The iPhone As Business Tool (Forbes)
SanDisk's Ravi Naik says business-ready iPhones are the future.
Five Features the iPad Needs for Business (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Only a few weeks left until the Apple iPad--the Wi-Fi version at least--will actually ship and be available in stores. Reports suggest that Apple sold more than 120,000 iPads when pre-orders began last Friday, and it seems safe to assume that the early adopters are not looking to revolutionize business computing.
Slim a maverick tycoon in Mexico's business elite (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in Mexico, but he also is seen to typify a business elite that amassed fortunes by exploiting the poor.
Consol Energy to buy Dominion's drilling business (AP via Yahoo! News)
Consol Energy Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc.'s Appalachian exploration and production business for $3.475 billion, substantially increasing its natural gas reserves and production capacity.
Business events scheduled for Tuesday (AP via Yahoo! News)
Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:
European companies: gov't debt hurts business (AP via Yahoo! News)
Soaring government debt endangers Europe's business climate because it could hold back economic growth and crowd out financing for companies, European employers said Monday.
J.M. Smucker sells Hungry Jack potato business (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The J.M. Smucker Co. on Monday announced that it has sold its Hungry Jack brand potato products business -- but not the pancake and syrup business of the same name -- to Basic American Foods, a privately held food company based in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Chuo Mitsui Trust to Start Real-Estate Business, Nikkei Says (Bloomberg)
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. is starting a real-estate fund business that will buy offices and housing in central Tokyo, with the goal of accumulating 150 billion yen ($1.66 billion) in assets under management within five years, Nikkei English News said, without citing a source for the information.
Fox Business hires Willis away from CNN (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Fox Business Network said Monday that it has hired Gerri Willis away from CNN. Willis, formerly CNN's personal finance editor, will serve as host of weekend program "The Willis Report" and provide analysis across Fox Business programming on how the news of the day affects American taxpayers.
Project offers business trial run (BBC News)
A scheme offers the unemployed the chance to set up in business whilst still receiving benefits.