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Microsoft Sends Out Feelers to Facebook-WSJ
SEATTLE (Reuters UK) - Microsoft Corp MSFT gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo YHOO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals...
WSJ Editor's Resignation Process Flawed: Committee
By Robert MacMillan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A committee to protect editorial integrity at The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday it will be more active in the search of a new managing editor for the paper after being blindsided by the resignation...
Why the Financial Times Makes Money as Others Flail
Almost overlooked amidst the flood of red ink flowing from newspaper companies lately, is the remarkable success of The Financial Times FT, most certainly one of the best business rags in the world. No U.S. newspaper can yet compete with the salmon-colored FT for its overseas...
WSJ Editor Quits as Murdoch Puts Stamp on Paper
By Robert MacMillan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal's top editor resigned on Tuesday, giving News Corp NWSa chief Rupert Murdoch an opening to further put his stamp on the newspaper he bought four months ago. "I am proud to have...
Insurers vs. Drug Dangers: Cheap but Ineffective?
Health insurers are hoping to ride to the government's rescue on drug safety. With various pharmaceutical scandals still in the headlines (Vioxx, Avandia and Vytorin chief among them), drug safety has been Topic A in certain corners of the healthcare world, especially with the Food and Drug...
Steve Yoder Explains How to Be a Good wall street journal Source
I had the pleasure of serving on a PRSA Silicon Valley Media Training panel last Friday with Steve Yoder, San Francisco bureau chief of the The Wall Street Journal. Steve was very generous with his time and shared many tips and strategies for doing a better job working with the...
Why Directors Should Not Become CEOs?
The Wall Street Journal's Joanne S. Lublin says today that in the latest version of management musical chairs, outside directors are moving insde as chi'ef executive officers. Because it's such a hassle to access the Journal site, here's the jist of what she...
Soft Drink Companies Tout Water Practices, But Many Remain Skeptical
The World Economic Forum is set to kick off tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland. Top of the agenda: the looming shortage of fresh water. Pepsi Co's Chairman and CEO, Indra Nooyi, is co-chair of this year's meeting, and both her company and its soft drink rival, Coca Cola, have been out...
The Rise and Fall of Media Giants
More from PRWeek's wrap-up of the year just past in their 2007 Book of Lists. Today: media companies on the rise, and those that took a hit in 2007: Media on the rise in 2007: Dow Jones: DJ must be happy to be under...
Word on the Street is that the Street Will Be Free
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has big plans for the Wall Street Journal once the $5 billion deal is finalized this year. Murdoch says he'll likely make WSJ.com free. Previously, all articles were offered only to subscribers. The Wall Street Journal would join some other large newspaper holdings to...
How to Recover From a Bad Business Deal
Bad deals happen to good people. Perhaps your company responded to industry changes with a good-on-paper strategy that failed to be transformational. Maybe some of the big guns made decisions based on high-up relationships but failed to foster the integration of corporate cultures. Or maybe conducting due diligence became more about...
Seeking Credit in a Tough Market: A Round-Up of Advice
With the turbulence in the financial markets and the resultant liquidity crunch, it's becoming harder for people and businesses to get credit. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that USAA Federal Savings Bank raised credit-score cutoffs and Citigroup is charging higher auto-loan rates for borrowers with less than perfect credit....
Fugitive Norman Hsu's Forty Million Hoodwink
Yoink! The Wall Street Journal has discovered the intriguing source of Norman Hsu's seemingly limitless cache of campaign contribution cash. Hsu was largely financed by an investment fund run by Woodstock co-founder Joel Rosenman. How much did Rosenman's fund uwittingly put up for Hsu's political gallivanting? A cool $40 mil....
Scandal Ridden China Most Resembles ...?
America in the 1880s was rife with scandals and shady business deals -- Charles Dickens railed against our counterfeiting, Germany banned our contaminated pork, an investigation in Boston found, among other crimes, milk bulked up with chalk. Does this sound vaguely familiar? In a fascinating article in...
Can Murdoch Reorient the WSJ Without Alienating Existing Customers?
With the Bancroft family, primary owner of Dow Jones & Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, finally agreeing Tuesday night to accept Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's $5 billion bid for the company, one would think that the soap opera would be over. But frenzied media coverage continues, mostly speculating...
Are Businesses Serious About Ethics?
Are Businesses Serious About Ethics?EthicsI think executives need training in Ethics more so than college students. When I worked my first "real job" at Burger King, the general manager had us working until 7pm though legally we were only supposed to be there until 6pm. I objected but in order...
Daily Dispatch: Intel & Google, The WSJ, Barneys New York, and Retail Gains
Among a laundry list of technology heavy-weights, Intel and Google are spearheading a new climate initiative announced yesterday. The energy efficiency program, called Climate Savers Computing Initiative, said their goal is to "promote development, ...
Assert Yourself in a Brand-New Job
When you're hired for a newly created position, you have a great opportunity to make the job your own. On the flip side, you are filling a void. Job descriptions can change quickly if they exist at all, you may not have the resources you need, or your boss might...
Unanswered Questions at the New York Times
Arthur Sulzberger no doubt put a scare into New York Times Co. readers this week when he said the Times' print edition might not exist in five years, and said he didn't give a hoot one way or the other. I'm guessing this tactic is not the best way to quell...
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NBC will charge $3 million for 30-second Super Bowl ad
General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal plans to charge advertisers $3 million for a 30-second spot during next year's Super Bowl. The price exceeds the average $2.7 million News Corp.'s Fox got for a 30-second ad in this year's football championship game. Brian Walker, a spokesman for NBC,...
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