Just 7 months after spinning off from its parent company, Motorola Mobility will be purchased by Google, Inc. for $12.5... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Capital One opens its wallet for HSBC, Congress
Bloomberg reported yesterday that U.S. based bank Capital One will purchase UK-based HSBC’s U.S. credit card arm for a reported... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Kraft splits like an Oreo – which side will the cream stick to?
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Kraft is splitting into two publicly-traded companies – one that... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Aim for the stars, and you may just land… huge government contracts
When the final mission of the space shuttle Atlantis completed last Thursday, a new era of U.S. spaceflight began. The... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Companies behind Harry Potter cast a spell on U.S. politics
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 has obliviated all previous box-office records in its opening weekend, grossing $168... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Credit ratings agencies score the U.S. government, and lobby it, too
The ongoing negotiations in Congress over raising the U.S. debt ceiling have prompted Moody’s Corp, a bond rating agency, to... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Murdoch’s money and media influences politics the world over
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald today reports that the closure of News Corp’s News of the World tabloid... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Bank of America, BlackRock, Bank of New York Mellon all invest heavily in Congress
An article from Reuters yesterday highlights an $8.5 billion settlement reached between Bank of America and 530 trusts currently holding... View Article
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