Funny Business
- Friday, 6 Nov 2009 5:16 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
Already getting some emails about my interview with Tommy Lee, as the rocker discussed his experiment to make a record with the world. » Read more - Friday, 6 Nov 2009 12:53 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
You'd be hard pressed to find an industry harder hit the last decade than the record biz. Like mothers warning their daughters for centuries, people stopped buying the cow when they could get the milk for free. As free music became the norm, many wondered who would survive. » Read more - Thursday, 5 Nov 2009 1:29 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
The Funny Business Product of the Week! An idea that ensures no one will ever want you to buy them a gift again. » Read more - Wednesday, 4 Nov 2009 11:44 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
Here's a business idea to turn that frown upside down. It's the Happiness Hat, a contraption designed by MIT grad and artist Lauren McCarthy. » Read more - Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009 12:17 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
I need your help. I'm looking for high-intensity shoppers demanding the absolute lowest prices this holiday season. » Read more - Monday, 2 Nov 2009 12:49 PM ETBy: Jane WellsIf you're like me, just looking at a glass of iced tea or coffee or wine makes you have to go to the bathroom. I sometimes wonder what's the point of actually drinking the stuff—I should just pour it down the flusher and save time. Sound familiar? Then I have the BEST JOB EVER for you. » Read more
- Friday, 30 Oct 2009 4:14 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
Bud Kays of Microflight/Plantraco originally thought he might sell 1,000 of the $20 specially-outfitted balloons, then, as media coverage exploded, he "raised guidance" to between 2,000 and 3,000. » Read more - Thursday, 29 Oct 2009 4:48 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
There is one man in Palm Beach who hasn't lost his fortune in a Ponzi scheme: Ken. For those of you who thought Barbie's boyfriend couldn't be any more emasculated, Mattel is releasing the "Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken". » Read more
ABOUT FUNNY BUSINESS
If it was up to Jane Wells, she’d spend her entire day combing Mother Earth for stories and observations just for this blog. She has more fun writing Funny Business than anything else she does... professionally, that is. Funny business is whatever Jane considers hilarious, strange, fishy, or ridiculous, which pretty much covers everything on Wall Street. It is her hope this blog makes you smile, even when the news is grim. After all, it's only money.
BIO
Jane Wells is currently a CNBC business news reporter, based in Los Angeles, covering the defense and technology industries and writes the CNBC.com blog Funny Business. Wells joined CNBC in 1996, providing special coverage of the O.J. Simpson civil case. Read her full bio here.
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