Business Pundit

Supersized bunnies, tiny cows, and frozen goats–they’re not just for children’s books anymore. Breeders around the world covet certain animals for their economic potential. Some produce a lot of meat. Some are iridescent. Others fit well into… Read more

ESSENCE Magazine claims that a novel authored by Michael Jackson is making the New York publishing rounds. The details: ESSENCE.com has learned exclusively that a novel written by the “King of Pop” himself is currently being shopped around… Read more

Baker Hughes Inc., the third-biggest oilfield services provider in the world, bought rival BJ Services Co. an oil shale company, for $5.5 billion today. Bloomberg has more: The price represents a 16 percent premium to BJ Services’ stock… Read more

The Scottish government’s release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi last week has sparked outrage among some American groups. Bloomberg has more: Visit Scotland, the government-funded agency promoting tourism, received… Read more

Time has an interesting article about how most US money contains traces of cocaine: A study that tested paper money from 30 big cities in five countries—including the U.S., Brazil, Canada, China and Japan—found that big metropolitan areas… Read more

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Campbell, CA-based Psycho Donuts might be the only place in the country where you can buy donuts with names like Bipolar, Manic Malt, or Psycho. It also entertains customers with a padded cell and servers dressed as nurses. It’s a neat… Read more

The Harvard Business Review’s Umair Haque discovered that a Made-in-USA, “fair labor” iPod would cost only 23% more than its Made in China counterpart: …how much would it cost to produce a “Good iPod”? One not produced in a sweatshop, but… Read more

According to a well respected value investor named Ron Muhlenkamp, the biggest change in US Economics has been a measurable -5% step function on discretionary spending. In the sixth month period since the economic collapse last October, the public… Read more

Bloomberg reports that nearly 16,000 auto dealers want to participate in the government’s Cash for Clunkers program, which gives people up to $4,500 to trade in their old 18 mpg-or-less gas hogs for new, fuel-efficient vehicles. The program was… Read more

Will we work our entire lives? The Economist’s The End of Retirement addresses this question. It discusses how demography in rich countries will affect the way corporations and governments react to retirement: WHEN Otto von Bismarck… Read more

  Novavax, Inc. announced today that it plans to license its vaccine technology to Spanish pharmaceutical company ROVI, who will use it to develop pandemic and seasonal flu vaccines (including one for novel H1N1). ROVI will also establish… Read more

Property Room is an online police auction site that sells “hot” or stolen goods. It turns out that replacing the classic police auction is good business. The Seattle Times has more: PropertyRoom.com (is) a California-based Web site that… Read more

It may be the end of an era, but General Motors will live on. In a way, the history of a mammoth American corporation is like the history of America itself. Check out these titles to learn more about GM. My Years with General Motors, by… Read more