University of Chicago Names Business School Dean - Wall Street Journal
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:46:20 GMT+00:00
School Dean Wall Street Journal The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business ended its months-long search for a new dean, naming Sunil Kumar--currently the ... University of Chicago Names Sunil Kumar as Business Dean to Succeed Snyder Bloomberg Chicago Booth names dean Financial Times

Business Highlights - Forbes
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:44:33 GMT+00:00
Highlights Forbes minneapolis (AP) - Boeing's second-quarter profit fell 21 percent, and it said layoffs are likely in its defense business because of expected government ... CVS cites progress in drug plan business Reuters AM Vitals: Aetna Reports Earnings Jump, Contracts Out PBM Business Wall Street Journal (blog) Analysts Question Aetna on CVS Caremark Deal Wall Street Journal (blog) BusinessWeek

Durable Goods Orders Fall While Business Spending Up - ABC News
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:16:53 GMT+00:00
Spending Up ABC News "The bottom line is that the data show business investment had a very strong second quarter and, although the recovery in manufacturing may be losing a ... Capital Goods Orders in US Climb, Signaling Investment Pickup Bloomberg Summary Box: Durable goods orders slide in June The Associated Press US Stocks Down On Mixed Earnings, Lower Durable Goods Orders Wall Street Journal

Triumph Group Declares Quarterly Dividend - MarketWatch (press release)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:41:34 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch (press release) The company serves a broad, worldwide spectrum of the aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers of commercial, regional, business and ...

Flowserve Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results - MarketWatch (press release)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:21:39 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch (press release) "The benefits of realignment, supply chain management and steady aftermarket business helped offset some of the margin pressure from sales volume and ... International Shipholding Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results MarketWatch (press release) Bruker Corporation Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter and First ... MarketWatch (press release) Service Corporation International Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial ... MarketWatch (press release) MarketWatch (press release)

SAP reports revenue up 12 percent, earnings up 15 percent - BusinessWeek
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:17:08 GMT+00:00
BusinessWeek It forecast that underlying revenue growth in its core business of software and software-related services will accelerate following completion of its ... SAP Slips As Sales Weaken Outside Americas Wall Street Journal SAP sales outlook disappoints investors Financial Times SAP Second-Quarter Profit Climbs 15% on Software Sales, Misses Estimates Bloomberg The Associated Press  - MarketWatch (press release)  - Forbes

Business backs UK curbs on foreign takeovers - Financial Times
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:18:38 GMT+00:00
backs UK curbs on foreign takeovers Financial Times The main business lobby group has put its weight behind potential moves to curb the growing number of foreign ... Takeover code tweaks won't affect corporate behaviour The Guardian

Phoenix business target of identity theft raid - BusinessWeek
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:28:52 GMT+00:00
target of identity theft raid BusinessWeek Maricopa County sheriff's deputies are searching for 25 workers suspected of identity theft and fraud at a south Phoenix business . ...

Air France Says Recovery in Business Travel, Freight Drove Earnings Boost - Bloomberg
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:49:34 GMT+00:00
Travel, Freight Drove Earnings Boost Bloomberg Air France-KLM Group, Europe's biggest airline, said resurgent business travel and freight traffic helped ... European Stocks Rise to 12-Week High; Air France, LVMH Up Bloomberg

Is jailbreaking iPhones a business opportunity? - Computerworld (blog)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:04:10 GMT+00:00
opportunity? Computerworld (blog) One intriguing question: Would it now be legal to start a business jailbreaking iPhones for other people? Could you legally buy iPhones from Apple, ...

Business news in brief - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:05:47 GMT+00:00
news in brief Philadelphia Inquirer Possibilities include going private and selling business units or the entire company, the company said. Resource America's advisers are the law firm Stevens ... Merck in Talks for China Partnership Wall Street Journal

Business news in brief | Disney gains video game role; earnings reports - Kansas City Star
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:13:30 GMT+00:00
news in brief | Disney gains video game role; earnings reports Kansas City Star It's the latest sign the company is becoming a formidable player in the video game industry. The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is buying Playdom to ... Business Briefs, 7/27: United-Continental merger gets European clearance; plus ... Kansas City Star United Airlines President John Tague, CFO Kathryn Mikells to Leave United ... MarketWatch (press release) United-Continental Merger Receives Unconditional Clearance from the European ... MarketWatch (press release)

Citrix Q2 profit misses Street, ups 2010 rev view - Reuters
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:38:11 GMT+00:00
Reuters July 28 (Reuters) - Business software maker Citrix Systems Inc (CTXS.O) posted weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings, hurt by an expected 7 cents a share ...

BP no longer 'British' - Bangkok Post
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:36:25 GMT+00:00
Bangkok Post Thailand keeps shooting itself in the head, despite pleas from the foreign business community to put the gun down. A steady stream of corrupt practices runs ... BP's waning Britishness causes few ripples in UK The Associated Press

Obama urges passage of small-business initiatives - Washington Post
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:46:35 GMT+00:00
initiatives Washington Post "The main thing holding up the small business bill now is that Senator Reid keeps getting off of it: to pass the Wall Street bill, to pass the supplemental ...

Lazard Posts $53 Million Profit for Second Quarter - New York Times (blog)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:28:17 GMT+00:00
New York Times (blog) The firm's core financial advisory division also reported a slight uptick in its mergers business , while its restructuring unit a major source of income ... Lazard 2Q Net Beats Views, Asset Management Jumps Wall Street Journal Lazard Ltd Reports Second-Quarter and First-Half 2010 Results MarketWatch (press release) Lazard Declares Quarterly Dividend MarketWatch (press release)

Availability of credit a matter of life and death for small business - The Guardian
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:32:54 GMT+00:00
The Guardian Bank of England governor Mervyn King drew attention to the plight of individual small firms that find it hard to borrow at the Treasury select committee ... It's heartbreaking how the banks are starving businesses of cash, says King Daily Mail King condemns banks' treatment of customers Independent

REFILE-UPDATE 3-German business morale surges to three-year high - Reuters
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:11:02 GMT+00:00
morale surges to three-year high Reuters BERLIN, July 23 (Reuters) - German business sentiment leapt by a record margin in July to reach its highest level in three years, ... German Business Confidence Unexpectedly Surges Bloomberg German Business Confidence Leaps Wall Street Journal German business sentiment at three-year high Financial Times MarketWatch  - Deutsche Welle  - Xinhua

Canadian consumer and business confidence mixed - Reuters Canada
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:30:12 GMT+00:00
confidence mixed Reuters Canada The CICA/RBC Business Monitor for the second quarter showed 57 percent of top level executives with first-hand knowledge about the financial performance of ... Consumer Confidence Drops, but Americans Spend More Newsweek

Windows Phone 7 misses big-business support tools - Register
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:32:23 GMT+00:00
support tools Register Rosoff noted that while Apple's iPhone is widely supported in business , when IT mandates a mobile platform it has tended to be RIM's BlackBerry or Windows ... Is it time for Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to go? Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)