While gaining among corporations in general, "Say on Pay" support is losing favor among financial companies, according to a new report by The Corporate Library. The shareholder watchdog group notes that "Say on Pay" lost support among eight major financial firms during this proxy season. The list...
Approximately 91% of S&P 500 companies have at least one woman on the board, according to executive search firm Spencer Stuart, and, on average, those women are bringing in about $15,000 more annually than their male counterparts. The Corporate Library's annual pay survey indicated that median total compensation for male corporate directors is $104,375,...
PORTLAND, Maine -- The Corporate Library, the creator of the Board Analyst family of governance and compensation research products, announced the appointment of Annalisa Barrett as Senior Research Associate, Board Effectiveness Ratings. Barrett brings to The Corporate Library over 10 years of specialized experience in corporate governance, executive compensation and...
Last month, Morgan Stanley said that it had changed the way it paid members of its management committee as part of a broader plan to improve corporate governance. In response, the Corporate Library, a watchdog group, lowered the Morgan Stanley board' Last month, Morgan Stanley said...
Byline: Barry B. Burr Edward E. Whitacre Jr. will get a $158.4 million pension package when he retires as chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc. - the highest of any U.S. CEO. Ray R. Irani, chairman, president and CEO of...
Byline: Barry B. Burr PORTLAND, Maine - BellSouth Corp., Abbott Laboratories and Wyeth are the biggest companies, in terms of market capitalization, most likely to face securities class actions in the next 18 months, according to a new report by t Byline: Barry...
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), atechnology leader in fiber optic solutions for high-speed networks, willhost an Analyst and Investor Meeting on October 7, 2008, at TheMetropolitan Club in New York City. Information regarding this event issummarized below: Location: Metropolitan Club ...
BURBANK, Calif. & London -- Xytech Systems Corporation, a leading provider of software solutions that improve, automate, and streamline the mission critical business aspects of media operations including business workflow, resource scheduling, media library management, and digital workflow automation, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Established in...
Initial order, valued at $35M, placed for the production of 223,837 digital talking book players on behalf of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped NLS. The first players will be manufactured in late 2008. LOS ANGELES -- Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd Japan and Shinano...
Global Entertainment AcquisitionCorporation (PINKSHEETS: GEAC) announced today it has acquired throughlicense the library of music scores, commercial jingles, original songs andunderscores from Impact Productions, a Miami based power commercial musichouse. The library contains hundreds of memorable national, regional andlocal jingles, as well as scores from motion pictures and original songsfrom...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-18 August 2008-Toshiba introduces new XDE technologyC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Toshiba America Consumer Products LLC, a company owned by Toshiba Corporation subsidiary Toshiba America Inc, has announced the launch of XD-E500, its new video enhancement technology for DVD. Extended detail enhancement XDE provides DVD upconversion...
Mediatechnics Corporation (PINKSHEETS: MEDT) ispleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Mediatechnics Systems,Inc. ("Mediatechnics"), has signed an agreement to distribute TMW Media'scomplete library of instructional media content. "We are extremely excited about working with TMW MediaGroup and Bennett Media todistribute their entire media libraries on MediaShop," stated Richard Wilson,President...
Earnings per diluted share doubles to $0.16 Company reaffirms 2008 earnings guidance HOUSTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ION Geophysical Corporation today announced second quarter 2008 net income of $15.4 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, on revenues of $180.7 million compared to net income...
Unprecedented accuracy and oblique imagery offer new possibilities for Insurance, Utilities, Real Estate and Mortgage/Banking Industries ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Pictometry International Corp., a leading provider of geo-referenced aerial image libraries whose proprietary technology is used globally to capture oblique image libraries, today announced a...
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Fotolia (http://www.fotolia.com/), the largest global online marketplace for micro-priced digital stock images, announced today a corporate subscription-based offering that will give users four tiers of subscription access to its image library of nearly 4 million stock images. "The Fotolia corporate subscription...
New offering allows authors to find their audience RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Now you can publish your book for free and the world will beat a path to your door to buy it. Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/), the world's largest marketplace for individual, educational, and corporate authors...
Online community building and advancingdownload technology at public libraries were the focus of Digipalooza '08( www.digipalooza.com ). The library download service user-conference, heldJuly 24-27 in Cleveland, welcomed hundreds of librarians and publishersfrom across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for a weekend of sharing bestpractices, education, and networking. Librarians...
CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD URGENT: This story should be retracted immediately!! Asset Tag: TWW-editorial-import20080804065717-1_5Original Headline: NEC T16A2 automated tape library introduced by NEC ComputersDate Sent: 04/08/2008 19:03:58 ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com...
The Corporate Library , theindependent leader in corporate governance information and risk analysis,today celebrates the beginning of its tenth year of operation. The companywas founded by Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow, acknowledged leaders inthe field of corporategovernance , with the vision of creating a more effective...
CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT infrastructure solutions provider NEC Computers, a subsidiary of NEC Corp (NASDAQ: NIPNY), has introduced its first tape library, the NEC T16A2. The solution is claimed to simplify the process of backing up data on the server and to help...
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