Pfizer To Divest Nutrition Business To Nestl
Pfizer today announced that it has entered into an agreement to divest its Nutrition business to Nestl for $11.85 billion in cash. Pfizer s Nutrition business recorded revenues of approximately $2.1 billion in 2011, an increase of 15% versus

What Every Small Business Needs to Know About Liability
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Doctor, daycare owner, bungee jump operator these are businesses

Big Business Should Stop Ignoring Washington?
I read with interest your recent article “Big Business should stop ignoring Washington,” and thank you for highlighting an important set of issues. You list a number of challenges facing America, and assert we can remove these barriers to growth

Broadway’s ‘How to Succeed in Business’ to close
NEW YORK Nick Jonas tried hard but couldn’t keep Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” in business. Producers of the musical said Tuesday they they were reluctantly handing it a pink slip after several months of

Re-Engineering the Business of Law
J. Stephen Poor is chairman of the international law firm Seyfarth Shaw. True long-term success requires businesses to improve continually and reimagine how they operate in the face of changing competition and market forces. Yet this innovative

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Moody’s, Wells Fargo & Company, The Goldman Sachs Group, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley – PR Newswire
On the other hand, Wells Fargo has expertise in consumer and commercial lending and mortgage business. The company has performed comparatively better due to lesser exposure to the capital market businesses, which are susceptible to market volatility.

Guangzhou eases way for social organizations
The Guangzhou government expects social organizations to become much more common in the Guangdong capital after it put into effect a series of measures meant to make it easier to register a social organization. So far this year, 24 city-level social

Deadline for Massachusetts Private Non-Profit Organizations to Apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans is June 5
Eligible non-critical PNPs located in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties in Massachusetts are eligible to apply to the SBA.?? Examples of eligible non-critical PNP organizations include, but are not limited to food kitchens, homeless

Ford, Zipcar “Students with Drive” Grant Program Awards $300,000 to Student Organizations
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and Zipcar, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIP) , the world’s leading car-sharing network, today announced the culmination of the first year of the “Students with Drive” grant

Shadow IT is a Good Thing for IT Organizations
Shadow IT is a good thing for IT organizations and here s why It is important to first understand what Shadow IT is and why it happens. Shadow IT is commonly referred to when non-IT organizations delve into the delivery of technology solutions

Organizations target underage drinking
Several community organizations got together in April to discuss underage drinking in Kenton County, but even more organizations are working cooperatively to reach students and families across all of Northern Kentucky. The Northern Kentucky

Deadline for Virginia Private Non-Profit Organizations to Apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans is June 5
Eligible PNPs located in the following counties and independent cities that provide non-critical services are eligible to apply: Accomack, Alexandria City, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesapeake City, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial

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MBAs compete for 5,000 sustainable business prize
I’ve never been a dragon before, never mind a “green” dragon, so as I took my seat at the top table with the other judges of the M&S Sustainable Retailing Challenge, I wondered which of the terrifying females on the popular BBC TV programme I

CEOs: California worst state for business
Business executives have named California the absolutely worst state for business for the 8th year in a row, says Chief Executive magazine. Click on the photo to see the 10 worst states for business according to Chief Executive magazine.

How I Discovered My Real Business After I Started
You re in the sales business, no matter what. When I started my business as a graphic designer, I envisioned spending my days with my head buried in Photoshop, lost in innovative designs for interesting clients. The reality? Spending my days