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| 4:00PM 12/15/2009
Contrary to earlier published reports, the hijacked U.S.-bound oil tanker Maran Centaurus is carrying about $140 million worth of Saudi crude -- not the $20 million previously claimed -- DailyFinance has learned. Reached in Greece Tuesday, a representative for Maran Tankers Management, the ship's...
| 1:30PM 11/16/2009
WalletPop's Lan Nguyen chats with Mitch Free, founder and CEO of MFG.com, a global online marketplace for manufacturing. A college dropout, Free started his career as a machinist. That background helped fuel his idea to create a Web-based market for manufacturing in 1999. He shares his story and...
| 2:00PM 6/08/2009
Have dreams of being a millionaire? WalletPop's Lan Nguyen chats with Robert P. Smith, author of "Riches Among the Ruins" (AMACOM), in a podcast about how he built his wealth in emerging markets. Smith, who fell into the business when he was in his 40s, talks about his adventures in Turkey, Nigeria...
| 1:00PM 6/04/2009
Intel (INTC) is paying a 44 percent premium in its plan to purchase software-maker Wind River Systems (WIND) for $884 million.
Chip-maker Intel will buy Wind River, which tests and develops software, in the next few months, the company said in a press release today. Intel will pay $11.50 for all...