price war

The tech giant kicked off an e-reader price war last summer and another may be in store. Why? The company announced Monday that it would cut its price on a new Kindle that will display ads. Will competitors follow its lead?

As soon as the Verizon iPhone 4 was announced, the money that gadget buyers were willing to lay out for old iPhones went up and a price war broke out online for for your old iPhone. The good news for anyone looking to switch to the iPhone on Verizon is that it's easier than ever to get the best...

Walmart (WMT) slashed toy prices ahead of the holiday season in a bid to gain the edge on low-cost rival Target Corp. (TGT). When the world's largest retailer learned that many of its toy prices were higher than Target's, Walmart revised prices downwards, The Wall Street Journal said. The most...

News Corp.'s decision to make its TV shows available for 99-cent rental to Apple TV users is just the latest chapter in an increasingly cozy relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs.

Michael Dell, founder and CEO of computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL), was reelected to the company's board with over 25% of the votes withholding support, as investor hostility to his tenure mounts. At a meeting on Aug. 12, 377.8 million out of 1.5 billion votes withheld support for Michael Dell,...

With the e-reader price war heating up, the Kindle and the Nook can both now be had for under $200 and the prices could drop even more. What does this mean for the future of electronic books -- and the publishing industry?

Rupert Murdoch has a history of contrarian gambles that pay off big. But with newspaper advertising in an historic slump and online ad spend overtaking print for the first time, is his new price war with The New York Times a smart move?

Best Buy has long been the go-to destination for consumer electronics and two independent reports still show that it is the top destination for a third of shoppers and that it has a majority mindshare when consumers think about buying electronics. But in late 2009, as consumers showed their...

If video games are on your shopping list this year, you'll be happy to know that Walmart is cutting the prices of new video games 15-20% in an attempt to lure customers away from specialty video game store GameStop. The discounts are available starting now on the top 25 video games at Walmart and...

When a price war erupted last month among Amazon (AMZN), Wal-Mart (WMT), and Target (TGT) on select anticipated blockbuster books -- new titles by Sarah Palin, James Patterson, Stephen King, and Barbara Kingsolver -- it seemed like independent bookstores would be taking a beating. But the real...