News - Powered by Yahoo NewsFacebook Has Gone Public in More Ways Than You Might Thin
Facebook has just become a publicly traded company -- and almost all of its privacy settings are being switched to "public," too, in a trade-off that Facebook is making for access to the stock market and potential windfall profits for its biggest shareholders.
Sun, 20 May 2012 06:49:53 -0700 -
Pfizer Invites Public to View and Listen to Webcast of June 3 Pfizer Analyst and Investor Meeting at ASC
Pfizer Inc. invites investors and the general public to view and listen to a webcast of a presentation by Pfizer?s oncology leadership team at an analyst and investor meeting on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 -0700 -
Building the Runway to the Skies of Tomorro
By It seems that these days, the general public is a bit weary of commercial air travel - and who can blame them? We hear countless stories of TSA screeners taking their jobs perhaps too seriously, to say nothing of the general unpleasantness and inconvenience of arriving 90 minutes early to your flight, removing your ...
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:25:20 -0700 -
General Dynamics and Samsung Team to Deliver Commercial Smartphones and Tablets with Defense-grade Securit
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics C4 Systems today announced that it will integrate its defense-grade cyber and information security technologies into the family of Samsung ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 10:30:00 -0700 -
GameStop's annual EXPO opens up to general public, monitor tan required for entr
Outdoor concerts, European music festivals, keggers -- whatever your concept of summer fun is, GameStop's adding its own EXPO to the list. Previously the exclusive province of its own employee horde, the gaming retailer's opening up its annual conference to the pasty-faced public for the first time this year. You'll have to be a PowerUp Rewards member to get an invite for the video game-centric ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 11:45:32 -0700 -
General : City Planners Eye More Public Transport Users By 201
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- The government and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) aim to more than quadruple the number of daily commuters using public transport in Kuala Lumpur, to two million by 2017, from about 480,000 in 2010.
Tue, 22 May 2012 01:45:04 -0700 -
Public Invited to the Da
WHEELING - In conjunction with National Safe Boating Week this week, officials at the Pike Island Locks and Dam are offering free walking tours of the facility to the general public today through Friday.
Mon, 21 May 2012 21:31:32 -0700 -
Date set for Timbers in U.S. Open Cu
Tickets go on sale Wednesday to the general public for the Portland Timbers home opener in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Mon, 21 May 2012 16:34:25 -0700 -
Was the Safeway General Counsel's Big Joke Sexist
Note: This story has been updated with a statement from Safeway's general counsel. The general counsel of Safeway Inc., a Fortune 100 company, tried to make like Jay Leno and tell a joke at the supermarket chain?s annual meeting Tuesday. But some folks weren?t amused.
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:47:54 -0700 -
Recap of 10 most endangered U.S. river
The American Rivers organization every year since 1986 has issued a report spotlighting the top ten U.S. rivers ?at risk.? And again this year, the organization is calling for action by the general public and businesses to get the attention of ?decision-makers to do the right thing.?
Mon, 21 May 2012 11:50:07 -0700 -