Salesforce.com is expanding its cloud computing service with a new option that lets customers more easily build external Web sites.The company is expected to announce the new service, called Force.com Sites, at its Dreamforce user conference on Monday in San ...Read More
A former executive at a Cambridge biotech company has been sentenced to three years in prison for falsely telling a federal judge he was gravely ill with colon cancer in order to derail a government lawsuit against him over an ...Read More
NEW YORK - Michelin rolled out a global media campaign on Tuesday that touts the cost savings of its tires as it fights for market share in an increasingly competitive market.
The campaign features the French company's legendary Michelin Man and ...Read More
NEW YORK (AP) - Michelin rolled out a global media campaign on Tuesday that touts the cost savings of its tires as it fights for market share in an increasingly competitive market. The campaign features the French company's legendary Michelin Man ...Read More
DETROIT - With sales down sharply, Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne shook up his executive team yesterday, replacing two brand managers and splitting Dodge into car and truck units.
The changes show Marchionne demands performance, analysts said. But they are also ...Read More
DETROIT—With sales down sharply and pressure to start generating cash before government loans run out, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne shook up his executive team Monday, replacing two of his brand managers after just four months and splitting Dodge into car ...Read More
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- MySpace, News Corp.’s social-networking Web site, hired its first chief financial officer,adding to the management team being assembled by Chief ExecutiveOfficer Owen Van Natta.
Mark Rosenbaum, a former consultant to Metro-Goldwyn-MayerInc., will oversee budgeting, strategic planning and ...Read More
When Condé Nast announced plans to shutter flagship foodie title Gourmet, along with Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie, Epicureans, brides and mothers were stunned and saddened. Readers poured out their disappointment on magazine blogs. But ad buyers said the ...Read More
Chrysler Group LLC is replacing two of its recently named brand CEOs, spinning off its Ram trucks as a separate brand, and asking its top designer to take on the added responsibility of CEO of the Dodge car brand. Gone are ...Read More
NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace has named a former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer consultant as its chief financial officer, a new position for the online social network. Mark Rosenbaum was a financial consultant to the MGM movie studio, and before ...Read More
Qualcomm also indicated that it would support Flash 10.1 in its chipsets for "smartbooks," although it was unclear whether it would be able to use its hardware to provide additional acceleration. Nvidia's announcement was leaked last week. However, Nvidia said Monday ...Read More
Local crisis management experts gave high marks to David Letterman’s frank on-air revelation Thursday of a $2 million extortion attempt that threatened to reveal the late-night talk show host’s sexual liaisons with female staff.
Letterman took control of the story by ...Read More
ViaSat Inc. is acquiring Wild Blue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, the companies said Thursday. Privately held Wild Blue, in which Liberty Media Corp. holds a 37 percent stake, ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel is expanding its probe of credit rating agencies to look at why securities regulators ignored warnings from former Moody's Corp (MCO.N) executives about the company's weak compliance department and ratings process. Rep. Edolphus Towns, ...Read More
The owner of Sheraton hotels will offer thousands of guests a free night's stay in dozens of North American locations as part of a massive campaign that kicks off Wednesday to highlight the chain's $6 billion revitalization efforts. The deal is ...Read More
WASHINGTON—A former employee of Moody's Investors Service warned federal regulators in March about deficiencies in the credit rating agency's monitoring of municipal bonds after being rebuffed by Moody's executives, a document shows. Scott McCleskey, who was a senior vice president for ...Read More
Fifteen years after he left Apple, one of the original developers of the Newton touchscreen handheld device has returned to the company, as it is believed to be developing that product's spiritual successor. The hiring of Michael Tchao was confirmed Monday ...Read More
AT&T is accusing Google of violating one of the Federal Communication Commission's four Internet policy principles by blocking some calls from consumers that use Google Voice.The charge, outlined in a letter AT&T sent to the FCC on Friday, is the ...Read More
AT&T Inc. said that any new "net neutrality" rules enacted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must also apply to Internet companies such as Google Inc. and others. Without equal treatment, Google would have an unfair advantage, since its voice services ...Read More
AT&T on Friday accused Google of violating the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules by blocking Google Voice calls to some rural areas. In a letter to the FCC, the carrier said Google is claiming an advantage over other telecommunications ...Read More
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said any new 'net neutrality' rules imposed by U.S. regulators need to apply to Web companies like Google Inc as much as to phone companies to ensure a level playing field. In a ...Read More
