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The article examines the possible effects on newspaper and periodical publishing finance of the introduction of electronic reading devices such as Amazon's Kindle. Hearst Corp. is developing such a reader designed especially for periodicals. Publishers are hopeful that if the use of such devices becomes widespread, they will be able to find a means of charging for content presented on the Internet, as well as increasing Internet advertising revenues.

The article examines the possible effects on newspaper and periodical publishing finance of the introduction of electronic reading devices such as Amazon's Kindle. Hearst Corp. is developing such a reader designed especially for periodicals. Publishers are hopeful that if the use of such devices becomes widespread, they will be able to find a means of charging for content presented on the Internet, as well as increasing Internet advertising revenues.

The article discusses Bank of America's underwriting of bonds to finance renewable energy projects such as wind turbine farms, streetlight upgrades, and solar array installations. Information is offered on the marketing and sale of "green bonds" by Bank of America, the alleged financial benefits associated with the certification of "green bonds", and the attraction of private capital to the construction of green infrastructure.

The article reports on the financial aspects of Spanish professional soccer team Futbol Club Barcelona. It mentions the revenues brought in by the team including the beginning of corporate sponsorship, comments from the club president Josep Maria Bartomeu on the team's finances, and the relationship between the team and Catalan struggles for autonomy.

The article reports on the financial status of petroleum firm Royal Dutch Shell. It discusses the fall in oil sales and prices, the plans of chief executive officer Ben van Beurden to adapt the company to a broader range of products, and the work of scenarios chief Jeremy Bentham to explore alternative fuels as a new source of income.

Asserts that industrial winners far outnumber losers as the low-key expansion acquires legs. Earnings-per-share growth in 22 industries; Predictions on aerospace, airlines, aluminum, appliances, automobiles, chemicals, computer systems, electrical equipment, financial services, foods, forest products and paper, health care, hotels, homebuilding, insurance, machine tools and machinery, media, oil, pharmaceuticals, railroads, retailing, steel, telecommunications.

Looks at the comeback by Scott Paper under the leadership of Al Dunlap. Tripling of Scott's stock in less than two years; Merger with Kimberly-Clark.

The article lists 25 companies in order of market value as of October 9, 2017 including cloud computing company Salesforce, electric car manufacturer Tesla, and online social network Facebook

The article discusses the financial and business success of the Costco Wholesale Corp. (Costco) warehouse-related retail firm, and it mentions the company's 1116 billion dollars in sales in fiscal year 2016, as well as the competition between Costco and fellow retailers Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. The challenges associated with attracting Generation Y consumers (millennials) are examined, along with food sales and issues involving executive retirement and succession at Costco.

The article offers information on the online media company and blog network Gawker, focusing upon its founder Nick Denton. Particular focus is given to Denton's legal dispute with Gawker's investor, billionaire and businessman Peter Thiel. Additional topics discussed include a privacy lawsuit involving the wrestler Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), the line between privacy and public interest and technology's influence over the media.

The article profiles the online-payment corporation Paypal. Particular focus is given to the company's rank at number 307 of the Fortune 500 list of companies in 2016. Additional topics discussed include information on the company's finances and revenue, its number of employees and its CEO (chief executive officer) Dan Schulman.

The article offers information on the largest corporations in the U.S., focusing upon those in the Fortune 500 list of companies. These corporations discussed include the retailer Walmart, the technology company Apple and the social networking website Facebook. Details relating to the corporations' revenues, profits, assets and stockholders' equity are also offered.

The article profiles the food corporation Hormel. Particular focus is given to the company's rank at number 304 of the Fortune 500 list of companies in 2016. Additional topics discussed include information on the company's finances and revenue, its number of employees and its CEO (chief executive officer) Jeff Ettinger.

A cover story is presented that examines the consumer goods company Procter & Gamble. Particular focus is given to the financial performance of the company in FY (Fiscal Year) 2015 and to its presence on the Fortune 500 list of businesses from the periodical "Fortune." Additional topics discussed include the total number of employees at the company, information on the performance of the company's shares and insights on the company from the Procter & Gamble's CEO (Chief Executive Officer), David Taylor.

The article offers information on the technology company Microsoft. Particular focus is given to the company's efforts to become more customer-friendly. Additional topics discussed include information on the company's revenues and profits, employees at the company including Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman, and the businessman Bill Gates, one of the original founders of Microsoft.

