knowledge about credit scores improved significantly, including awareness of how scores are calculated, the importance of checking them, what represents a good score, and what service providers use these scores. But … Continue reading →

Spirit Airlines (Nasdaq: SAVE) — better known to anyone who has ever flown it as a bus with wings — doesn’t go out of its way to impress its customers. The airline has taken the concept of nickel and diming … Continue reading →

When Jeffrey Gundlach hosts a Web presentation, people listen — at least to make sure the bond trader doesn’t call them out for contributing to the current economic malaise. Gundlach, a high-profile, fixed-income expert (and a former Morningstar Fund Manager … Continue reading →

What’s the relationship between stock performance and corporate ethics? Based on an analysis of the public companies that made it onto this year’s list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, there’s very little. One-year stock returns among the companies that … Continue reading →