Dowd named LIBN editor
Joe Dowd, a veteran journalist from Oyster Bay, has been named editor of Long Island Business News, effective immediately. A seven-time award winning journalist, Dowd has been a staple of newsrooms for decades. He most recently served as a local editor of

Business news headlines: Tumisang Ndlovu – Moneyweb
SIKI MGABADELI: Good evening and welcome to the Friday edition of the SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb. My name is Siki Mgabadeli. Great to be back with you in a warm and relatively sunny relatively, I say South Africa. All eyes of course are on

PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news – Jan 26
Jan 26 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * After his term as mayor ended, Michael Bloomberg has moved quickly to reassert

Business News Roundup, Jan. 27
Satya Nadella, Microsoft s chief executive officer, shares the Windows 10 strategy this month as his company tries to improve its business. Post hopes the $1.15 billion deal will boost its presence in the market for bagged and hot cereals. Warrants

Business-like Sharapova, Nadal march on in Melbourne
Melbourne (AFP) – Maria Sharapova was all business as she raced into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday to set up a glamour showdown with Eugenie Bouchard, as Rafael Nadal continued his unrelenting Grand Slam march. The Russian world number two

Women in Business Q&A: Linda Mummiani and Caitlin Ewing, Executive Creative Directors at GREY NY
Perhaps it was destiny that Linda would come to be a creative director. Raised in an artistic collaboration between her parents, a French fashion designer and an Italian Pastry Chef, she was exposed to line, drama, precision and movement before she could

Why You Need Your Own Business Cards
We had a warm day after a week of freezing cold and my youngest wanted a Jamba Jamba Juice, so I took him to get his Jamba and hit the phone store on the same trip. The young man taking care of us at the phone store was a dynamo. He got us what we needed

SkyMall Going Out Of Business, Files For Bankruptcy Will It Be Missed?
SkyMall, the ubiquitous inflight magazine that served as catalog-based shopping mall, has filed for bankruptcy protection. After 25 years of offering ingenious products that frequently bordered on being outrageous, quirky, or plain indulgent, SkyMall filed

Service organizations united with new kiosk
Service organizations are now organized into one central location, thanks to the efforts of Hermiston Rotary and Hermiston Altrusa. Up until this week, Hermiston didn t have a central location in town for people to identify the local service

Vauxhall Saddle Club aids several organizations
Vauxhall Saddle Club may be dissolving after 56 years of serving the area, but not before it leaves behind another legacy, helping out 11 different organizations with a combined $47,000 in charity. After discussions with the M.D. of Taber council, the

Gartner Says Digital Business Requires Organizations To Rethink How They Respond To Change
Sunday, January 25, 2015: Digital business success will require organizations to take bold actions, including inventing new business models and changing the way they function, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that, by 2017, 70 percent of

Russia Bans 5 Ukrainian Nationalist Organizations In Its Territory
The Russian Ministry of Justice announced Friday that the government has added five Ukrainian nationalist groups to the list of non-profit organizations whose activities are prohibited in Russia. The five Ukrainian organizations that are blacklisted in

Verona, Cedar Grove parent organizations help with school funding
Whether called a PTA, SCA, FSA or any other acronym, the goal remains the same for parent organizations – to help the schools however possible. For the Verona School Community Association and the Cedar Grove Family and School Association, that quest often

Business leaders detail trials, triumphs at forecast breakfast
Four local business leaders described their own stories of finding success often through unforeseen circumstances. Eric Preisz, CEO of GarageGames, was once a customer of the video game technology company he now leads. Mary Sisson, co-owner of

More Business for Giant T-shirt Market
With screen-printing machines whirring and salespeople talking about the next big thing in T-shirts, the Imprinted Sportswear Show Long Beach ran Jan. 16 18 at the Long Beach Convention Center, located by one of America s busiest ports, in Long Beach

Earnings Review: AMD Focuses On Reigniting Its PC Business & Continued Growth In New Markets
AMD reported its Q4 2014 and full year 2014 earnings on January 20. At $1.24 billion, its Q4 2014 revenue declined 13% sequentially and 22% year on year, which was in line with company guidance. The steep top line decline was primarily driven by lower

Business digest
Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase have agreed to pay more than $35 million combined to resolve claims that loan officers at the two banks received kickbacks in exchange for steering mortgage borrowers to a Maryland title company. The Consumer Financial

Michael Jordan wins business award
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A humbled and emotional Michael Jordan fought back tears, feeling vindicated after years of criticism, after being named the Charlotte Business Journal’s Business Person of the Year. The Charlotte Hornets owner said during a nine-minute