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- Friday, 10 Jul 2009 10:56 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
It's been a couple weeks, but the lowlights in the world of business do not take summer vacations. Here are the nominees, followed by our choice for winner, but make you own choice in the poll at the bottom. » Read more - Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 11:41 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
I am at Lenny Dykstra's $24 million mansion in Sherwood Country Club, where I snapped some photos. Dykstra is here and preparing to be interviewed by me about his Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing this week, which stopped a planned foreclosure of his estate. » Read more - Wednesday, 8 Jul 2009 4:01 PM ETBy: Jane WellsRemember the $40 billion competition for the Air Force's new refueling tanker? The massive, must-have deal won by Northrop Grumman, which partnered with Airbus' European parent EADS last year, only to be overturned by a challenge from Boeing? » Read more
- Wednesday, 8 Jul 2009 1:54 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
Michael Jackson's official music website is selling CDs and singles online, and now the tour website has started selling the same sort of merchandise it probably hoped to market during Jackson's London concerts. On the website you can buy T-shirts, hats, belt buckles, tote bags, mugs, and even socks. » Read more - Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009 8:46 PM ETBy: Jane WellsMichael Jackson's memorial was must see TV...especially on the internet. Yahoo! reports that as of 3 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday, there were five million streams of the memorial at the Staples Center, the largest streaming event in the Yahoo's history. The peak was 385,000 simultaneous streams, second only to the inauguration of President Obama, which peaked at 430,000 streams. » Read more
- Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009 2:47 PM ETBy: Jane WellsThe anticipated crowd of 750,000 never materialized outside the Staples Center for the Michael Jackson memorial, and what many feared would be a nightmare has been less stressful than the Lakers celebration and parade just a few weeks ago. » Read more
- Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009 12:18 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
I am a Los Angeles native who has covered every major story here over two decades. I have never seen so many Los Angeles police officers as I do this morning at the Staples Center. » Read more - Monday, 6 Jul 2009 10:30 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
A judge is holding a hearing in Los Angeles this morning which may determine if the 2002 will submitted to the court last week is THE will for Michael Jackson. » 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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