The ultimate target of the lawsuit may be Lehman’s former bossesWAS the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 aided by a fraudulent cover-up of balance-sheet shenanigans? Andrew Cuomo, New York’s…
Day: December 29, 2010
Motorola: Breaking up
Even spun off, Motorola’s mobile-phone unit may not stage a comebackSOMETIMES the parts are worth more than the whole. This is the hope of Motorola, a faded telecoms giant, which…
Correction: Internet start-ups
In a recent article on internet start-ups (“Another bubble?”, December 18th), we misquoted Nick Beim, a venture capitalist: in fact Mr Beim said Groupon, Gilt Groupe and Zynga were increasing…
Methane on Mars: Now you don't...
The never-ending search for life on Mars continuesTOWARDS the end of 2011 a large and hugely expensive robotic rover called Curiosity is due to blast off for Mars from Cape…