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Creating your leadership legacy

In discussion are Jeremy Sturt, Founder and Director, Just Add Water and Michael Jarrett, Adjunct Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, LBS ...

Climate change: what next for business?

Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, chairman, Anglo American plc, Dr John Llewellyn, senior economic policy adviser at Lehman Brothers, and moderator Dr Craig Smith, senior fellow in ...

The 21st-century leader

Discussing the emerging markets of China, India, the Middle East and Brazil and their global impact are Fadi Ghandour, CEO, Aramex International Ltd, Antoine van ...

The business of science: a global agenda

Professor Lord Robert Winston, Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, London, and David Brennan, CEO of AstraZeneca plc, discuss how science has become ...

The Stock Exchange of the future: insider forecasts

In discussion are Dr Chris Gibson-Smith, chairman of the London Stock Exchange, Xavier Rolet, MD, Lehman Brothers, Rick Redding, MD for Products and Services, Chicago ...

The future of management: a guide for inventors

Professor Gary P Hamel, Visiting Professor of Strategic and International Management at the London Business School, talks about how the internet is likely to transform ...

Proposal to cap California utility execs' pay

A potential bill under discussion in Sacramento would limit executive compensation at California utility companies - or at least change who pays. The proposal, pushed ...

Chevron case: Judge can't block ruling, court says

A judge overstepped his authority when he tried to ban enforcement around the world of an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Inc. for environmental damage ...

Apple's sweet week marred by sour news

This has been some week for Apple . Quarterly earnings report blows down the doors. Market cap makes it the most valuable company on the ...

Investors want 'a gusher'; Apple weighs options

Apple has Wall Street's full attention after hinting at plans for the company's $100 billion cash pile that may lead to stockholders receiving a dividend. ...

Nintendo triples its loss forecast as sales lag

Nintendo Co. more than tripled its full-year loss forecast Thursday as the success of Apple Inc. devices erodes demand for the company's 3DS handheld player. ...

Nokia smart-phone sales beat analysts' predictions

SMART PHONES Sales boost lifts Nokia's confidence Nokia Oyj, a year into an alliance with Microsoft Corp. to try to win back market share lost ...

Ship traffic for Jan. 27

Due to arrive today SHIP FROM PORT Bellavia Seattle OAK MOL Proficiency Los Angeles OAK YM Green Los Angeles OAK Costa Deliziosa Los Angeles SFO ...

Penthouse atop San Francisco's Art Deco Hamilton

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a local home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. See more photos ...

Nintendo's losses mount as gamers turn to Apple

Number of the day $838 million That's how much Nintendo expects to lose in the current fiscal year ending in March, triple its earlier forecast. ...

Unexpected dip in U.S. new home sales in December

Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in December for the first time in four months, capping the slowest year on record for builders. Purchases ...

Macworld vendors have apps worth a look

Macworld | iWorld kicked off Thursday with thousands of attendees coursing through the aisles of Moscone Center West, eager to check out the latest software ...

Online privacy battle brings gains, setbacks

As we approach this year's Data Privacy Day, some experts believe we've begun to see real momentum in the field, as consumers become more conscious ...

Juniper Networks' outlook lower than estimates

TECHNOLOGY Juniper outlook misses forecast Juniper Networks Inc., the No. 2 maker of computer-networking equipment, forecast first-quarter sales and profit that are lower than analysts' ...

FedEx employee charged for bomb joke on Army base

(01-27) 05:34 PST SALT LAKE CITY, (AP) -- Prosecutors in Utah charged a FedEx Corp. driver with a threat of terrorism count over allegations he ...

Obama to target rising college tuition costs

(01-27) 05:45 PST Romulus, Mich. (AP) -- President Barack Obama will announce a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that ...

Economy grew modest 2.8 pct. in Q4, best in 2011

(01-27) 05:45 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, the ...

US Airways, flight attendants reach tentative deal

(01-27) 05:49 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- US Airways Group Inc. says it has a tentative agreement with negotiators for the union representing 6,700 flight ...

