Friday, May 29, 2009

Freenet May Cut 900 Jobs After Selling DSL Business, Focus Says (Bloomberg)

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Freenet AG may have to cut 900 jobs after selling its digital subscriber-line business to United Internet AG, Focus magazine reported, without saying how it got the information.

Scots cities 'hot business hubs' (BBC News)

Three Scottish cities are tipped to become among the country's new business hubs in what a report says is the biggest shake-up since the industrial revolution.

VERSACE'S BUSINESS MODEL STUMBLES ON THE CATWALK (New York Post)

While Versace's leadership gets a shuffle in Europe, the fashion brand's US business has been drifting for months -- as one top executive has quietly left the company and another is mired in a sex scandal. At its Milan headquarters, the racy...

Choosing insurnace for small business (BigPond News)

Finding the right type of insurance for a small business can be vital to its survival if faced with a disaster situation.

Video Game Music: Big Business, Big Money (NPR)

Tommy Tallarico composes music for video games. Video game music has become a huge business with game makers spending millions of dollars just on the musical score. Tallarico talks with David Greene about the business of music for video games.

SBA To Finance Auto-Dealer Inventories Under Pilot Program - Wall Street Journal


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SBA To Finance Auto-Dealer Inventories Under Pilot Program
Wall Street Journal
The Small Business Administration will offer government-guaranteed loans to finance inventories for dealers of automobiles and similar big-ticket items. The new pilot program is another step by the federal government to prop up businesses suffering ...
Small Business Administration to offer loans to auto, RV dealers Bizjournals.com
Center can help small businesses seeking SBA loans The Southern
SBA to Offer Financing to Help Car Dealerships Washington Post
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Industry Moves: Yahoo CFO Jorgensen Is Going Into The Jeans Business - Reuters


Industry Moves: Yahoo CFO Jorgensen Is Going Into The Jeans Business
Reuters
By Joseph Tartakoff - paidContent.org Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CFO Blake Jorgensen is joining Levi Strauss & Co. The jeans maker announced today that it had hired Jorgensen as its new CFO, effective July 1. Yahoo said in February that Jorgensen would be ...
Levi Strauss & Co. Appoints New Chief Financial Officer Earthtimes (press release)
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Paterson administration: 1 out, 2 in Business First of Buffalo - Bizjournals.com


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Paterson administration: 1 out, 2 in Business First of Buffalo
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Eric Dinallo, superintendent of the state Insurance Department, is leaving for a top finance teaching post at New York University. Dinallo has headed the insurance unit since January 2007. Dinallo, who earned his law degree from NYU, ...
Dinallo Steps Down as Superintendent of Insurance in New York Bloomberg
New York Chief of Insurance Stepping Down New York Times
Eric Dinallo Eyes a Run at AG Post Wall Street Journal
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Bank of America gets in the luxury hotel business (USA Today)

USA TODAY's Barbara De Lollis has a scoop on Bank of America's latest venture. The bank, which has taken $45 billion in federal TARP money, is getting into the luxury hotel business by opening a Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, N.C., across from its corporate headquarters. It will be the city's first five-story hotel. Read more of her story here at Hotel Check-In.

Iams pet-care business to move Ohio base - BusinessWeek


Iams pet-care business to move Ohio base
BusinessWeek
Procter & Gamble Co. says the headquarters of its Iams pet-care business will move from Vandalia, Ohio, north of Dayton to Mason near Cincinnati in October. P&G pet-care spokesman Jason Taylor said Thursday the company expects all 240 employees at the ...
Procter & Gamble moving Iams operation to Mason Bizjournals.com
Iams headquarters moving from Vandalia to Mason Dayton Daily News
Iams relocating HQ to Mason Cincinnati.com
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Cassidy: San Jose greeting card business finds quick success (San Jose Mercury News)

It was only three years ago that Judy Dugan and Julia Murphy launched Jumping Cracker Bean (don't ask) as a business. But already the Silicon Valley greeting card company has its own special occasion to mark.

Global Business Leaders Issue Call for Effective Climate Change Treaty (SocialFunds.com)

By Robert Kropp. At the World Business Summit on Climate Change, statement by business leaders outlines issues that an effective climate change treaty must address.

