James Bond
By John Rosevear, The Motley Fool
| 4:45PM 1/11/2012
There was nothing wrong with the old Ford Fusion. In fact, it had its best sales year ever in 2011. It's a good-looking, high-quality sedan and a good value. But when Ford took the wraps off the new Fusion this week, it had been transformed from a good hybrid to a deluxe hottie.
| 4:15PM 11/03/2010
Instead of licensing the digital rights to Penguin, Ian Fleming's literary estate is making the e-book editions available directly itself. Getting the most out of the Bond brand is the estate's rationale for keeping the e-books in-house.
| 1:00PM 11/03/2010
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has filed for a re-organization bankruptcy, the studio announced Wednesday.
| 8:18AM 10/28/2010
A 1964 Aston Martin used in two James Bond movies sold for $4.6 million at a London auction.
The car, complete with guns that poke out through the taillights and a license plate that rotates to display different numbers, was used in Goldfinger and Thunderball, CNNMoney reported.
It's not just a...
| 7:38AM 10/08/2010
Movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, home of movie franchises such as James Bond and The Pink Panther, proposed a bankruptcy plan that would reduce its debt by $4 billion and put the founders of Spyglass Entertainment in charge of the legendary studio.
MGM said it is seeking lenders' votes for the...
| 2:00PM 7/07/2010
Turns out James Bond is not only shaken and stirred, but also likely to make that martini a triple.
Not even Ian Fleming's super-spy can overcome the current poor economy or a bankrupt movie studio, as the latest installment of the 007 franchise has been canceled because of MGM's financial woes....
| 2:30PM 11/06/2009
As the full extent of the Galleon Group's insider trading comes to light, its story is starting to resemble something out of the movies. Although Raj Rajaratnam's house has already been compared to both The Sopranos and Goodfellas, the sad truth is that the real-life criminal ring lacks both the...
| 5:30PM 3/10/2008
Over the years, car manufacturers have repeatedly tried to take cars off the road, up in the air, and into the water. While air-cars never really caught on, the idea of a car/boat hybrid is just a little too hard to resist, and water cars have gone into production a few times. The first...