The article offers information on the agricultural services company Monsanto. Particular focus is given to the company's revenue and profits. Additional topics dissed include Monsanto's production of patented GMO (genetically modified organisms) seeds, the company's claims that they are concerned about climate change and attempts by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer to buy the company.

The article offers information on the businessman and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Jeff Bezos. Particular focus is given to his work for the online retailer and content creator Amazon. Topics examined include his leadership skills, how he has driven the company to record profits and his work revamping the periodical "Washington Post."

The article discusses the stock prices of several companies in the video game industry. It mentions the affordability of Nintendo which is offering a new game console, Sony and the profits it has made from its old console, and Electronic Arts, which creates the games, including the use of in-game purchasing.

The article features leadership of various individuals in business. Among the individuals that were discussed include Bo Lu, a 32-year old Chinese emigrant who is one of the co-founder of an online investment platform FutureAdvisor, Jonathan Canalizo with his knowledge on how to manage money, and the co-founders of financial services company Robinhood Vlad Tenev and Jon Stein.

The article discusses the U.S. government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 some including then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called for Fannie and Freddie to be wound down. In the spring of 2013, though, the two guarantee 80% of all new mortgages in the U.S. and have returned to profitability. The author observes how the dominant position of Fannie and Freddie in the U.S. mortgage market have crowded out private capital, and offers a solution.

The article profiles Wang Jianlin, founder and chairman of real estate company Wanda Group, who is one of China's richest men. Wang has been responsible for the Chinese purchase of American media company AMC Entertainment, and is interested in expanding Wanda Group into other American business ventures. Other topics discussed include his meeting with Hawk Koch, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to expand his holdings in the U.S. entertainment industry, a discussion of Wang's corporate culture at Wanda Group, and Wang's reputation as a businessman in China and internationally.

A chart is presented which ranks the financial performance of the top 500 U.S. companies by the location of their corporate headquarters as of May 2013, with information on the corporate ratings of companies including the Arizona-based U.S. Airways Group, the Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores discount retailer, and the California-based technology company Apple.

A chart is presented which profiles the 500 largest companies in the U.S. in 2013 according to "Fortune" magazine, listing the revenues, profits, and stockholders' equity of companies including Wal-Mart Stores, International Business Machines (IBM), and Liberty Mutual Insurance Group.

The article presents stock market suggestions for 2013 from investors and fund managers. Stocks are divided by sector, including technology, health care, and utilities. Specific companies mentioned in the article include automobile manufacturer Ford, media company Comcast, and bank U.S. Bancorp. Investors featured include Van Tran of Delaware Select Growth, Tim Hartch of BBH Core Select, and Michael Levine of Oppenheimer Equity Income.

The article presents a list of companies which are on the "Fortune" 500 list in 2011, including airline company Southwest Airlines, apparel company Nike, and computer company Apple Inc., and ranks them according to industry and provides details on the revenues and profits of the companies.

The article focuses on the financial history of singer Michael Jackson whose posthumous comeback, the author suggests, will eclipse that of singer Elvis Presley. The authors mention Jackson's Neverland estate, his debts and budget deficits, his lawsuits and the planning for his final music tour. Advisers to Jackson, including John Branca and Tohme Tohme, are discussed.

The article focuses on the finances of major U.S. banks. Prices of stocks for large banks such as Citigroup and Bank of America have fallen well below $5 a share, raising doubts as to their ability to survive the financial crisis. The so-called "stress test" examination of bank assets by the Treasury Department should determine which of the large banks can survive the losses from loans and securities whose value has deteriorated. Citigroup may be unable to escape government ownership.

The article focuses on Maurice Greenberg, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of insurance company American International Group. Greenberg is in negotiations with New York state prosecutors to settle a civil suit brought against him for transactions he made as CEO. At the same time, the collapse of his former company which required an $85 billion government bailout has cost Greenberg, its largest stockholder, hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

The article focuses on the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Cerberus specializes in buying and operating troubled public corporations. Its portfolio companies have revenues of over $60 billion a year and employ 250,000 people. Cerberus founder and chief Stephen Feinberg detests publicity, but its high profile acquisition of the automobile manufacturer Chrysler means he and the company will receive a huge amount of public scrutiny.

This article profiles how investment tycoon Nelson Peltz is helping companies like Heinz increase their performance and brand marketing from his position on their board. His methods, dubbed operational activism, are having profitable impact on stock value. By working with management and providing board support for marketing shake-ups, Peltz has helped big business move in more assertive ways to the benefit of common shareholders.

