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Former Broadcom executive emerges intact from options scandal
Almost from its inception, the federal government's options backdating case against executives of Broadcom Corp. reeked of cheap melodrama more than it gleamed with truth-seeking about corporate accounting and corporate pay. You can count Bill Ruehle,...
Tags: Henry Samueli, Prosecution, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Defendants
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Groupon IPO: Did investors get a deal or a dud?
Money & CompanySome relevant numbers in the wake of daily-deals purveyor Groupon Inc.’s initial public stock offering, which began trading on Friday: --- Deal size: The Chicago company sold 35 million shares at $20 each, raising $700 million. It was the largest...... -
Karatz probation sentence the latest setback for prosecutors in backdating cases
Money & CompanyThe probation sentence handed down to former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz on Wednesday was the latest in a string of disappointments in the Justice Departmentâs crackdown on stock options backdating. The criminal investigations began in 2005, following... -
Yahoo sells HotJobs service to Monster Worldwide for $225 million
L.A. Times Tech BlogIn a continuation of Yahoo Inc.'s strategy to lighten its corporate load, the Web portal company has sold its job search site HotJobs to online employment firm Monster Worldwide Inc. for $225 million in cash. Yahoo bought HotJobs in 2001 for $436 million,... -
Andrew McKelvey, founder of Monster.com, dies at 74
Associated PressAndrew McKelvey, the billionaire founder and former chief executive of Monster Worldwide Inc., died early Thursday morning in New York after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, his family said. He was 74. In 1967, McKelvey founded a yellow-pages...Tags: Education, Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities, Death, Marketing
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New Unemployment Claims Drop Slightly
The Associated PressInitial claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as the recovering economy moves closer to generating more jobs. The Labor Department said Thursday that new jobless benefit claims dropped 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 439,000, nearly...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Employers, Unemployment, 2010 Census, Television
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Military benefits made easy
Of The Morning CallIf you're an armed forces veteran or in the military now, you probably don't know about all the benefits you're entitled to. Even if you do, gobbledegook could stop you like a tank. Pick up a government publication and you might need a translator to find...Tags: American Red Cross, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Government, Armed Forces, Hospitals and Clinics
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: ABN Amro Holding NV; Alberto-Culver Co.; Archer Daniels Midland Co.; CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.; CNA Financial Corp.; Health Care Property Investors Inc.; Humana Inc.; Monster Worldwide Inc.; Pitney Bowes Inc.; Principal Financial...Tags: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., General Growth Properties, Inc., Alltel Corp., Nisource Incorporated, Eastman Kodak Company
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Monster, CareerBuilder going head-to-head with Super Bowl ads
Since last year's Super Bowl, 2.6 million people have lost their jobs, and the workplace downsizing is expected to continue well past the Feb. 1 game. So how do you advertise an online job site, particularly when there are fewer jobs on it, without...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl, Monsters (legendary creatures), Arizona Cardinals, National Football League
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Under the radar, small funds offer promise
Tribune staff reporterBig-name mutual funds often attract lots of attention, but some fine-performing, lesser-known funds also are worthy of investors' consideration. These funds don't have heavily advertised marquee names, are relatively small and haven't been around...Tags: Sepracor Inc, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., EMC Corporation, Novartis AG, Reliant Energy Inc
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Got a cool $3 million for a Super Bowl ad?
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsTurns out that rapid Super Bowl ad buying recorded in September has slowed down significantly. NBC says it has eight 30-second spots still available during Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on Feb. 1. NBC, broadcaster of the 2009 game, says......Tags: FedEx Corporation, Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl, Football, Garmin Ltd.
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Top 100 Executive Compensation: Media leads the pack
STAFF WRITERWhen Mel Karmazin left as president of media giant Viacom Inc. last June, he walked away with more than $31 million. That package alone would have been enough money to make Karmazin one of the 10 highest-paid executives at publicly traded companies in...Tags: Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Cendant Corporation, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Career and Workplace
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