Yahoo bigwigs move to defend Microsoft rejection NZ Herald | Yahoo management and board want to prove to shareholders that reject Microsoft's takeover was the right move. Photo / AP | NEW YORK - Yahoo began pressing a case to major shareholders that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billio...
Skype names Motorola exec COO The Business Review | Internet calling company on Tuesday named former executive Scott Durchslag its first chief operating officer. | Skype, a unit of San Jose-based (NASDAQ:EBAY), said Durchslag has 20 years of experience with corporations, start-ups and professional services. | Most recently, he was corporate vice pr...
Rent by charter school probed Philadelphia Daily News Nonprofit landlord of Northeast high school is now a focus of the federal investigation. | By Martha Woodall | Inquirer Staff Writer The Philadelphia Academy Charter School has been paying nearly $67,000 a month in rent to an independent nonprofit th...
Former CEO inmates hold Ivy League degrees Star Tribune | No matter which prison holds former Refco Inc. Chief Executive Officer Phillip Bennett during his 16-year sentence, chances are he'll be the only inmate with a master's degree from Cambridge University in England. | Formerly head of the once-bigges...
TransLink's new CEO might be in for a rough ride Globe and Mail | Read the full article Post the first comment Start the Conversation, Leave a Comment | This conversation is semi-moderated What is moderation? | How do I report a comment? | You must be logged-in to submit a comment - login now! | Not registered wi...
Troubled hospital to name new CEO in August The Examiner ATLANTA (Map, News) - Grady Memorial Hospital could have a new chief executive officer as soon as next month. | The hospital's board of directors expects to announce the finalists for the job as early as next week. The board could vote on a final cho...
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Flood Damage Will Affect Cost Of Dairy, Meat, Eggs Hartford Courant NEW YORK — - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store. | In the la...
Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy The Examiner NEW YORK (Map, News) - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store. | In th...
National Investment Managers buys Alaska firm Business Journal > National Investment Managers halves 1Q loss [Columbus] National Investment Managers buys California firm [Columbus] National Investment relocates to Dublin, scouts deals for smaller firms [Columbus] | Dublin's National Investment Managers Inc. has ...
Kathryn Hill named director of Colorado Historical Society Business Journal > | Kathryn Hill will take over this month as director of the Colorado History Museum. | Hill also was named Thursday as chief operating officer of the Colorado Historical Society, which oversees the downtown Denver museum. | Hill will be responsible...
CEO confidence drops again in June Business Journal > | CEO confidence in the American economy took a nose dive in June, mirroring a 10 percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a weak outlook on employment, according to the monthly Chief Executive magazine CEO Index. | The index for June p...
4 companies begin costly quest for oil and gas off Florida's coast Star Tribune | PENSACOLA, Fla. - Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. | No more. Record crude oil prices are fueling support for oil and natural gas exploration off the nation's shores. In Florida, movement was underway even before Pr...
