02/26/2015 16:16
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N), which ruled computing in the age of the mainframe, is targeting $40 billion in annual revenue from the cloud, big data, security and other growth areas by 2018.
The aggressive target, set by IBM executives at the company's...
02/16/2015 21:48
Laurie Zabawa says she'd been working at a Hilton Garden Inn in Bozeman, Montana, for seven years when the owners outsourced the management of the hotel in 2012. For Zabawa, the hotel's banquet manager, this meant that any parties that took place in the hotel would now be overseen by...
02/06/2015 20:18
The Canadian economy created a greater-than-expected 35,400 jobs last month, fuelled by growth in part-time positions, the self employed and Alberta’s non-energy sector.
The country’s unemployment rate fell to 6.6 per cent in January from 6.7 per cent a month earlier, Statistics...
02/04/2015 22:41
J.M. Smucker Co., which on Tuesday announced a $5.8 billion purchase of Big Heart Pet Brands, is adding some iconic products that are made in Topeka and Lawrence.
Big Heart, which is based in San Francisco and was formerly known as Del Monte Corp., has had production and...
02/02/2015 18:37
MANATEE -- New condominiums are coming to Manatee and Sarasota counties this year because their builders know they have buyers. Never mind that 2014 was a bit of a slow sales year.
Developers and real estate agents say new condo units under construction will sell briskly in...
01/29/2015 23:28
McDonald's CEO Don Thompson will step down later this year, the fast food chain announced Wednesday. Steve Easterbrook, the company's chief brand officer, will take over as president and CEO on March 1.
Thompson was one of a few black Fortune 500 CEOs. He has worked at...
01/23/2015 01:35
NEW YORK -- Apparently, airline passengers aren't buying enough garden gnomes, superhero pajamas and heated cat shelters. SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy.
The quirky in-flight shopping catalog has been a mainstay on airlines since 1989. Passengers with nowhere to go would pull it...
01/21/2015 06:37
Most of Washington’s top lobby firms saw modest upticks in revenue last year, as optimism linked to the new GOP-controlled Congress helped fuel fourth-quarter bumps.
Following a legislatively lackluster 2014, Washington’s largest lobby shops had to hustle for clients in the last...
01/14/2015 07:18
Activision's Call of Duty Online has officially begun its assault on gamers in China.
In the works for more than three years, the free-to-play first-person game is now in open beta testing, which means the game publishers are ready to "open the floodgates," said Activision...
12/31/2014 12:44
Microsoft is gearing up for a Windows 10 event in January that could be full of surprises, including the possible launch of a new web browser that is not Internet Explorer.
The event on January 21 will be held in Redmond, Washington, and will be live streamed -- a sign that Microsoft has key news...
