The importance of due diligence

Hewlett-Packard is learning that due diligence in buying another company is important. An $8.8 billion lesson is hardly one that…

12 years ago

CNBC and the “Rise Above” campaign

Ryan Chittum of Columbia Journalism Review is critical of CNBC's "Rise Above" campaign, which he argues is mere political posturing.…

12 years ago

WSJ names new assistant ME

Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following staff promotion on Tuesday:       In the…

12 years ago

FT Deutschland could close

Harro Ten Wolde and Peter Maushagen of Reuters report that the Financial Times edition in Germany could be closed. Ten…

12 years ago

Long live Twinkies

Last week, Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of beloved Twinkies snack cakes and the 1950s darling Wonder Bread, said it…

12 years ago

Arbitrator rules that Reuters violated union contract

  In the first of more than two dozen challenges to the widespread use of so-called performance improvement plans as…

12 years ago

WSJ says goodbye to Alan Murray

Earlier this month, Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray announced he was leaving the paper to become president…

12 years ago

CNNMoney names new personal finance writer

CNNMoney.com managing editor Lex Haris sent out the following staff announcement on Monday: I’m pleased to announce that we have…

12 years ago

Is China over?

This week may be the one that breaks the seven-month Chinese initial public offering drought. Chinese social media site YY…

12 years ago

A review of the 2012 Financial Follies

The society correspondent for Talking Biz News once again attended the Financial Follies, hosted by the New York Financial Writers'…

12 years ago