Posts in category Business

Too many organizations are not meeting their project goals due to a lack of emphasis on project management (PM) talent, according to a new report from the Project Management Institute …

General Motors (GM) plans to hire 1,000 IT professionals to staff a new Information Technology Innovation Center near Phoenix, Arizona. The move is part of GM’s multiyear initiative to hire …

A survey by The Mergis Group found growing confidence in the employment picture for finance and accounting careers. After two quarters in a row of declining confidence in the sector, …

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for an increase to minimum wage, from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour by the year 2015. The idea has …

Andy Polansky, chief executive of public relations firm Weber Shandwick, recently discussed the growth of public relations, largely impacted by the ubiquity of social media and the number of companies …

American Airlines parent company AMR Corporation and US Airways have announced a merger to create the world’s largest airline, exceeding United Airlines and Delta Air Lines with 6,700 daily flights. …

The popular subscription-based online learning site lynda.com has acquired video2brain, a video training company located in Graz, Austria. Lynda.com produces instructional videos for business and technology professionals. Founded in 1995, …

The United States Commerce Department announced growth in U.S. retail sales, and even though the growth was modest – just 0.1 percent in January 2013 over the previous month – …

Computer giant Dell Inc. this month announced the privatization of the company. In a $24.4 billion merger, company founder, chairman and CEO Michael Dell, in partnership with global technology investment …

While Sony has seen rough times in the past years, income reports from 2012 show that the electronics giant is finally turning things around. From 2011 to 2012, the company …