TESORO'S CHIEF RESIGNS AND A SUCCESSOR IS NAMED
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tesoro Corp's chief operating officer William T Van Kleef will resign and be succeeded by William Finerty, senior vice president of supply and distribution (S)
Full Article
GOODRICH TO TAKE A FOURTH-QUARTER CHARGE
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goodrich Corp, largest supplier of landing gear for Boeing Co airplanes, will take charge of less than $7 million in fourth quarter because of Boeing's decision to stop making Boeing 717 aircraft next year (S)
Full Article
PENN ENGINEERING AGREES TO BE ACQUIRED FOR $330 MILLION
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Penn Engineering and Manufacturing Corp, maker of fasteners used in electronics industry, agrees to be acquired by PEM Holding Co for about $330 million (S)
Full Article
SPANISH MAKER OF WIND TURBINES TO OPEN U.S. PLANT
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, Spanish maker of wind turbines, will open plant in western Pennsylvania, producing equipment in US for first time; will spend $40 million on plant, in Ebensburg, Pa, and on other projects in state, creating about 1,000 jobs in next five years (S)
Full Article
NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DEPARTS
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman Corp says chief financial officer Charles H Noski is leaving company and will be succeeded by Wesley Bush, effective March 15 (S)
Full Article
F.D.A. APPROVES A LOW-DOSE VERSION OF HORMONE THERAPY
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Warner Chilcott wins Food and Drug Administration approval of low-dose version of its hormone known as Femhrt used to treat symptoms of menopause (S)
Full Article
G.E. BUYS PART OF FIRST DATA'S MASTERCARD BUSINESS
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
First Data Corp, world's largest processor of credit card payments, agrees to sell its portfolio of Canadian small-business MasterCards to GE Consumer Finance, unit of GE Corp (S)
Full Article
CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers
Date: 17 January 2005
By Tom Zeller Jr
Tom Zeller
Several Web sites note that posting of entire report about Pres Bush's National Guard duty on 60 Minutes Wednesday on CBS News Web site had been altered two days after it it was placed on Web page; CBS News executive Linda Mason says attorney from law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham called her and asked that digital restrictions be made; fear was that enterprising person could copy text into new document and begin circulating faked version of report; few bloggers believe that explanation (M)
Full Article
Technology Briefing | Deals: SAP And Citrix Plan Software Venture
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SAP joins software maker Citrix Systems to help sell its Business One product to companies with fewer than 250 employees (S)
Full Article
For Better or for Worse
Date: 17 January 2005
By Cate Doty
Cate Doty
Nielsen Media Research ratings show unclear picture as to whether viewers really care about television news scandals, like one created by discredited National Guard segment on 60 Minutes Wednesday; cites earlier examples at some other news magazine programs; chart; photo (M)
Full Article