DealBook: Kabel Deutschland Discloses Takeover Approach by Liberty Global
Source: The New York Times
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-06-17 16:11:02 -0700 | business-news
Lisi Niesner/Reuters Kabel Deutschland has been approached by several potential suitors. Kabel Deutschland said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover bid by John C. Malone's Liberty Global, setting up a potential bidding war for the German cable...
Third Point raises Sony stake, presses entertainment spin-off
Source: Reuters
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-17 19:48:45 -0700 | business-news
A staff of Sony Corp is seen at its showroom at a business district in Tokyo December 9, 2008. New York-based hedge fund company Third Point said on Tuesday that it had raised its stake in Sony Corp and asked...
7 Remarkable Stories Of Vladimir Putin Being One Of The World's Most Brutal Thugs
Source: BusinessInsider
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-17 19:14:00 -0700 | business-news
Firstly, the ring theft has already been described in a book by Russian journalist Masha Gessen, " The Man Without a Face ." In her description it actually sounds a little worse than in Kraft's telling of the story. Several...
This Kleiner Perkins VC Says Google Glass Turned Her Into A Super Mom
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 18:57:48 -0700 | business-news
Trae Vassallo wants to "dispel the myths" about Google Glass...She was talking about wearable tech on stage today at the Bloomberg Next Big Thing Summit. Vassallo often wears Google Glass in "sunglass mode" with darkened lenses. She tends to wear...
Why Rupert Murdoch's Divorce Is a Wakeup Call for Business Owners
Source: Entrepreneur
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 15:29:31 -0700 | business-news
With the announcement that media mogul Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce from his third wife, Wendi Deng, many are wondering how much she will benefit from Murdoch's estimated $11.2 billion net worth and whether it will affect his company, News...
Alamogordo Journal: Hunting for an E.T. Castoff in a Most Terrestrial Place
Source: The New York Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 17:05:42 -0700 | business-news
You are the worlds greatest video game maker, but suddenly you find yourself stuck with millions of cartridges of a game nobody wants...Mark Holm for The New York Times A company in Los Angeles acquired an exclusive permit to excavate...
Mayor Bloomberg Wants Stanford Techies to Move to New York
Source: Inc.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:21:24 -0700 | business-news
ImagineCup via Flickr New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg believes in Silicon Alley so much, he wouldn't be surprised if Stanford graduates started moving there. I believe that more and more Stanford graduates will find themselves moving to Silicon Alley, not...
Wheels Blog: O.J. Simpson's White Bronco Police Chase Happened 19 Years Ago Today
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 17:07:26 -0700 | business-news
Simpson has gone down in history as one of the most controversial and polarizing figures of modern times. The public spectacle included a low-speed chase in a white Ford Bronco. June 17 In search of the open road, consider these...
World economic group calls for global exchange of tax information to fight evasion
Source: Washington Post
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-17 16:25:45 -0700 | business-news
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act requires overseas financial institutions to send the Internal Revenue Service information about accounts held by Americans in an effort to curb the use of foreign tax havens. Though overseas banks have complained about the...
Volunteering lifts job prospects of the jobless
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:25:40 -0700 | business-news
Strikingly, the benefits of volunteering flow most generously to those who do not have a high school diploma and to jobless people who live in rural areas two of the groups that have the hardest time finding new jobs. While...
Business › McDonald's Japan to sell premium burgers for first time
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-17 16:21:30 -0700 | business-news
McDonald's Holdings Co (Japan) said Monday that it will start selling two premium versions of its Quarter Pounder hamburger for a limited period, beginning June 24. The new Quarter Pounders, which have 150% more burger patty than regular McDonald's hamburgers,...
One of World's Youngest Founders Doesn't Understand Kids These Days
Source: Inc.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:21:20 -0700 | business-news
Rex Hammock/Flickr Chris Poole When Chris Poole created 4chan, an image-centric forum site, he was just 15 years old. Today, he's 25--and admits he's already out of touch with what young people are doing online these days. In recent years,...
How to Identify Client Pain Points
Source: Inc.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:21:19 -0700 | business-news
The point was to develop a common methodology to make sure our whole team approaches sales with the same mindset and to give us a language to talk with each other about our prospects. Having a methodology, instead of just going...
As Obamacare looms, manufacturers brace for the worst
Source: Inc.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:21:19 -0700 | business-news
About a week ago, we reported on a survey of hiring among small- and medium-sized businesses, which found the Affordable Care Act to be only a minor factor in determining the number, and type, of employees on their payroll. [...
Should you cheer on Abenomics?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-17 19:32:29 -0700 | business-news
Abenomics will likely raise prices in Japan and lower prices elsewhere, creating a deflationary effect on countries other than Japan, Karlsson argues. That may benefit Japan but it will also hurt other economies. The popularity of "Abenomics" among non-Japanese pro-inflationists...
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