Business Pundit

Job market got you down? If applying to real-person jobs isn’t landing you the position you want, it may be time to try something different. Like offering up your body to medicine. Or selling your opinion for $50/hour. Or, easiest yet, hanging out… Read more

Image: Gov Gab Payroll processor ADP has reported that private US companies cut 84,000 jobs in December, the smallest drop in employment since March 2008. Bloomberg has more: The ADP report is based on data from about 360,000 businesses with… Read more

Share The year’s work of financial journalism would not be complete without recapping the highest paid people of 2009. From CEOs to athletes to Hollywood actors and actresses, even these recessionary times are brimming with high achievers who… Read more

If you have to fill in for Steve Jobs, you might as well be handsomely rewarded. That’s exactly what happened to Apple COO Timothy Cook, who received a $12.3 million stock bonus this year. The Silicon Alley Insider has the story: Apple COO… Read more

Instead of year-end cash bonuses, Goldman Sachs is awarding its 30 top executives with stock. The stock can’t be cashed for five years. Bloomberg (via BusinessWeek) has the details: The award will be comprised of so-called shares-at-risk,… Read more

Image: TG Daily Australian supermarket chain Woolworths has gone too far with its logo, according to Apple’s intellectual property lawyers. Concerned that “‘consumers may not be able to differentiate between the two brands,” Apple lawyers… Read more

Toyota Motor Corp yesterday announced a recall of almost 96,000 Corolla, Corolla Matrix, and Scion cars due to potential accumulation of ice on their braking systems. Reuters has more: The recall involves 2009 and 2010 model year Toyota… Read more

Papa John’s is offering a free pizza to any party arriving at one of their stores in a Chevy Camaro today. The Chicago Tribune has more: Papa John’s pizza founder John Schnatter paid ($275,000) to reacquire his 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28…. Read more

Forbes recently released its annual Celebrity 100 list, which uses both money and fame to rank the 100 most powerful celebrities of the year. Here are the top 10: 1. Angelina Jolie — $27 mil 2. Oprah Winfrey — $275 mil 3. Madonna — $110… Read more

Fast on the heels of a Verizon iPhone rumor comes word of the iPhone Lite and Apple Media Pad. From Ars Technica: Apple is preparing to launch not one, but two new devices according to a new rumor, one of which could be coming as early as… Read more

Verizon may be coming out with its own iPhone next year. USA Today reports: Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the… Read more

The new Fortune 500 is out. Energy companies won big this year, bumping former leader Wal-Mart down to fifth place. The first ten companies on the list of the country’s biggest companies: 1. Exxon Mobile 2. Wal-Mart 3. Chevron 4…. Read more

Today’s IBM layoffs have a different nuance than most corporate axings. The company is transferring most of its global business services unit to India. From the Wall Street Journal: International Business Machines Corp. plans to lay off about… Read more

(Image: Picasaweb user Chris) Microsoft employees have been either given too much or too little money in their severance checks–and Microsoft wants the difference back. From TechCrunch: Microsoft has inadvertently overpaid severance to… Read more