Its official, Verizon announces it will begin selling iPhones in early February. COO Tim Cook of Apple was on-hand for the announcement, joined by Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead. Verizon, the nation’s largest cell phone company announced Tuesday, that the Apple iPhone will soon be available to its customers. It will be the first time [...]

This could be the year that many Americans say good-bye to their free checking account. Experts, however, say most people will be able to avoid the fees by altering their banking habits or switching banks. Last week Bank of America announced a new line of checking account programs, including ones with new strings and new [...]

The last unemployment report of 2010 brought mixed signals for how the economy might perform in 2011, but economist seemed to agree that while improvements will be slow more people would be working in 2011 than they did in 2010. The report released Friday indicated the unemployment fell to 9.4 percent in December 2010, its lowest [...]

Job openings have nearly doubled in the past year, an increase of an estimated 2 million job postings from December 1, 2009 to December 1, 2010. Various sources including the Wall Street Journal are reporting a significant increase in job postings, numbers jumped from 2.7 million to 4.7 million jobs in just one year. Automatic [...]

The Starbucks logo and its signature siren are getting a makeover. The largest coffee company in the world revealed its new logo Wednesday. It drops the company brand name that surrounds the sea maiden icon and incorporates a few other small changes, including a milder green tone, removing the black background. The makeover gives her [...]

Taxpayers will have an extra three days to file their taxes due to Emancipation Day. This year, April 15 falls on Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in Washington, D. C. Taxes for 2010 should be filed by April 18, 2011 to avoid penalty. According to law, holidays observed by the District of Columbia impacts tax deadlines [...]

In the week the Consumer Electronics Show kicks-off in Las Vegas, one of the worlds top makers of chips for mobile phones, Qualcomm Inc., has agreed to buy Atheros Communications Inc. for around $3.2 billion, a move that will increase Qualcomm’s offerings of Wi-Fi networking capabilities. On Wednesday, Qualcomm in a statement to investors indicated [...]

Dunkin Donuts launched a new marketing campaign that focuses on the “everyday Joe”. “’What are you drinkin’?”, “I’m drinkin’ Dunkin’“, if this new marketing slogan works for donut the giant, “everyday Joes”, will be drinkin’ Dunkin’ too. Marketing experts for the company decided against promoting their coffee line with celebrities, instead, the company acknowledges and [...]

Motorola, the consumer electronics company that pioneered early televisions and cell phones, split into two separate companies on Tuesday, a move that reflects a shifting electronics market. The two companies – Mobility, which will focus on consumers, and Solutions, which will target professionals – will have an easier time pitching their services to investors and [...]