CEOs Have a Real Credibility ProblemCEO candor: PR needs to step upJon, you exhort CEOs to get hip to today's new media environment, but it's PR pros who need to take the lead---standing up to obfuscating CEOs and convincing them that authentic communications are necessary and smart. It's not...
When Warren Buffett, perhaps the greatest investor of all time, started acquiring the stock of Berkshire Hathaway in the 1960s-at that time a humble textile manufacturer-the company was worth just about $8 per share. When Business Today last checked the cWhen Warren Buffett, perhaps the greatest investor of all time,...
Craig Mundie, 56, chief Research and Strategy Officer of Microsoft is a part of the troika (the other two being Steve Ballmer, CEO and Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect) that will run the company when Bill Gates retires from day-to-day management in JulCraig Mundie, 56, chief Research and Strategy Officer...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Last night, my wife made a pointed remark that when she went on a business trip with her financial adviser, he opened the car door, and sat her in a restaurant and "acted like a gentleman." I no longer do this for her...
* FlVE YEARS AGO I just completed my first full year of bodybuilding - October 8, 2002, was when I started. I had competed in two shows: the NPC Northern Colorado and the NPC Colorado State. I graduated from school [University of Denver] in June with a major in IT...
Leaders of British small businesses believe the euro has been a success by a margin of four to one, a poll today discloses. The survey for YouGov also found that a clear majority believed the currency had a long-term future and that Britain should keep open the option of membership....
Banks take a pummelling, with HBOS slumping by more than 90 per cent GLOBAL EQUITY markets notched up record losses in 2008, with the UK's benchmark FTSE 100 index recording its worst performance since launching 24 years ago. HBOS was the worst...
Today, let me pass along a few comments from readers on the economic crisis -- amended here in the interest of clarity and brevity. Liar applications: As a mortgage broker, I know that too many loans were based on no income and no asset verification. When I...
FORT WORTH, Texas Bloomberg -- Pilgrims Pride Corp., the largest U.S. chicken producer, won bankruptcy court approval to borrow as much as $450 million to help fund operations while it reorganizes. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge D. Michael Lynn approved the financing today in Fort Worth, saying in court...
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc.(PINKSHEETS: BRSI) announced today preliminary unaudited financial resultsfor its fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. As indicated below, the Company will not file its Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Larry E. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We arepleased...
CompHealth, a CHG Healthcare Servicescompany and one of the leading providers of temporary and permanenthealthcare staffing services in the United States, announced today itsrehab and respiratory therapy staffing division in Grand Rapids, Mich., hasachieved The Gold Seal of ApprovalTM for Health Care Staffing Services byThe Joint Commission. Joint Commission certification...
C.A. Bancorp Inc. (TSX: BKP) (the "Corporation") announces the resignation of Frank Crothers from his position as a director on the Corporation's Board of Directors. The resignation is effective today. Mr. Crothers has resigned to enable him to focus on his numerous business pursuits and additional board appointments. Mr. Crothers...
Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the"Company") (NYSE: KYN) today announced that it has moved its record datefor its Q4 2008 dividend/distribution from January 5, 2009 to January 6,2009. The ex-dividend date of January 2, 2009 will remain unchanged. Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company is a non-diversified, closed-endmanagement investment company...
Peter Meredith, Chief Executive Officer of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SGQ), announced today that the company has sold, subject to regulatory approval, its Metals Division to Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. for US$3 million. The Metals Division consists of certain base and precious metals properties in Mongolia and Indonesia. The...
Leggett & Platt Powers Automotive, Commercial and Industrial Applications CARTHAGE, Mo. -- For the engineers at Leggett & Platt, the conceivable limits of modern technology are good for one thing: they provide a well-defined boundary to break. The Fortune 500 diversified manufacturer has partnered with Fulton Innovation, the...
Biotech company PharmingGroup NV ("Pharming" or "the Company") (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) todayprovided the following business update. Pharming continues to make progress on its product pipeline, withclinical development starting or ongoing in three indications. In2009, the Company will focus...
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) said today it will release financial results for the fourth quarter of its 2008 fiscal year on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company will host a conference call and audio...
Robert Brehm, CEO of Green MountainDevelopment Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GMND), an incubator of green technologycompanies, announced today that the company has obtained a license tomanufacture, distribute and use microbial technology for organicsustainable agricultural applications. In a concurrent transaction, thecompany became independent by purchasing all of the voting control stock ofGMND from...
Company Files Pre-Arranged Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition To Implement Debt-For-Equity Swap; No Other Creditor Classes Impaired Ongoing Business Relationships With Suppliers, Customers and Employees Not Impacted By Restructuring PHILADELPHIA -- Constar International Inc. (NASDAQ: CNST) today announced that it has received support from the holders of...
