Companies

The ongoing battle between Barnes & Noble and its second-largest shareholder, Ron Burkle, has recently escalated. Things have gotten so bad that both sides have now landed in the courtroom. ... [visit site]

Research in Motion wasn't thrilled when Apple CEO Steve Jobs claimed the iPhone 4's antenna problem is common throughout the industry, including on BlackBerrys, and called Apple's actions "unacceptable." Nokia ... [visit site]

DailyFinance For better or worse, earnings season ... [visit site]

The real estate portfolio is worth around billion, excluding debt. Blackstone will help unwind the portfolio and will not acquire any assets from it. ... [visit site]

Playboy Enterprises has received a proposal from Hefner to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock that he doesn't currently own for .50 per share in cash. PLA ... [visit site]

Toyota Motor's recent million investment in electric-car upstart Tesla Motors is already paying dividends. Tesla reportedly will ship two prototypes, based on Toyota's RAV4 sport utility vehicle and ... [visit site]

An antitrust class action against Apple and AT&T is going forward, charging that Apple's five-year exclusive agreement with AT&T makes a sham of the two-year contracts iPhone users sign with ... [visit site]

Google's App Inventor for Android offers blocks of software that perform different functions and allows ordinary folks -- no programming requiried -- to drag and drop the pieces together. It's ... [visit site]

On Monday, the Microsoft CEO offered a sneak peek at new tablets based on Windows 7 during the software giant's Worldwide Partner Conference. He says computer makers will have a ... [visit site]

Taking Playboy Enterprises private could put the company and its valuable brand back on a path to growth while allowing Hefner to select his successor. Says one analyst: "There's really ... [visit site]