News tagged with corporate
Executive pay reform unlikely to reduce systemic risk in economy
Reforms aimed at curbing executive compensation will likely have little effect on reducing systemic risk in the financial system, and they may even have unintended consequences for the freedom to contract, according to a ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 21, 2011 |
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24,000 files stolen from defense contractor: Pentagon
A foreign intelligence service swiped 24,000 computer files from a US defense contractor in March in one of the largest ever cyberattacks on a Pentagon supplier, a top Defense Department official revealed on Thursday.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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When will a message of social responsibility backfire?
Consumers don't react positively to all messages of corporate social responsibility, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The message needs to line up with consumers' mindsets and understanding of the ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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NTT demos 802.11ac - next generation high-speed WiFi
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has demonstrated what might be the next version of high speed WiFi. Currently named 802.11ac, (wireless transmission traditionally uses .11 as opposed to .3 ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Court restores ban on newspaper, TV ownership
(AP) -- A federal appeals court has restored a longstanding ban that prevents media companies from owning both a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Internet address group names Steve Crocker chair
(AP) -- Steve Crocker, who as a UCLA grad student in the late `60s helped develop the foundation for the Internet today, is the new chairman of the organization responsible for the Internet's address system.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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BlackBerry maker upbeat on Asian growth markets
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is banking on Indonesia and other populous markets for growth in Asia, while it faces intensifying competition worldwide from rivals like the iPhone.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Angry online commenters can cause negative perceptions of corporations, researchers find
With the increasing pervasiveness of social media and online communication in the operation of most organizations and corporations, little is known about the potential effects of public expressions of anger displayed throughout ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Web address boom could be search engine boon
The decision to open the Internet to a flood of Web addresses ending in anything from company names to social movements could prove a boon to search engines.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Coming soon to the Internet: The .whatever address
A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Internet minders OK vast expansion of domain names
Internet minders voted Monday to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system's biggest shake-up since it started ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Internet braces for '.Vegas' and other not-coms
(AP) -- Coming soon to the Internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon."
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Beyond '.com,' names for Antarctica, Urdu and more
(AP) -- Unless you're a Luddite, you're bound to know of ".com," the Internet's most common address suffix.
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Toshiba's SCiB rechargeable battery selected for new electric vehicles
Toshiba Corporation today announced that its SCiB battery has been selected by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to power two new models of electric vehicles (EV), the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV. The SCiB is Toshiba's ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Toshiba's new technology cuts phase noise in oscillation ICs for wireless communication
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed noise reduction technology that reduces jitter in radio-frequency signals, cutting phase noise by up to 90 percent. This breakthrough opens the way for a further migration ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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