The article offers a look at student loan fund Sallie Mae in the United States. Student loans are debt. The Student Loan Marketing Association, known as Sallie Mae, is a giant of the student loan industry. Sallie Mae became a publicly traded company in 2004. It is now a profitable lender and a stock market superstar. A growing number of critics contend that the profits are coming at the expense of students and taxpayers. It is suggested that Sallie Mae uses its political influence to shape legislation that will increase the cost of student loans. Lately there are even some doubts about Sallie Mae's ability to deliver results for its shareholders.

Focuses on David F. Swensen and Jack R. Meyer, the manager of Yale's $15 billion endowment and Harvard's $22 billion endowment, respectively. Swensen's impressive investment record, up 16.1% a year while the S&P 500 index gained 12.3%; Observation that Meyer trails Swensen's record, but earns $7 million a year to Swensen's $1, which causes controversy in the university community; Plans of Meyer to start his own hedge fund once Harvard finds a new endowment chief.

The article focuses on problems at Washington Mutual, a company that built itself into America's biggest mortgage bank almost overnight. CEO Kerry Killinger predicted that the bank would become the leading retailer of financial services and would grab 20% of market share in mortgages. But WaMu hasn't fully delivered on its promise to diversify. Rising rates have exposed WaMu's shortcomings in the bankerly disciplines it needs to handle swings in the mortgage business. WaMu suffers from two problems of its own making. First, it did not push hard enough to integrate its many acquisitions. It has failed to master a second crucial part of its business as well: hedging interest-rate risk. Killinger says that WaMu delayed integrating its acquisitions during the boom so that it could focus on writing more loans--a strategy that generated huge profits until last fall's meltdown. Loan servicing can be highly lucrative, especially when rates rise. But servicing is also highly volatile.

The article focuses on George W. Bush's economic advisor, Martin Feldstein, who worked on the President's tax cut plan and is preparing an overhaul to Social Security. Since George W. Bush became President, Martin Feldstein has been an economic Merlin of sorts, exerting a veiled influence on policy. Few people today, with the exception of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, have the kind of authority that Feldstein commands. But Greenspan's long run as economic maestro is winding down. His reign will come to an end in January 2006 when his term as a Fed board member expires--a matter we were reminded of in early May when the President officially nominated him to continue in his post. As a result, it's not too early to start speculating about who will replace him. And if Bush is reelected, Marty Feldstein is likely to prove his top choice. Feldstein's thinking underpins the Bush administration's economic agenda, and his trademark ideas have already been incorporated into current policy. Feldstein still teaches a full course load at Harvard, where he's been a professor of economics since 1967 and has an office at the National Bureau of Economic Research, which he runs. If the economy continues to grow strongly and Bush is reelected, Feldstein may receive his greatest acknowledgement--being named Fed chairman. Marty is the odds-on favorite to get the job. Competition might come from John Taylor, a Stanford economist currently at Treasury, where he's serving as undersecretary for international affairs. Plus, he used to work for Greenspan's consulting firm. If Greenspan has a say in his replacement, he may push for Taylor. (If John Kerry is elected, look for Citigroup's Stan Fischer, formerly a top official at the IMF, to be the smart-money favorite. It's unclear whether or not Bob Rubin, another notable Citi name, would take the job.). INSET: HE CAN SURE WORK THE ROOM.

The article focuses on growth in the investment industry on Wall Street over five decades. Over the 50 years since the FORTUNE 500 first appeared, Wall Street has changed dramatically in almost every way--from radical advances in technology to an explosion in the volume of trading to the proliferation of financial products. One thing that has stayed the same, though, is the cyclical nature of the business. Fluctuating between soaring, exuberant bull markets and bone-crushing, anguishing bears, cycles are the Street's overlay, governing all. And it's almost certainly true that neither technological breakthrough nor regulatory oversight will ever mitigate them. The most significant difference between Eisenhower's Wall Street and today's, however, is the change in the relationships between the Street and corporate America, and between the Street and the U.S. consumer. Simply put, Wall Street has become vastly more important to both. Behind these trends is the rising importance of the shareholder, who has become an immutable guidepost of the executive suite. Tens of millions of Americans today follow the market to a degree that would mystify or even terrify their grandparents. But in the 1950s Wall Street just didn't matter as much to America. From the venture capitalists' aeries in Silicon Valley to the new wave of insurance operations in Bermuda to a one-man hedge fund operation in, say, Boise, Wall Street today is less a location and more a state of mind, coupled with high-end computing and telecommunications power. While the center of the financial world will continue to evolve away from Lower Manhattan over the next 50 years, the business of America will increasingly be the confluence of money and ideas that grew out of Wall Street. INSET: Five Decades of Astonishing Growth.

