Seeking to address investors criticism of its board, Yahoo on Sunday announced the appointment of three new independent directors. But ??the move did nothing to appease investor Daniel Loeb, who is staging a proxy contest against the company via his investment firm Third Point, seeking four seats on the Yahoo board. Yahoo?s new directors include: ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 08:25

After numerous recommendations from friends in the VC, start-up, digital and music industries, I attended SXSW in , TX for the first time. The CMO CLUB hosted a few events for CMOs there, but otherwise most of my time was free to network and explore sessions and impromptu meetings, as well as the famous SXSW ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 05:56

Six million people each year in the US go to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain. Although only 10-15% of them turn out to have an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), most are admitted to the hospital.??Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has been proposed as a good method to quickly establish the presence or absence ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 16:56

Many families teach children about money management and responsibility by offering them an allowance but what about adults, should they have one too? An allowance (for those of privilege reading) is not an imaginary thing but rather a pre-set small sum of money a child receives regularly to spend on new toys, clothes, books or ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 09:56

If Chinese airlines are reliable about anything, it's that they rarely leave on time, especially from Shanghai. Customers may soon get a break on ticket prices, however. Shanghai-based said yesterday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jetstar, which is wholly-owned by Australia?s , to set up a budget airline company. Each will initially??put ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 05:56

Dunkin Donuts, one of the world's best-known brands, is boasting strong results as it returned to profitability last year. Returning to growth in 2010, growth accelerated and hit 7.4% in the 4th Quarter of 2011,

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 05:56

The Obama administration's embarrassing actions concerning Chinese rare earths speak to blatant hypocrisy and economic illiteracy by an Administration sadly immune to embarrassment.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:25

I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. We've all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:25

Now here?s a chance to get riled up ahead of the Final Four. In the Insight section of Sunday?s San Francisco Chronicle (note the text of the piece isn?t yet available to non-subscribers to the Chron until early Monday morning), Nicholas Fram and Thomas Frampton, a pair of UC-Berkeley third-year law students, float the idea ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:25

Now that we're starting to see signs of economic recovery, it's key to assess where we've been, the mistakes we've made, and how to course-correct for the next burst of growth. Here's the reality: companies make mistakes all the time. In an economic downturn, however, avoiding the big slip ups becomes all the more crucial. ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:25