Carnival Cruise Lines sees brand perceptions drop to all-time low.

J.C. Penney losses snowball as boost in ad spending can't reverse sales declline.

Facebook inks deal to show ads based on shopping habits.

AC/DC rocks their own signature brand of beer.

American Express pushes e-commerce to TV commerce.

Apple preaches patience.

Boeing apologizes for Dreamliner fiasco.

Caesars looks to web gambling for financial help.

Flowers Foods set to buy Wonder, other Hostess brands for $390 million.Continue reading...

Apple and HTC settle patent dispute.

BBC needs radical overhaul, chairman says, as two more senior execs step down.

Hyundai and Kia cope with damage they've done to their main selling point: mileage.

AEG and StubHub align.

Alltel returns with holiday pitch to Santa.

Brinks says it isn't for sale right now.

Cisco rolls out aggressive new strategy for dealing with patent trolls.Continue reading...

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit and COO John Havens quit unexpectedly; board elevates EMEA CEO Mike Corbat to top spot.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, back from two-week maternity leave, poaches new COO from her previous employer Google.

RIM sees its once-iconic BlackBerry slip into black-sheep territory.

CBS extends CEO Les Moonves for two more years to 2017.

Chrysler opens availability of natural-gas-powered Ram pickup to retail sales.

Facebook opens UK engineering hub to focus on mobile.

Foxconn admits to breaching child labor laws.Continue reading...

Bank of America reportedly exposes customer accounts online.

Chevron fined $8bn over Amazon 'contamination.'

Facebook sees small stake go to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

FedEx lowers guidance.

Foster's announces it will spin off troubled wine unit.

Sony exec hints that company may pull out of Apple's iTunes.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increases Wells Fargo stake and liquidates positions in Bank of America, Nike,Comcast, NALCO, Nestle, Fiserv, and Loews.Continue reading...

AIG returns focus to selling insurance.

Alibaba expands supply network in China.

AOL will premiere new track for Lady Gaga, whose brand strength continues to soar.

EBay trails general online shopping growth.

ESPN readies network dedicated just to the University of Texas.

General Motors once again shuffles top ranks.

Google is expected to post strong earnings, while Google Voice is ready to port numbers.Continue reading...