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Tyco CEO Breen resigns from Comcast board

2011-11-07 16:33:28

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Americans putting less company stock in their 401(k)s

2010-12-16 16:34:49

<![CDATA[Americans putting less company stock in their 401(k)s]]>

Jerome York dies at 71; financial wizard was credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM

2010-03-18 17:22:00

Jerome York, an Apple Inc. board member and a financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday of a brain aneurysm. He was 71. He died at a Pontiac, Mich., hospital where he was taken Tuesday night. York, who led an...

Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation

2007-01-07 00:00:00

Ebocha, Nigeria — Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But polio is not the...

Foundation investments

2007-01-07 00:00:00

A sampling of the Gates Foundation's largest investments*: More than $1.5 billion Berkshire Hathaway Inc.** Canadian government Between $1 billion and $1.5 billion Fannie Mae German government Between $100 million and $1 billion Abbott...

The day ahead in business April 26

2013-04-26 03:30:00

Reports: GDP for the first quarter, 7:30 a.m.; Michigan consumer sentiment for April, 8:55 a.m. Local earnings: AbbVie Inc., Acco Brands Corp., Amcol International Corp., Aon Plc, Ventas Inc. Other major earnings: Alcatel Lucent SA, Autoliv Inc.,...

News briefs for Monday, May 7

2012-05-07 04:01:00

House GOP plan cuts social programs to stave off Pentagon cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a wave of budget...

The day ahead in business

2012-01-31 03:30:00

Mistakes of Enron repeated again and again

2011-12-04 00:00:00

Mailbag: No more Republican talking points on jobs

2011-10-18 19:40:32

There were so many Republican talking points in the Oct. 12 Forum letter from Anita Meister-Boyd that it made me curious about her background ("Commentary: Jobs bill fails to address unemployment"). She is not only a resident of Newport Coast, but she...

8 outrageous executive perks

2011-04-01 00:00:00

It's annual-meeting season, which means shareholders are about to get their once-a-year look at the pay and goodies given to corporate top dogs as disclosed in company proxy statements. The multimillion-dollar pay packages handed out this year will...

Wal-Mart battling the blues this holiday season

2006-12-10 00:00:00

Q: I hear good and bad about my Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shares. What's the real story? -- V.T., via the Internet A: With the world's largest retailer going all out to capture sales through deeper discounts in the United States and expansion abroad, this is...

Michelangelo was spinning in his grave. And not so much that a likeness of his sculpture "David" was serving vodka in a most unusual fashion at a toga party Dennis Kozlowski threw for his wife.

2011-07-04 22:00:00

Former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski arrives for his bail hearing in September 2002 after he and former chief finance officer Mark Swartz were charged with stealing $170 million in company loans and other funds, and obtaining more than $430 million through fraudulent sales of

2002-09-19 00:00:00

Former Tyco International Ltd. CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski was among three former executives charged Thursday with allegedly pillaging Tyco of millions of dollars for personal use.

2002-09-12 09:15:03