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How 'Diversity Fatigue' Undermines Business Growth

Companies with diverse leadership teams do better financially. Failing to hire individuals with different backgrounds and perspectives limits your prospects ...

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 ...

Groupon reports smaller net loss than expected

DEALS Groupon exceeds revenue expectations Online deals company Groupon reported on Monday a smaller net loss and sharply higher revenue for the first quarter, helped ...

30,000 full human genomes have been mapped

Number of the day 30,000 That's how many people have had their full genomes sequenced, up from just one in 2003. Since the cost to ...

JPMorgan Chase unit could shed London staff

JPMorgan Chase said Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew will retire after the firm suffered a $2 billion trading loss, marking the downfall of one of ...

Some of Chevron's claims tossed in Ecuador case

Chevron's lawsuit claiming attorneys for Ecuadoran plaintiffs in a pollution case conspired to fabricate evidence was narrowed by a federal judge in New York. U.S. ...

Ship traffic for May 15

Due to arrive Tuesday SHIP FROM PORT Yakima Princess Busan, South Korea OAK CMA CGM Bianca Los Angeles OAK Manoa Seattle OAK Xin Los Angeles ...

Hires and promotions, May 16

Charles Hulley has been named executive director of JP Morgan Private Wealth Management. Rocket Fuel hired Eric Porres as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining ...

Poll illustrates revenue hurdles Facebook faces

Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the ...

NikeTown in S.F. to get new name, new look

Swoosh! Just like that, NikeTown will soon disappear from San Francisco. The 50,000-square-foot store, an anchor tenant in Union Square for the past 15 years, ...

JPMorgan Chase shareholders OK compensation plan

JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said its executive compensation plan won the approval of 91.5 percent of shareholders in a nonbinding annual ...

Ship traffic for May 16

Due to arrive Wednesday SHIP FROM PORT Rigel Leader Japan RCH Disney Wonder Los Angeles SFO Ever Chivalry Unknown OAK Halifax Express Seattle OAK ANL ...

Roche intensifies effort to target brain diseases

Roche is focusing part of its pipeline on the riskiest area of drug development: the human brain. The drugmaker had its last top-selling brain therapy ...

Student-loan debt collectors' pay criticized

Joshua Mandelman made $454,000 in a single year as a student-loan debt collector - more than twice the pay of the U.S. secretary of education ...

Wells Fargo seeks reversal of overdraft charges

Wells Fargo asked a federal appeals court to throw out a judge's order to pay California customers $203 million for manipulating debit-card transactions to boost ...

Spammers invade social media to sidestep e-mail

For 10 days, jewelry maker Michelle Espinoza thought a single photo on the social website Pinterest was going to ruin her business. It was an ...

Extensively renovated Bernal Heights home

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 ...

E-book publishers lose bid to kill antitrust suit

E-BOOKS Publishers lose bid to dismiss antitrust suit Apple and five book publishers lost their bid to have a private antitrust suit over electronic book ...

Activision seeks delay in 'Call of Duty' trial

VIDEO GAMES Activision seeks delay in trial Activision Blizzard is seeking to delay a trial against the creators of its blockbuster game "Call of Duty: ...

Student-loan debt collector made $454,000 in year

Number of the day $454,000 That's how much Joshua Mandelman made in one year as a student-loan debt collector , more than twice the pay ...

US factory output rose in April on stronger autos

(05-16) 07:28 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. factory output increased in April, helped by a gain in auto production. Busier factories have driven stronger hiring ...

Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist

(05-16) 18:28 PDT Youngstown, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney's business background ...

Singapore Q1 economic growth slows to 1.6 percent

(05-16) 18:40 PDT SINGAPORE, (AP) -- Singapore's economic growth slowed in the first quarter as the government warned Thursday that political upheaval in Europe threatens ...

Japan's economy grows 4.1 pct amid recovery

(05-16) 18:43 PDT TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japan's economy grew at an annual rate of 4.1 percent for January-March amid a gradual recovery from the ...

Asia stocks mixed after Greece sets election date

(05-16) 19:30 PDT BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Asian stocks were mixed Thursday as markets absorbed developments from Greece pointing to its possible exit from the ...

Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims

(05-16) 19:55 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies ...

Others leave Ariz. town as wildfire's size triples

(05-16) 20:46 PDT CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) -- An evacuation order for a historic northern Arizona mining town didn't prompt Taryn Denyce to flee earlier ...

Ford takes on Toyota with lower-priced hybrid

(05-16) 21:03 PDT DETROIT (AP) -- Ford is taking on Toyota in the hybrid market. Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that its new C-Max hybrid ...

Asia stocks rise after Greece sets election date

(05-16) 22:52 PDT BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Asian stocks were mostly higher Thursday as markets adjusted to Greece's possible exit from the euro common currency ...

Activist: China to have passports ready in 2 weeks

(05-17) 01:48 PDT BEIJING, China (AP) -- The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Thursday that ...

Oil rises to above $93 as traders mull Europe

(05-17) 01:49 PDT SINGAPORE, (AP) -- Oil prices rose slightly to above $93 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders mulled whether concern over Europe's ...

Netflix exploring multi-stream membership

ONLINE VIDEO Netflix explores multi-streaming Online video service Netflix plans to introduce a multi-stream membership this year, Chief Financial Officer David Wells said. The service ...

Ship traffic for May 17, 2012

Due to arrive Thursday SHIP FROM PORT Sea-Land Lightning Los Angeles OAK Sun Right Los Angeles OAK MSC Fabienne Seattle OAK Tokyo Bulker Japan SFO ...

ChinaSF sets sights on third office: In Guangzhou

While California, the world's ninth-largest economy, is still looking to have one trade and investment office in China, San Francisco is planning on No. 3. ...

Facebook insiders could blunt 1st day's gains

Some of Facebook's early investors have dramatically increased the number of shares they will sell in the company's initial public offering, giving the public access ...

Cap-and-trade to generate billions, tough choices

Starting later this year, California's cap-and-trade system to fight global warming will generate billions of dollars in revenue, as companies buy and sell permits to ...

Labor contractor agrees to settle harassment suit

A statewide farm labor contractor has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal agency's suit on behalf of female vineyard workers in Sonoma and ...

Warm weather leads to sunnier Target forecast

Target, the second-largest U.S. discount retailer, raised its full-year earnings forecast after warm weather helped drive sales in the first quarter. Profit this year will ...

Google adds Knowledge Graph to search results

Google unveiled significant changes to its core search engine Wednesday that could make it easier one day to search using natural language. The Mountain View ...

J.C. Penney posts loss as new pricing backfires

Turns out, J.C. Penney shoppers don't prefer predictable pricing over blockbuster bargains - at least not yet. The department store chain Tuesday reported a larger-than-expected ...

Ferrari hybrid surpassing Enzo as costliest car

Ferrari will turn to fuel-saving hybrid technology to create its most powerful and expensive model, showing that even elite performance cars are under pressure to ...

Japanese may invest in Chevron Australia project

ENERGY Talks focus on Chevron project Tokyo Electric Power said it is in talks with three Japanese companies to jointly invest in Chevron's Wheatstone natural ...
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