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A study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and
Booz Allen Hamilton found the corporate marketing function
is not aligned with the CEO’s agenda, instead focusing on
tactical issues such as maintaining branding guidelines,
sharing best practices, and counseling divisions. Further, the
joint study revealed that the role of the CMO is poorly defined
at an alarming number of companies, [...]
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January 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
AFP - Japanese companies on Thursday unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder.
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December 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - With some of the United States’ largest and most diversified companies ready to spell out their 2009 financial forecasts over the next two weeks, Wall Street is braced for bad news.
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December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Stocks rose for a second day on Wednesday as investors flocked to shares of Coke and other companies that hold up well in recessions following another round of disappointing economic data and corporate outlooks.
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December 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Australia slashed interest rates and the Bank of Japan moved to ease an acute cash crunch for companies, kicking off another round of global central bank action to soothe markets and shore up crumbling economies.
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November 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
SMITHTOWN, NY–(Marketwire - November 28, 2008) - Joseph Winters has been elected to the boards
of directors of Bank of Smithtown and Smithtown Bancorp (NASDAQ: SMTB). He
was elected to fill the vacancies created by the recent retirement of Dr.
Sanford Scheman from both boards.
Mr. Winters most recently served for nine years as CEO of Winters [...]
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November 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
AP - Clearwire Corp. has completed its merger with the unit of Sprint Nextel Corp. that is building a new wireless data network, the companies said Friday.
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November 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
BALTIMORE, MD–(Marketwire - November 24, 2008) - View Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VSYM), a leading
homeland defense solutions provider, announced today that the firm has
agreed to merge with WYTAN, a Golden, Colorado-based electronics
manufacturing company that specializes in surface mount and other emerging
assembly technologies including Ball Grid Array, Micro BGA, Chip Scale
Packages and Flip Chip.
Principals from both [...]
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November 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire - November 20, 2008) - For an 11th consecutive year, UBS ranks No. 1
in the Euro 100, “Institutional Investor’s” exclusive ranking of the
biggest European money managers; the bank had EUR 1.92 trillion ($2.83
trillion) in assets under management at the end of 2007.
Index giant Barclay’s Global Investors, takes second place in the [...]
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November 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac revealed Thursday afternoon they will work to keep Americans in their homes, announcing a suspension on foreclosures starting Nov. 26, 2008 until Jan. 9, 2009. The two companies said no evictions will…(read more)
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November 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Global audience and content network Adconian Media Group has acquired KTV Digital Media, a production studio and operator of video destination sites. Together the companies will form their own content development and syndication arm to be called RedLever.
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November 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two biggest U.S. home loan finance companies, on Thursday said they would suspend foreclosures of occupied homes until early 2009, as the government moves to stem the tide of home losses plaguing the economy.
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November 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
PORTLAND, ME–(Marketwire - November 19, 2008) - S&P 500 index companies spent an average of
more than $2 million on board
compensation last year according to preliminary findings of a director pay survey by The Corporate Library, now
in its tenth year as a fully independent corporate governance
research and advisory firm. The survey is based on compensation [...]
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November 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co posted stronger-than-expected results and forecast full-year profit above Wall Street estimates, underscoring its resilience to an economic crisis that has dragged down other tech companies.
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November 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Lowe’s Companies , the second-largest home improvement retailer, posted a lower quarterly profit on Monday and cut its full-year forecast as the deepening economic crisis led homeowners to put off big-ticket purchases.
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwire - November 13, 2008) - Woodbridge Holdings Corporation (NYSE: WDG) announced today that, reflecting the unprecedented decline in the
trading prices of shares of companies engaged in real estate related
activities, Woodbridge’s
Class A Common Stock has fallen below the New York Stock Exchange’s
requirements
for continued listing. Accordingly, Woodbridge anticipates that its Class
A Common [...]
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwire - November 13, 2008) - Woodbridge Holdings Corporation (NYSE: WDG) announced today that, reflecting the unprecedented decline in the
trading prices of shares of companies engaged in real estate related
activities, Woodbridge’s
Class A Common Stock has fallen below the New York Stock Exchange’s
requirements
for continued listing. Accordingly, Woodbridge anticipates that its Class
A Common [...]
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Lotame has released its Time Spent technology, which is part of its Crowd Control advertising platform. This technology allows companies to track how much time consumers spend in front of and engaged with advertisements on social networking sites such as Bebo, Flixter, Meez and Fotolog.
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - U.S. mortgage finance companies should soon adopt a foreclosure prevention plan developed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ease loan terms for troubled borrowers, the companies’ overseer said on Thursday.
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Some companies are making employees’ treks to the office cheaper with tax-saving commuter accounts.
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
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November 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
AP - Intel Corp.’s deep cuts to its fourth-quarter guidance offers further evidence that technology companies are in for a beating because of the economy.
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November 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
Some companies are making employees’ treks to the office cheaper with tax-saving commuter accounts.
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November 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Applied Materials Inc , the No. 1 computer chip-equipment maker, posted a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly profit and said it will slash 1,800 jobs, or 12 percent of its workforce to cut costs, boosting its shares more than 5 percent.
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November 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
Reuters - Asian shares fell for a second day on Wednesday and oil prices hovered near a 20-month low as poor corporate earnings highlighted the damage from the global economic slowdown on companies and consumers.
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