Carmel Lobello
Carmel Lobello is the business editor at TheWeek.com. Previously, she was an editor at DeathandTaxesMag.com.
Latest articles by Carmel Lobello
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Why it's so hard for summer blockbusters to make a profit
feature The Lone Ranger could lose up to $190 million for Disney
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Should the government be helping you buy a home?
feature President Obama wants to reduce the government's role in the housing market. But that might displease voters.
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Why e-book sales are starting to fizzle
feature The market could use another Hunger Games
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Coming to a TV near you: Ads for hedge funds
feature Some pros and cons of this brave new world
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Why your troubled teen might be the next Bill Gates
feature Good behavior isn't always a recipe for success
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Should Bill Ackman lay off JC Penney?
feature The activist investor is making a big stink about the struggling company's turnaround strategy
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Why being an entrepreneur in Russia could land you in jail
feature It's a whole new angle on creative destruction
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JPMorgan and the ongoing saga of the London Whale
feature The SEC is having a summer to remember. And one of America's biggest banks may pay the price.
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The latest in-flight entertainment from Virgin Airlines: Improv comedy
feature More novel ideas from the airline that serves ice cubes in the shape of Richard Branson's face
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Why Asia is letting millions of tons of extra rice go to waste
feature Welcome to the perverse world of agricultural protectionism
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Would it be smart for fast-food chains to raise wages?
feature There's an economic case to be made for providing workers with a living wage
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Can Intel create a DVR that never sleeps?
feature Imagine the ability to record every show on every channel for three days at a time
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Are low-wage jobs messing with the economy?
feature The disparity between GDP growth and job growth is striking
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Picking the next Fed chair: Should gender be taken into account?
feature The Janet Yellen vs. Larry Summers debate shifts gears
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Everything you need to know about S&P's alleged ratings gambit
feature The credit-ratings agency is reportedly giving out easy AAAs — just like it did before the financial crisis
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The government's latest insider-trading scalp: SAC Capital
feature A decade-long case against the hedge fund finally comes to a head
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Will Wall Street ever sour on Amazon?
feature The e-retail giant continues to blow off the whole making-a-profit thing
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Is J.Crew abandoning its core brand?
feature CEO Mickey Drexler has touched off a fight over the clothing company's future
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Why did Hudson's Bay buy Saks Fifth Avenue?
feature The iconic retail chain has been scooped up for $2.4 billion
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Why methane hydrate could soon become more controversial than fracking
feature Natural gas buried in Arctic permafrost could be an economic boon — but it could also drastically accelerate climate change
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How emerging economies lost their mojo
feature 3 reasons the world's economic engines are sputtering
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Is Wall Street finally ready to give Facebook another chance?
feature Shares catapult as Facebook reports advertising growth in mobile
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Will China fall victim to the skyscraper curse?
feature A developer just broke ground on what is set to become tallest building in the world — and some see it as a terrible omen
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen released a rock album and it's not terrible
feature Everywhere At Once features members of The Pretenders, The Eagles, and Heart
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