US stock futures fall slightly after 4Q GDP report

(01-27) 05:52 PST New York (AP) -- U.S. stock futures are mostly down with a report showing that the economy grew at a slower pace ...

Chevron 4Q profit falls 3 pct on refinery decline

(01-27) 05:54 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- Chevron says its net income slipped 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter as its refineries struggled to pass ...

UPS says accounting charge will cut 4Q results

(01-27) 06:03 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- UPS says a charge related to a new method of accounting for pensions and retirement plans will significantly ...

Unemployment up in 5 Ill. metro areas, down in 5

(01-27) 06:29 PST CHICAGO, (AP) -- Unemployment dropped in five of Illinois' 12 metro areas and increased in five others during December when compared to ...

Brazilian company to expand plant in Ala.

(01-27) 06:47 PST Prattville, Ala. (AP) -- One of the world's largest manufacturers of brake pads plans to expand its Prattville plant and add 100 ...

Gov. pitching Conn. to business leaders in Davos

(01-27) 06:54 PST Hartford, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he's pitching Connecticut as a good place to do business at the World ...

Wishful Thinking About China At Davos: CEIBS Dean John Quelch

(Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and Vikram Pandit have been among the attendees at this week?s World Economic Forum in Davos grabbing international headlines.  What are delegates ...

Google Serves Makers and Hackers

Dan Ratner was one of the first Google employees to see the inside of the Google Workshops. This awesome employee perk is not what you ...

IRS Wins $62M GE Tax Shelter Case

You would expect a tax shelter designed to save General Electric $62 million in taxes to be complicated.  You would be right. The Second Circuit ...

Backpage Takes Heat, But Prostitution Ads Are Everywhere

Attorneys general are targeting Backpage.com for prostitution ads that can easily be found on Craigslist and other sites as well. ...

Ivanka Trump: Uptown Girl Moves Jewelry Boutique Downtown

Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry has been expanding in a number of ways during the past year. The brand has released fine jewelry collections aimed at ...

Rise Of The Regionals: Thinking Main Street, Not Wall Street, For Bank Bets

Buffalo may be miles away from New York City as a financial capital, but when it comes to putting money to work in the U.S. ...

World Map Of Social Networks

Vincos is out with its updated world map of social networks, which shows the most popular social nets by country. As I predicted (not so ...

Futures Point to Positive Open, SPX and VIX Data Point to Trouble

U.S. stock futures are pointing toward a positive open, putting stocks on track for a positive end to a rather eventful week. Corporate ...

Twitter's New Censorship System and International Internet Law

This little change that Twitter has made to the way that it censors tweets tells us something really quite important about the way that international ...

A Need To Kick On From Davos

The World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Klosters runs from January 25th - 29th. ...

Wall Street Eugenics : SEC Charges Microcap Fraud . . . again

After some three decades lawyering on Wall Street, I ask your pardon if, at times, I come off as overly cynical, hardboiled, and curmudgeonly.  I ...

Banking Regulation, Yes, But Perhaps Not Stupid Banking Regulation?

That we need to have different banking regulation from what we have had is, I think, agreed by pretty much everyone. That we must have ...

Shale Gas Crowned: So Why Do They Shun Obama?

President Obama?s State of the Union address is crowning shale gas the new king. It?s a strange ordination given that the fossil fuel sector is ...

Second Circuit Ruling: All Is Not Lost for Chevron in Ecuador Battle

Chevron Corp. suffered a setback yesterday in its efforts to prevent enforcement of a $17.2 billion judgment issued by an Ecuadorian court based on charges ...

A letter from Davos

Davos may be full of leaders, but that doesn?t stop them questioning how their roles could change. The pervading theme this year is of extraordinary ...

The German Labour Miracle

Sadly we've yet another piece in the UK press looking at the German labour market and assuming that we should copy some or other part ...

Twitter Commits Social Suicide

Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country ? while keeping it available in the rest ...
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