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BBC plans to axe hundreds of jobs

Sun, 03/06/2007 - 22:57 by MT Bureau

London -- Britain's BBC news department may be getting ready to let go hundreds of workers under a plan by executive Mark Thompson to cut the network's budget.

Harlan to stay with Green Bay

Sun, 27/05/2007 - 15:07 by MT Bureau

Green Bay, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers Saturday said Bob Harlan will continue as principal executive in the wake of a leave of absence of Chief Operating Officer John Jones.

Longtime business manager leaves Stones

Sun, 27/05/2007 - 14:52 by MT Bureau

London -- Prince Rupert Lowenstein, who became the Rolling Stones' financial manager when the band was being hounded for unpaid British taxes, is leaving his post.

Siemens names first outsider as CEO

Tue, 22/05/2007 - 12:16 by MT Bureau

Munich, Germany -- German engineering giant Siemens AG hired an outsider from the pharmaceutical industry to run the scandal-scarred company starting July 1.

Prosecutor: Ex-Qwest CEO transferred $130M

Tue, 22/05/2007 - 11:12 by MT Bureau

Denver -- Qwest Communications' former chief executive officer tried to hide at least $133 million as lawsuits against him mounted, a U.S. prosecutor in Denver alleges.

Researchers contemplate Lincoln’s death

Mon, 21/05/2007 - 17:51 by Anshul Sood

Medical researchers, at an annual University of Maryland School of Medicine conference on Friday, brought forward the possibility of American President, Abraham Lincoln surviving the gunshot if today

Oregon tire king Les Schwab dead at 89

Sun, 20/05/2007 - 16:28 by MT Bureau

Prineville, Ore. -- Les Schwab, founder of a U.S. chain of tire stores bearing his name, died in Oregon this week at 89, the Portland Oregonian reported Saturday.

Blair mentioned as Wolfowitz successor

Sat, 19/05/2007 - 10:32 by MT Bureau

London -- Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair was mentioned Friday as a possible successor to Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank.

Bush 'regrets' Wolfowitz's predicament

Fri, 18/05/2007 - 13:06 by MT Bureau

Washington -- U.S. President George Bush Thursday expressed regret over what is likely the imminent departure of Paul Wolfowitz as World Bank president.

Alfred Chandler, business historian, Dies at 88

Thu, 17/05/2007 - 17:06 by MT Bureau

Cambridge, Mass. -- Alfred Chandler Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian, has died at 88 in Cambridge, Mass., said Harvard Business School, where he had taught.

Snow: 'All options' open on Wolfowitz

Wed, 16/05/2007 - 18:49 by MT Bureau

Washington -- The Bush administration said in Washington Tuesday it would consider "all options" about World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz's future.

Wolfowitz future in doubt at World Bank

Mon, 14/05/2007 - 11:05 by MT Bureau

Washington -- The World Bank executive board this week may consider a vote of no confidence in its president, Paul D. Wolfowitz, it was reported Saturday.