Public relations professionals and legal practitioners are no strangers to a crisis meeting. Often the first two resources sought by management in the midst of chaos are these two “opposing” forces. The legal department is looking to protect the company from adversity in the court of law, while the PR department is looking to salvage [...]
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Lexis Nexis site catalogues court cases
April 29, 2009
Microsoft positioned to capitalize on financial spotlight
April 21, 2009
Investors are watching closely this week, anticipating the release of Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report on Thursday. The world’s largest software company hasn’t enjoyed recent success like other companies in the technology sector – an industry that has been able to earn marginal success in the struggling economy – but it’s report will be examined for [...]
Growth in technology sector spurs B2B mending
March 16, 2009
Despite the global economic slump, analysts of the technology sector are expecting an increase of smartphone and netbook sales in 2009. Increased production of these small mobile Internet devices also means increased revenue for computer chipmakers such as Intel and Freescale. Netbooks — small, light, inexpensive notebooks — and smartphones have seen tremendous growth in [...]
Miami University (OH) is open with students about finances
March 10, 2009
Facing financial duress, Miami University has begun to implement changes as part of a $22 million budget cut planned for the next fiscal year. Because the institution is one of Ohio’s premier public universities, Miami administrators have made a point to make their financial decisions in a manner that least affects the academics of the [...]
Microscope on bank CEOs in times of economic crisis
February 26, 2009
Wall St. CEOs traveled thriftily on their way to face Congress earlier this month, where they explained what banks have been doing with over $175 billion of taxpayers’ money over the last four months. Efforts to travel economically were likely a response to the commotion created when CEOs from the automakers industry arrived in D.C. [...]
Eaton Corp. cuts 5,200 jobs on Inauguration Day
February 18, 2009
On Jan. 21, Eaton Corp., an industrial parts and systems manufacturer based in Cleveland, announced it is cutting 5,200 jobs due to declining customer demand in the global economic downturn. This announcement came two weeks after Eaton’s CEO Sandy Cutler appeared on MSNBC’s “Mad Money” to speak with host Jim Cramer about a 27 percent [...]
