Tag - Business
In the current scenario, pertaining to the private or for that matter the governmental organizations, downsizing, has become a prominent feature. Today, organizations prefer to reduce the size of the manpower employed in order to come at par with the...
Wal-Mart - does the name sound familiar? Well, this is one of the biggest retail chain in the U.S. But, with the growth of other brand names like KMart, Macy's, as well as Kroger, Wal-Mart is facing a hard time in the retail business. With the ever..
Microsoft seems to have lost its patience with Yahoo. It is contemplating a hostile bid for the company, if Yahoo! does not begin talks with Microsoft soon. The outlook of Microsoft had been clarified by its chief financial officer Chris Liddell after..
Airbus said on Tuesday it expects at least 290 plane orders from the Dubai Air Show, raking in some $85 billion in announcements this week. Airbus S.A.S. is the civil aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS N.V. (European Aeronautic Defense and...
Even after the end of the Cold War and the rising US political and commercial hegemony, Russia is still nurturing its ambition to revive its former glory by becoming a major force to reckon with has become clear with the recent move by the...
The troubled Wall Street investment bank Merrill Lynch, now has a new chairman and chief executive - John Thain, the chief executive of NYSE Euronext. He replaces Stan O'Neal who stepped down two weeks ago after the company announced that it was...
Renowned carmaker BMW announced Friday that it is planning to discharge thousands of workers as a step to combat increasing costs and rivalry from its competitors such as Mercedes. This action would mark the company's first noteworthy layoff in a span..
No amount of cajoling or coaxing made Yahoo accede to Microsoft’s demand for acquisition. Heartbroken, Microsoft has finally given up its plan to acquire Yahoo. It will instead tread a solitary path to achieve its goal of increasing its share in...
Cognos, is to be acquired by I.B.M. for $4.9 billion. The takeover of Cognos, which is based in Ottawa, followed last month's acquisition of the French company Business Objects, another maker of business intelligence software, by SAP of Germany for...
Most of us thought that the Yahoo-Microsoft saga is over while many were anticipating some covert tactics of hostile takeover of Yahoo by Microsoft. Proving both the groups wrong, the Yahoo-Microsoft saga has been revived from an unexpected quarter....
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