AT&T posts $4-billion quarterly profit and sells 3.7 million iPhones (click here for highlights).

Amazon pursues careful state-sales-tax strategy.

Apple and Samsung gear up for "patent trial of the century" as Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.7 is banned in EU.

Apple is expected to beat estimates in today's earnings conference call, if not a blowout.

BMW invests in EV-charging network.

Billabong gets lower takeover offer.

Capital One deceptive-marketing fine "unlikely" to change its strategy.Continue reading...

While oil news turns to talks of shortages following unrest in North Africa and the Middle East (especially Libya), one of the most "renowned" oil companies as of late has quietly made a small change to its brand in Russia.

TNK-BP, Russia's third largest oil producer — half owned by the Alpha-Access-Renova (AAR) consortium and half owned by BP — has recently begun using a BP starburst logo with all the green removed. Should we expect to see this colorless palate spread across BP's global identity?Continue reading...