The "like" button on Facebook seems like a relatively clear way to express your support for something, but a federal judge says that doesn't mean clicking it is constitutionally protected speech.
Popular brands don’t always stay popular, but some that fall out of favor return to the marketplace in better positions than they held before being written off. See the brands that defied conventional wisdom and came back after everyone counted them out.
Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in a movie about the late Apple co-founder from his early days as a "wayward hippie" up through to his technology ventures, according to show business publication Variety.
Wednesday, 7 Mar 2012 | Source: The New York Times
Powerful, visionary chiefs can create billion-dollar brands. Steven Jobs at Apple and Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook are often-cited examples. But we’ve recently seen some illustrations in the takeover world of the dark side of the chief executive. Being powerful and visionary, or at least thinking you are, can lead corporate chieftains to great heights, but also to extreme narcissism. And the victims are often shareholders, the New York Times reports.
Apple crushed earnings estimates as sales of iPhones and iPods soared. The company also projected earnings for the current quarter that were higher than analyst projections.
Weakening economies and falling prices of rival smartphones are hurting sales of Apple iPhones across Europe, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Thursday.
Wednesday, 7 Dec 2011 | Posted By:
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A global corporation is no less likely to make questionable executive hiring decisions as the average small business, and CEOs of major corporations have the short tenures on their resumes to prove it. Click ahead to see who some of these here-today-gone-tomorrow CEOs are.
Wednesday, 30 Nov 2011 | Posted By:
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Whether it's running a multinational company or a family business, being the CEO requires a special set of skills. The demands are even greater for those taking the helm at a struggling company.
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011 | Posted By:
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This holiday season there’s a book for every reader on your list. Some must-haves include biographies of the royals, books that will forever change the way you think about money, books that inspired this season’s most-anticipated movies, and a book that will really make you think about how you think.
The public adoration of Apple spacer co-founder Steve Jobs started long before his death on October 5. But one self-proclaimed worshipper in the house of Mac became disillusioned after investigating how Apple products are made in China.
Thursday, 10 Nov 2011 | Source: The New York Times
Larry Page, Google’s chief executive, so hates wasting time at meetings that he once dumped his secretary to avoid being scheduled for them. He does not much like e-mail either—even his own Gmail—saying the tedious back-and-forth takes too long to solve problems., the New York Times reports.
The author writes, "Super-managers...are so sure of their will and skill to succeed that they can’t see what they don’t know, and refuse to accept that some forces are beyond their control."... Read More