Lists different companies in several categories which focus on finance and performance. Citigroup; Microsoft Corp.; Crown Holdings.

Discusses the plight of U.S. President George W. Bush to promote tax cuts. How Bush has nominated John Snow for Treasury Secretary; Focus on income tax cuts in 2003; Impact of recession in the U.S; Views from economist Milton Friedman; Speculation about how a dividend tax cut would affect the stock market. INSET: HE'S GOTTA SELL IT.

Discusses whether people should invest in real estate or not. Increase in the price of real estate in the U.S.; Discussion of the advantages of investing in a primary residence; Reference to the availability of plenty of incentive for real estate buyers in the form of rock-bottom mortgage rates; Information on how an investment in a primary residence compares with a stock investment over the long term. INSETS: Why Location Really Is Everything;Fantasy Islands;Home Improvements.

Presents a diversified portfolio of large capitalization stocks, small- and mid-capitalization stocks, international stocks and fixed-income funds. Discussion of how 4,000 stocks were screened, including searching for those that are undervalued, that have strong earnings growth and momentum, and that had low debt-to-capital ratios; Reason behind the inclusion of 40 stocks in the list of best stocks for investment.

Focuses on various figures who benefitted from stock sales of telecommunications company Global Crossing, prior to it declaring bankruptcy. Foundation of the company by Gary Winnick, who received several hundred million dollars from stock options, consulting fees, and bonuses; Massive financial losses investors have suffered; Reasons for the company's collapse, including unnecessary capital and long-term debt; Investigation into its finances by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Considers whether the stocks of United States energy company Enron are overpriced, as of March 5, 2001. Comparison to earnings at competitors such as Duke Energy; The confusing nature of Enron's financial statements, according to the author; Ways in which Enron has changed its business structure since the early 1990's, including the addition of new businesses; Analysts' comparison of Enron to a Wall Street securities firm.

Presents the winners of 'Fortune' magazine's second annual 40 Under 40 ranking of wealthy Americans. Profile of people such as Vinny Smith, chief executive officer (CEO) of Quest Software; David Doyle, president of Quest Software; Raul Fernandez, CEO of Proxicom.

Reports on the surplus of money found in the economies of the world as of January 1999. How many credit card companies, in the United States, are offering money to consumers to sign up; The increased number of mergers in the world during 1998; Effects of the overcapacity found in industries; The amount of money spent on all the major mergers of 1998 combined; Mergers such as British Petroleum Co. PLC and Amoco Corp.; List of the top ten mergers of 1998.

Relates that the United States' best exporters say that foreign demand for goods and services is surprising even them in 1995. Exports in billions of dollars from 1989 to 1994, with forecasts for 1995 to 1998; Asia as the fastest growing market for American exporters; Reasons for the increase; The top 50 United States exporters including General Motors; Other aspects.

Profiles Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer, and looks at how he turned his company around after its stock plummeted in January 1993. Background of the company; Problems from the company's rapid rise; Changes made; Role of vice chairman Mort Topfer; Why the company's place in the personal computer (PC) market is not guaranteed; Net sales and net income from 1993 to 1995; Projections for 1996; Management strategies; More.

Asserts that despite the success of Microsoft in the software universe, Lotus Development is in control of groupware. Lotus Notes' preeminence in the field of computer networks; The early lock that this software has gained on customers; Bill Gates and and Microsoft Exchange; Applications software.

Discusses how with credit tight and bond ratings in the tank, companies are pursuing new strategies to deleverage. Findings by Indepth Data; Credit is harder for companies to come by; Deleveraging takes many forms; Cites example of Viacom's efforts to reduce debt; Issue equity; The feverish assault on leverage may be slowing down economic recovery; Additional deleveraging forms.

Considers the trading in stocks that can be done on the Internet. Whether investors can make money in this fashion; The low commissions; Examples of people who have become Internet traders; Web Street Securities and its founders Joe and Avi Fox; The effort of the online business to attract mainstream investors.

Discusses the departure of stock market investor Warren Buffet and his investments from Salomon Brothers Inc. Comments on the author's friendship with Buffet; Information on Buffet's experiences at Salomon in 1991; Reasons of Buffet's decision to pull out of Salomon; Details on Buffet's involvement with Salomon. INSET: Two views, zero pay..