Topic: Sales

Apple CEO Timothy Cook predicts the day will come when tablet devices outsell traditional PCs. His forecast has backing from a growing number of analysts and veteran technology industry executives — making a changing of the guard a question of when, not if. The NYT reports.   Read More

You’ve heard the expression “putting your feet to the fire,” but one Cornell professor is doing that literally. He teaches workshops and corporate training exercises in the art of firewalking.   Read More

An elephant at the Buffalo Zoo has found her hidden talent — painting. For the holidays, she’s painting wine glasses and ornaments. How she do it without breaking them? Read on!   Read More

As Blackberry maker Research In Motion gears up to release its fiscal third-quarter earnings, pressure is rising on the telecommunications company to deliver. Mike Abramsky, managing director and software and wireless research analyst at RBC Capital Markets, weighed in.   Read More

Best Buy's efforts to boost sales — particularly on Black Friday — by deep discounting took a heavy toll on gross profit margins, resulting in the retailer missing quarterly earnings estimates, Brian Nagel, senior research analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., told CNBC Tuesday.    Read More

You may feel like a million bucks after striking that power deal. But here's the cold hard truth about what you're worth — and just in time for the holidays!   Read More