Read more corporations stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4867/corporations.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:43:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71248/why-we-love-to-hate-anthropologie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMan Shops Globe , the show following Anthropologie buyer Keith Johnson, premiered last night to much scoffing from critics—or, as Erika Kawalek calls it on DoubleX, “Anthropologie Rage.” Heather Havrilesky mocks Johnson’s job of “traveling the globe to buy enormous overpriced pieces of weird, ancient junk so that Anthropologie can...http://www.newser.com/story/71248/why-we-love-to-hate-anthropologie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:53:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69906/cost-cutting-companies-target-no-2-execs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCost-cutting at American's largest corporations is hitting the executive suite, with CEOs rolling up their sleeves to take on more day-to-day responsibilities and laying off their No. 2s. In the 18 months leading up to June 2009, 40 major companies eliminated COOs or presidents, the Wall Street Journal notes, while...http://www.newser.com/story/69906/cost-cutting-companies-target-no-2-execs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 8:27:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67529/high-court-may-lift-restrictions-on-corporate-cash-in-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeptember 9 could mark a watershed in campaign finance, as the Supreme Court hears a special argument for overturning long-standing rules that restrict corporations from buying political advertisements, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court has used the case of Hillary: The Movie , a documentary that a lower courts decided...http://www.newser.com/story/67529/high-court-may-lift-restrictions-on-corporate-cash-in-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 14:25:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67085/tax-evader-crackdown-spreads-to-hong-kong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe IRS and Justice Department crackdown on UBS is widening, reports the Wall Street Journal , as new documents reveal the efforts the bank took to keep its clients' wealth away from the taxman. Two recent cases have relied on channeling millions to a Swiss account owned by a Hong Kong-based...http://www.newser.com/story/67085/tax-evader-crackdown-spreads-to-hong-kong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 8:40:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57288/fear-of-feds-censors-corporate-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore big firms are using blogs and Twitter to keep the world up-to-date on company matters—but personal styles are colliding with federal corporate-communications rules, the Wall Street Journal reports. Firms like eBay are now adding disclaimers to once-casual tweets, leaving some readers cold. “There’s much more of a microscope...http://www.newser.com/story/57288/fear-of-feds-censors-corporate-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 9:02:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56170/08-saw-more-raises-for-ceos-survey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore American CEOs than not received raises in 2008, Reuters reports. An AFL-CIO poll of 946 chief executives saw 480 with increased pay, while 463 took a cut. Salaries were up 7%, too; execs with raises earned an average of $5.4 million, while those who saw cuts took in...http://www.newser.com/story/56170/08-saw-more-raises-for-ceos-survey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:15:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55238/ges-immelt-lacks-options.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon’t envy GE’s Jeffrey Immelt. Though his core business remains profitable, the CEO presides over a huge, unwieldy empire. Parts of the conglomerate, like GE Capital, have tanked the entire corporation’s share price and caused it to lose its prized AAA credit rating. Worse, Immelt may have to sell the...http://www.newser.com/story/55238/ges-immelt-lacks-options.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 14:32:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47888/walgreens-woos-employers-with-at-work-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWalgreens is amping up its effort to interest corporate and government employers in its network of clinics and workplace health centers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company aims to build on its base of 350-plus corporate clients, and has been steadily snapping up concerns that cater to them. Under...http://www.newser.com/story/47888/walgreens-woos-employers-with-at-work-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 10:18:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45926/exec-pay-likely-to-stay-in-stratosphere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWill the financial crisis slash the pay of executives who helped get us into the mess? Probably not, if past trends continue, writes David S. Hilzenrath in the Washington Post . When government in the past has fought to curb bosses’ cash flow, corporate boards have generally found a way to...http://www.newser.com/story/45926/exec-pay-likely-to-stay-in-stratosphere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Dec 2008 7:13:45 CST