Corporate Officers

Seamless, GrubHub to merge online takeout ordering services

2013-05-20 08:08:00

That deep dish pizza or juicy burger from the restaurant you’re just too busy (or lazy) to drive to yourself could be�within reach, as major online takeout ordering services Seamless North America and GrubHub Inc. move to combine into a single...

Yahoo, Tumblr take to social network to confirm $1.1-billion deal [video chat]

2013-05-20 08:08:00

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO David Karp both took to Tumblr Monday morning to confirm what we all suspected: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. Mayer's Yahoo will be paying $1.1 billion for Tumblr, most of it in cash, but the social network will continue...

MGM posts strong first quarter results on "Skyfall," "Hobbit"

2013-05-16 16:29:00

Buoyed by the billion-dollar box-office blockbusters “Skyfall” and “The Hobbit: �An Unexpected Journey,” MGM Holdings Inc., the parent of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., posted first-quarter net income of $57.4 million. That was more...

Enron's Jeff Skilling doesn't deserve a break

2013-05-17 19:20:00

As if you didn't know this already, we're coddling criminals in America. By that I don't mean the petty drug dealers, three-strikes necklace-snatchers and other mooks filling up our state prisons; many of them are doing hard time. I'm talking about...

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon facing push to drop chairman title

2013-05-17 17:51:00

NEW YORK — A major shareholder vote next week has Wall Street abuzz over the power and future of Jamie Dimon, leader of the country's biggest bank. As chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dimon burnished his reputation by steering...

Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state

2013-05-16 18:05:00

MEXICO CITY — Responding to mounting concern about disorder in the Mexican state of Michoacan, officials announced Thursday that an army general would take over as its public security chief, overseeing both state and federal security forces. The...

Tampa Bay puts David Price on DL because of strained triceps

2013-05-17 00:00:00

The Tampa Bay Rays put Cy Young Award winner David Price on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left triceps. This is the first time in Price's career that he has been on the DL. The left-hander departed his start Wednesday night against Boston...

Bruce Rosenblum exiting Warner Bros.

2013-05-15 09:07:00

Warner Bros. Television Group Chief Executive Bruce Rosenblum is resigning less than six months after being passed over for the top job at the movie and television production giant. "Bruce has been a vital member of the Warner Bros. family and a good...

Man hands out Abercrombie clothes on skid row in bid to shame brand

2013-05-15 11:49:00

Anger has mounted online against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch due to comments made by its chief executive and its strategy of not making women’s clothing in any size above large. The most recent high-profile criticism is a viral YouTube...

Warner Bros.' Tsujihara begins changes; six executives promoted

2013-05-15 11:57:00

Warner Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara has begun building his own team at the Burbank entertainment company, distributing power among a handful of key executives who have long toiled in the trenches. On Wednesday, Tsujihara announced a new...

Larry Page speaks at Google I/O, day after revealing voice ailment

2013-05-15 13:49:00

Just a day after taking to Google+ to reveal a vocal-cord ailment that has kept him out of the public eye, Google CEO Larry Page took to the stage at the Google I/O conference Wednesday and spoke for nearly an hour. Appearing before independent...

Macy's profit rises on solid sales

2013-05-15 14:41:51

Macy's Inc. reported a 20% increase in first-quarter profit even though cool temperatures and economic worries damped some shoppers' spending on spring clothes. The company, which also operates the upscale Bloomingdale's chain, is also raising its...

Kirstie Alley slammed Abercrombie honcho Michael Jeffries this week, taking personal shots at the chief exec in the wake of a media blast started by a story explaining why the clothing retailer wouldn't stock items in sizes larger than, well, large.

2013-05-17 14:11:00

Catholic education reform group Cristo Rey Network has elected Randy Kurtz as its president and chief executive officer. Kurtz succeeds interim president the Rev. Joseph P. Parkes. Kurtz was previously head of Midwest corporate finance at Deutsche Bank.

2013-05-13 12:42:00

Robert F. Baronner Jr., left, chairman of West Virginia University Hospitals-East, and Bruce McClymonds, president and chief executive officer of WVU Hospitals in Morgantown, W.Va., were among those attending a press conference Monday at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Martinsburg, W.

2013-05-13 00:00:00