Monthly Archives: May 2012

Early Facebook Employee to Pen Memoir of the Company’s Rise – Hollywood Reporter

Early Facebook Employee to Pen Memoir of the Company’s Rise – Hollywood Reporter
She left the company in 2010 in what the Free Press describes as “friendly terms.” The publisher promises that The Boy Kings will “reveal what s really driving both the business and the culture of the social network. She will answer the biggest question …

Company wants to tap Mojave’s public lands for Southland water – Los Angeles Times
But by the mid-1990s, Cadiz had a new business plan: Sell water, not lemons. The company is pushing ahead with a proposal to pump enough groundwater every year to supply 100,000 homes and sell it to urban Southern California at prices that could …

Cannes 2012: CEO of Senator Entertainment Helge Sasse on His Company’s Comeback (Q&A) – Hollywood Reporter
But the financial wizard has always managed to re-structure and re-finance the company to keep Senator afloat. PHOTOS: Cannes 2012: Competition Lineup Features ‘Cosmopolis,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ ‘Killing Them Softly’ It wasn t until last year, however …

Facebook ad debate surfaces just before company’s IPO – Seattle Times
The company’s stock is expected to begin trading Friday on the … Ford complements display ads by sponsoring stories in the news feeds of people who subscribe to its pages. People see them in the area where their attention is focused, rather …

Company news: Travis Hayes hired by Syracuse VA Medical Center – Syracuse Post-Standard
TRAVIS HAYES has been hired by Syracuse VA Medical Center as facility management services leasing manager. Hayes serves as the contact for building modifications and new construction needs involving the landlords of VA-leased facilities.

Bona Film Group Secures Strategic Investment From News Corporation – Yahoo Finance
BEIJING, May 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bona Film Group Limited (Nasdaq:BONA – News), a leading film distributor and vertically integrated film company in China, today announced that the Company has secured a strategic investment from News Corporation.

Facebook IPO Will Make Company Overvalued – YAHOO!
However, even as the company is staring what will amount to a $100 billion valuation in the face, some difficulties are presenting themselves: – ABC News reports that expectations for the performance of the company are trending down. – An Associated Press …

American States Water Company Announces Earnings for the First Quarter of 2012 – Yahoo Finance
American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR – News) today reported net income of $10.1 million, or basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.53 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, as compared to net income of $7.6 million, or basic and …

Company news: Dr. Robert Corona, Jr. named chair of Department of Pathology

Company news: Dr. Robert Corona, Jr. named chair of Department of Pathology
Dr. ROBERT CORONA JR., who founded Upstate Medical University s telemedicine program in 1995 and held a leadership position at Welch Allyn Inc., has been named chair of the Department of Pathology and the John B. Henry Professor of Pathology

Facebook loses a big advertiser, buys a small company’s employees
Bad news on the advertising front reflects poorly on Facebook just days before an initial public offering expected to reap billions for the company and value it at up to $104 billion. Advertising is Facebook’s main revenue stream, and it has

4 Signs A Private Company Is Going Public
Some of the radio silence is due to SEC requirements in relation to official filings of notices and the prospectus, and some is simply due to the fact that a company going public is often big news and puts the corporation under a magnifying glass.

Bona Film Group Secures Strategic Investment From News Corporation
BEIJING, May 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bona Film Group Limited (Nasdaq:BONA – News), a leading film distributor and vertically integrated film company in China, today announced that the Company has secured a strategic investment from News Corporation.

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Hawker Beechcraft Will Remain Standalone Company (Update 1) – Bloomberg

Hawker Beechcraft Will Remain Standalone Company (Update 1) – Bloomberg
This is not chapter 7, this is not the break-up of the company, Vick said at a press conference in Geneva today. It is highly likely that the maker of Beechcraft King Air turboprops and Hawker 4000 and 900XP jets will exit Chapter 11 …

Tobacco company ads take aim at Proposition 29 – Los Angeles Times
Every morning when UC San Diego physicist Herbert Levine laces up his running shoes and chugs alongside Mission Bay, his earphones crackle with radio ads opposing a proposed $1-per-pack cigarette tax to raise money for cancer research. The ads …