Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Winners

TONY HSIEH

The CEO of Zappos sells the 10-year-old Web shoe retailer to

Amazon for $800M+.

MICHAEL KELLY

Former Time Warner exec gets top spot at The Weather Channel.

ALAN MULALLY

Ford chief reports quarterly profit without Uncle Sam’s help.

Losers

STEVE BALLMER

Microsoft CEO’s $1B miss on revenue sends shares tumbling more

than 8 percent.

BONO

U2 singer has his wires crossed with an investment in Palm while also repping BlackBerry.

COREY RIBOTSKY

Feds investigating Roslyn, LI-hedger who claims to have $770M

under management.