cash cow

Printer ink has long been Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cash cow, because it's expensive and customers refill constantly.

Pressure in recent quarters has raised questions about the prospects for that part of HP's business.

Airfare wars and room-rate promotions are usually aimed at vacationers, but airlines and hotels are resorting to similar tactics to regain their traditional cash cow — the business traveler.

While some have criticized the laptops that "hunters" have chosen during Microsoft's "Laptop Hunters" campaign, the ads have been successful (for a change) and have created some buzz.

Now Microsoft's moved their "price attack" strategy from laptops to Apple's cash cow: the iPod and iTunes.

Getty images has made what can only be a colossal blunder in losing the NFL's commercial licensing deal to the Associated Press.

Sources close to both parties reveal that this is a done deal, minus official announcements, Photo Business News has learned.