With gas prices up, time to buy an SUV?
The high cost of filling up has sales -- and prices -- of gas guzzlers plummeting. If you don't drive much or need the power, now is a great time to buy.
Archive for June 13, 2008
Dow jumps 166 on a late-day surge
Stocks surge in the last half-hour and end a volatile week nearly even. Crude oil falls, and the dollar rises. Investors shrug off an increase in the May consumer price index. Investment banks will report earnings in a big week of economic news.
Gorilla marketing
They rise from the desert dust, 130 miles southwest of Las Vegas - a 12-foot-tall King Kong and five like-sized dinosaurs, beckoning motorists along Interstate 15 into Peggy Sue's 50's Diner.
In Other News: Merger Boom is Here
- Belgian inBev in $46 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch
- Verizon buying Alltel for $28 billion
- Smucker’s buys Folgers coffee for $3.3 billion
Read more: The next merger boom is here
Healthcare headaches for small employers
The cost of health insurance continued its 20-year reign as the number-one issue worrying small-business owners, according to the latest edition of the Small-Business Problems and Priorities survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, released on Monday.
Putting germs to the test
One man's germ is another man's gem, or so it is for Bill Motto, the 67-year-old cofounder and executive chairman of Meridian Bioscience, based in Cincinnati. Motto's company makes diagnostic kits for diseases ranging from hospital bacterial infections to the flu.
The high cost of doing business with Wal-Mart
A small apparel manufacturer struggles to comply with the giant retailer's requirements.
Beach reads
Just in time for summer, here are six of Fortune Small Business's favorite beach books, coming out in June, with special appeal for business owners.