Sears Holdings Corp., the owner of Kenmore appliances and the Kmart and Sears retail chains, will appoint executives to run each of its business lines after saying profit may decline for a third straight quarter. Each unit's performance will have a...
HBO, one of television's most prominent broadband holdouts, is finally making its content available on the Internet - but with a catch. HBO on Broadband, as the service is called, will roll out in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wis., tomorrow - and in...
WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell - who's been on the prowl since buying online ad firm 24/7 Real Media last year - is close to making another significant acquisition in the digital ad space. "We'll be making one or two announcements of further digital...
Wall Street is taking a breather today from its stunning meltdown that some market watchers fear could sink blue chips back to 10,650 as soon as summertime. The shaky markets, which are closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, are on the...
Editor axedThe Los Angeles Times has fired its ed itor, James O'Shea, after 14 months on the job for rejecting a management order to impose $4 mil lion in budget cuts, the newspaper said yester day. O'Shea had replaced Dean Baquet, who had been...
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In a series of makeovers and perked-up approaches to the often unwieldy knowledge of science, several titles devoted to the subject are starting to capture new generations of readers. Discover has perfected its formula of making science accessible...
WHILE Wall Street sheds billions in value, the rich are embroiled in a nice little dust-up. Who's better at selling my art - Sotheby's or Christie's? The venerable auction houses have waged a deep rivalry for more than two centuries over who better...
ON this, the seventh anniversary of the inauguration of President George W. Bush, a lot of people from Wall Street to Washington are wondering what's going on with the man many believed was 43rd's best presidential appointment - Fed Chief Ben...
WINNERS OPRAH WINFREYThe most powerful woman on TV expands empire by forming her own cable channel.ISAAC MIZRAHIDesigner bolts discounter Target after five years to sign on with department store brand Liz Claiborne.MIKE HIRSCHORNVH1 programming boss...