Pimco COO Weil To Oversee Advisory Business - Wall Street Journal


Pimco COO Weil To Oversee Advisory Business
Wall Street Journal
Pacific Investment Management Co. announced that Chief Operating Officer Richard Weil will oversee the giant asset manager's advisory business. Succeeding him will be Douglas Hodge, who has helped build Pimco's Asia Pacific operations the past seven ...

Florida’s top business regulator creates ‘in touch’ effort (BizJournals)

Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation has launched a cost-free initiative it said is designed to obtain customer feedback.

Iams pet-care business to move Ohio base (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Procter & Gamble Co. says the headquarters of its Iams pet-care business will move from Vandalia, Ohio, north of Dayton to Mason near Cincinnati in October.

Major business events scheduled for Friday (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department releases first-quarter gross domestic product, 8:30 a.m.

Major business events scheduled for Friday (AP via Yahoo! News)

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday:

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

World Business Leaders Issue "Call" for New Climate Treaty - Reuters


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World Business Leaders Issue "Call" for New Climate Treaty
Reuters
By climatebiz Staff - climatebiz Staff Business leaders from around the world issued a manifesto Tuesday advocating an international climate change treaty that will offer certainty, jump start investment and help rev up the ailing global economy. ...
Video: Al Gore: Political Will is a 'Renewable Resource' EUX.TV
Business leaders call for climate policies that are long, loud and ... guardian.co.uk
71 arrested in Copenhagen resisting World Business Summit on ... It's Getting Hot In Here
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Why Mac Clones Are Good For Business - PC World


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Why Mac Clones Are Good For Business
PC World
However, that doesn't mean business users don't need--and want--Apple clones. One of the reasons for Apple's softness in the business market is its high prices and single source of supply. While Apple makes a strong case for lower cost of ownership, ...
Psystar promises bankruptcy court it will rethink its business plan BetaNews
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To Get a Business Loan, Know How the Bank Thinks - New York Times


To Get a Business Loan, Know How the Bank Thinks
New York Times, United States
By SCOTT MEDINTZ To hear some small-business owners talk, getting a loan remains all but impossible. And yet, many bankers claim that their small-business loan volume is up significantly. So, is the small-business credit crisis over or not? ...

In Business Cases, Portrait Of Sotomayor Begins To Emerge - Wall Street Journal


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In Business Cases, Portrait Of Sotomayor Begins To Emerge
Wall Street Journal
Legal experts say that decisions she has written or on which she has been with the majority are varied and offer an insight into how she may rule on business issues should she win confirmation to the high court. The Visa and Mastercard case saw ...
Video: Who is Sotomayor? KRQE.com
What would Sotomayor mean for business? CNN
Sotomayor's Appellate Opinions Are Unpredictable, Lawyers and ... New York Times
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Business Highlights - The Associated Press


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Business Highlights
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That assessment came from leading forecasters in a survey by the National Association for Business Economics released Wednesday. It is generally in line with the outlook from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues. ...
A look at economic developments around the globe The Associated Press
AP Executive Morning Briefing The Associated Press
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Video Interview: Biz Talks Twitter Business Models - Washington Post


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Video Interview: Biz Talks Twitter Business Models
Washington Post, United States
I caught up with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone today on video at the AllThingsD conference to ask him what business models might emerge for the company. In the video above, he talks about different things Twitter can do to help marketers connect with ...
Twitter co-founders on their business model CNET News
Twitter Still Hasn't Figured Out Its Business Model: CEO CNBC
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Senate passes small business tax cut legislation - Houston Chronicle


Senate passes small business tax cut legislation
Houston Chronicle, United States
The bill approved Wednesday by the Texas Senate would boost the exemption to $1 million for the next two years, taking about 40000 businesses off the tax rolls. The bill by Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, now heads back to the Texas House, ...
Small-business tax break passes Austin American-Statesman
Ogden 'sweep' of doctor bill money shifts yet more of school ... Dallas Morning News
Texas Legislature Passes Massive Smokeless and Other Tobacco Tax ... PR Newswire (press release)
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