Kellog’s, which makes Corn Flakes, has been hit by a number of food recalls and safety issues over the past couple of years in America By Richard Blackden 11:23PM GMT 03 Nov [...]
Sir Howard Stringer, chief executive of Sony, said of its annus horibilis: ‘We’ve had everything but toads and pestilence.’ 1:25PM GMT 02 Nov 2011 Comments The Japanese electronics giant told [...]
Cricket in a fix: Sir Ian Botham has called for more action from the ICC regarding corruption Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND By Nick Hoult, Simon Briggs and Dean Nelson 9:00PM GMT 01 Nov 2011 Angus [...]
Imperial Tobacco Group Alison Cooper, Imperial Tobacco’s chief executive, described the combined effect of Spain’s ban on smoking in public places, which came into force in January, increases in excise duty and the tough macroeconomic conditions as having caused a “perfect storm”. She added: “I would [...]
Nick Buckles has been a victim of his own success to some extent, and that is likely to save him his job as G4S chief executive. Photo: David Rose By Graham Ruddick, Property & [...]
LONDON—Former News Corp. executive Les Hinton, confronted by a panel of U.K. lawmakers who questioned his earlier testimony about the company’s phone-hacking scandal, said he stood by his previous accounts and had relied on others in making key decisions and characterizations. The Culture, Media and Sport committee is focused on whether News Corp. executives [...]
LOS ANGELES—News Corp.’s board and management “will stop at nothing to get to the bottom” of a phone hacking scandal at the company’s U.K. newspaper unit “and put it right,” Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, told shareholders Friday. Mr. Murdoch and his two sons, Lachlan and James, were re-elected to the company’s [...]
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp., on Friday faced shareholders for the first time since a phone-hacking scandal at its UK newspaper unit embroiled the company and heightened criticism of what some see as a lack of independent oversight. Mr. Murdoch, speaking at the annual shareholders meeting in Los Angeles, said the [...]
As Yahoo Inc. shops itself to potential buyers, its core advertising business is weakening. That trend is evident through Craig Atkinson’s ad agency. Yahoo’s core advertising business is weakening — the company in some cases has cut prices 5% to 15% — a complication as Yahoo [...]
Image 1 of 2 Great Briton: IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon poses with the Borg-Warner Trophy during the traditional Indianapolis 500 winners photo Photo: GETTY IMAGES Image 1 of 2 Photo: GETTY IMAGES [...]
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