The Wall Street Journal’s choices for the best and worst ads and other marketing gimmicks in 2006. The Best MONKEY BUSINESS


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Carl Howe submits: Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal has a summarization of Apple’s filing to the SEC and restatement of three years of earnings. Here’s the story straight out of the SEC 10-K filing: The Company has recorded additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense and related tax effects with regard to past stock option grants, [… ]


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Sprint Nextel Corp. is poised to select Nokia Corp. to provide equipment for its next-generation wireless network, according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal.


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The Wall Street Journal reports that Ford and Microsoft have decided to sync. At the Detroit Auto Show and the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the two firms will jointly announce Sync, an in-car navigation and infotainment system built on Microsoft’s platform.


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Financial services company Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has agreed in principle to sell its Putnam Investments unit to holding company Power Corp. of Canada for $3.9 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.


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Stocks moved higher at mid-morning on Friday as the market digested Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s quarterly report and the sale of the Putnam Investments unit of Marsh & McLennan.


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By: Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. To quell investor concerns during the inflating dotcom bubble, Wall Street offered soothing commentaries from analysts such as Henry Blodget, Jack Grubman, and Mary Meeker, that explained why the “old economy” rules no longer applied.


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Wall Street edged lower Friday as Apple options and merger news dominate the headlines.


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December 29, 2006 - 9:15 a.m. NEW YORK (CP) - The Wall Street Journal says Marsh & McLennan has tentatively agreed to sell Boston-based money manager Putnam Investments to Canadian conglomerate Power Corp. (TSX:POW) for US$3.9 billion.


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