Funny Business
- Monday, 23 Nov 2009 2:08 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
USC is the largest private employer in Los Angeles, with an endowment worth $4 billion. You'd think being "Top Trojan" would be a plum job. So why is USC taking out half-page ads in the Wall Street Journal? » Read more - Monday, 23 Nov 2009 11:17 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
The Cognito PR group has done it again. Last year, to add a little levity to the miserable doldrums of Wall Street, Cognito came up with some special cocktails for its holiday party with names like the CosmoPaulson and the TARPatini. » Read more - Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 10:55 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
In what may be the nastiest spat since the days when Vegas handled disputes outside of court—if you get my meaning—Watanabe has filed a lawsuit accusing Hurrah's of plying him with alcohol and prescription drugs in an attempt to keep him gambling. In the end, he says he lost more than $100 million. » Read more - Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 12:05 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
Now, as much as World Toilet Day just screams Funny Business, maybe I need to hold off on the adolescent guffawing I'm known for. » Read more - Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 10:50 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
No one reads newspapers anymore, everyone speeds through commercials on their DVRs, and people generally have the attention span of a gnat. What's an advertiser to do to get your attention? Where can marketers hold you captive? » Read more - Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 2:43 PM ETBy: Jane WellsWanna smell like Elvis? Joan Crawford? Nixon? I mean, smell like them when they were alive? » Read more
- Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 3:27 PM ETBy: Jane Wells
It may be the strangest shortage since the world went nuts over tulips. Eggo Waffles have nearly disappeared from store shelves. » Read more - Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 8:48 AM ETBy: Jane Wells
I got an email which merits a Funny Business blog based solely on its title: "Text messages may increase use of sunscreen." » 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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