Dell said today that it would start selling personal computers at 3,000 Wal-Mart stores in the United States and Canada starting next month. This would be Dell's first foray at selling PCs through traditional retailers. Dell, clamoring to regain its position as the world's No. 1 PC maker, currently sells computers via the Internet, mail, or phone orders.
Upper Deck, the baseball trading-card maker, made an unsolicited bid to buy rival Topps for $416 million. Michael Eisner, the former Walt Disney CEO, attempted to buy Topps through his investor group last month for $384.5 million. Topps shareholders rejected Eisner's buyout, arguing that it was too low.
Joya Williams, a former executive admin assistant at Coke, was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday after being found guilty of trying to steal and sell the soft drink maker's trade secrets. Williams and other co-conspirators stole confidential documents and tried to sell them to rival Pepsi.
A report filed by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers found that Internet advertising jumped to just under $17 billion last year. The report said that online ads are increasingly popular venue for advertisers as TV spots are losing profitability thanks to DVR services like TiVo.