Sony, striving for its first annual profit in five years, said Thursday it sold a Tokyo office complex for about $1.2 billion. "Sony City Osaki," a building and block of land in a prime section of the Japanese capital near bustling Osaki ...
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After creating a ruckus for calling all of its telecommuters back into the office, Yahoo is trying to quell some of the furor. Yahoo last week issued a memo informing employees that the company was ending work-at-home arrangements. As of ...
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After causing uproar by calling all of its telecommuters back into the office, Yahoo is trying to quell some of the bad publicity. Yahoo last week issued a memo to employees that the company was ending work-at-home agreements. As of June, ...
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Alcatel-Lucent's board has appointed Michel Combes as the company's new CEO, following Ben Verwaayen's recent resignation. It only took the Alcatel-Lucent's board two weeks to appoint a new CEO after Verwaayen's plan to step down became ...
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Aixtron SE (FSE: AIX; NASDAQ: AIXG), the Germany-based manufacturer of deposition equipment for LED materials growth, has appointed a new CEO. Paul Hyland, the company’s current president and CEO, will leave effective February 28, ...
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Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc. announced earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012. For the fourth quarter of 2012 on a GAAP basis, income from continuing operations was $61 million, or $0.50 per share, compared to income from continuing ...
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Alcatel-Lucent on Friday announced that its board of directors had appointed Michael Combes as the firm’s new CEO, following Ben Verwaayen’s resignation from the top job earlier this month. Combes’ appointment will be ...
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As part of Marissa Mayer's comeback plan for Yahoo, the company unveiled its revamped homepage today. Mayer, Yahoo's new CEO, showed off the new homepage during an interview on NBC's Today Show. "Well, we wanted [the homepage] to be ...
Flowers Foods, a US-based producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods, has appointed Allen L Shiver as chief executive officer and president, effective 22 May 2013. Shiver has worked for over 33 years with Flowers Foods and currently ...
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Allen Shiver, president of US baker Flowers Foods, has been named the company's new CEO. Shiver, who has spent over three decades at Flowers, will replace George Deese in May. Deese, also Flowers chairman, will become executive chairman. ...
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Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods could be forced to compromise its recovery plan by selling key power brands to boost its troubled balanced sheet, according to a leading City analyst. Not for sale: Premier’s ...
Editor's note: This story has been updated based on corrected information from T-Mobile to clarify the status of the shared data plans for business. T-Mobile USA plans to lure new business customers with shared data plans and no early ...
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US-based health insurer WellPoint (WLP) has named Joseph Swedish as the company's new chief executive officer effective from 25 March 2013. Swedish, who replaces interim chief executive officer John Cannon, joins WLP from Trinity Health ...
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City analyst Investec has criticised the “revolving door” at Premier Foods, after another key member of its management team left the firm this week. Room at the top: first ceo Clarke and now chief operating officer Eaton have ...
Alcatel-Lucent reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.81 billion and revenue declined by 1.3%, and that it has started hunting for a new CEO. Current CEO Ben Verwaayen will step down as soon as a replacement is found, and will not seek ...