“I’ve always been . . . a provocateur.”  That was my opening line in a mini-profile TV spot that CNBC taped with me as part of its “I am CNBC” campaign a few years ago.  Truth in advertising. But I never expected to provoke the firestorm of bitter, mean-spirited, angry reaction that greeted a simple […]

You see the headlines this morning?  Publishing titan Simon & Schuster kills six-figure book deal with @GSElevator, the Twitter feed that bashes Goldman Sachs and all of Wall Street. The Twitter account professed to report the real overheard exchanges of rapacious GS plunderers.  It was said to be the puckish work of an anonymous writer […]

In these Days of Obama — hand-wringing, feckless and ineffectual — even the wonkiest economic issue is infected with moralizing, business-bashing and political correctness. If you question the fear-mongering of climate-change alarmists, you are a “denier.” If you oppose extended payments for jobless benefits, you are heartless (despite clear evidence that it makes unemployment worse […]

The Net-neutrality nannies are shocked and outraged by the Comcast-Netflix deal—and by new reports that AT&T is in similar talks with the streamer that gave us the binge-worthy “House of Cards.” They are appalled that Netflix, their poor oppressed corporate hero, would stoop to signing a deal to pay a traffic-bounty to its tormentor, Comcast, […]

First of two articles Happy Valentine’s Day, honey. Instead of going out to an overpriced dinner in a restaurant crowded with a few dozen other tired, tense couples, how about we stay in and binge? On “House of Cards,” season 2. Netflix today posted all 13 episodes of the much-anticipated second season of the Kevin […]

Dennis Kneale on the Disney company’s 33% lift in quarterly profits. Display:

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