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The Wall Street Journal Management As more companies pull back on sponsoring employees in executive M.B.A. programs, schools are looking to beef up their referrals by offering more incentives to alumni.
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Some business schools have been teaming up with companies to run programs in which students play the role of consultant—for little or no cost to the business.
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Xerox is launching its most expensive advertising campaign in two decades, as Chief Executive Ursula Burns looks to reposition the company as more than just a copier maker.
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Ray Irani, the long-serving and highly compensated chief executive of Occidental Petroleum, is expected to set a date to step down from the company's top job amid an investor backlash over his pay.
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Some Sanofi board members are differing on the merits and potential cost of a bid for Genzyme. While some are enthusiastic about Genzyme's scientific prowess, others are concerned about the price.
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A court upheld the 14-year prison sentence for the founder of Chinese retailer GOME Electrical. The founder, Huang Guangyu, meanwhile threatened to sever contracts between stores he owns and GOME.
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Johnson & Johnson CEO William Weldon must fix the problems that have prompted a string of recalls. His success--or failure--may be among the most important legacies he leaves the company.
Washington Post Chairman Donald Graham recently made several trips to Capitol Hill to lobby against regulations that threaten earnings at the company's Kaplan for-profit-college business.
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French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday went public with its $18.5 billion all cash bid for Genzyme, ratcheting up the pressure on the biotechnology firm.
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When Philips Electronics CEO Gerard Kleisterlee retires next year, he'll leave a firm that's increasingly focused on emerging markets.
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For companies with already lean staffs, summer vacations are creating big headaches.
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CEO Francesco Trapani says high-end jeweller Bulgari is back in the black and a rejuvenated watch division will drive profit further.
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How 38-year-old Johan Svanstrom has added 13 new country-specific websites in Hong Kong for online travel giant Expedia.
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Willem Sels, head of investment strategy for HSBC Private Bank, U.K. & Channel Islands, tells the Wall Street Journal why he is keen on high-yield bonds.
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Some financial-services firms are considering paying year-end bonuses this year rather than in 2011, as the specter of higher taxes looms.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule making it easier for shareholders to replace corporate directors.
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Johann Schneider-Ammann, who heads Switzerland's largest industrial lobby group, is setting his sights on having a decisive say in the country's political future as finance minister.
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Barnes & Noble's board launched a blistering attack on the bookseller's second largest investor in a letter to shareholders that urged them not to let Ron Burkle's takeover bid "destroy" the bookstore chain.
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A former president of Fujitsu filed a lawsuit against the Japanese technology company and four of its executives, seeking a total of about $4.5 million in damages.
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GOME said shareholders will vote on a resolution by founder Huang Guangyu, who has been detained following a bribery conviction, to remove the Chinese retailer's chairman.
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Penny Pritzker, one of America's richest and most powerful businesswomen, is no longer considered an independent director of Hyatt Hotels, which her family controls.
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Department-store operator Barneys New York hired luxury-retail veteran Mark Lee as chief executive, filling a post that has been vacant since 2008.
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As founder of the stereo-equipment company that bears his name, Sidney Harman turned a $5,000 investment into a $3-billion-a-year business. Now, at 92, he is attempting to revive Newsweek.
The CEO of AU Optronics, a major Taiwan maker of LCD screens, has been barred from leaving the U.S. during a Justice Department probe into alleged price fixing, the company said.
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President and CEO Selina Lo says when developing markets are equipped with WiFi, they can be a tool for more and more people to become connected to the Internet.
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Corinthian Colleges canceled its Sept. 15 investor day, saying regulatory uncertainty leaves the for-profit college unable to offer much insight into its future operations
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The West, along with other U.S. regions, has seen fewer layoffs since last summer. But its hiring rate—the number of people hired as a percentage of employment—hasn't recovered as strongly as it has in the past.
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Corporate bureaucracy is becoming obsolete. Why managers should think like venture capitalists.
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Paolo Pellegrini, who helped hedge-fund manager John Paulson score more than $15 billion of profits betting against risky mortgages, is returning money to clients of his own hedge fund after losses this year.
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Regulators seized ShoreBank, agreeing to sell assets to a team led by the community lender's executives and backed by several U.S. financial firms. Three other small banks failed, bringing the year's total to 114.
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Bank of America's former Chief Executive Ken Lewis has filed a response denying Cuomo's civil-fraud lawsuit that stems from the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch.
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Western companies are changing the way they do business in China, as they become more worried about protecting their intellectual property.
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Stockholders are set to gain greater clout to elect corporate directors on Wednesday when the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to finalize a "proxy access" rule.
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Chief executives of high-end department stores are betting on off-price outlets to generate growth, even as they curb discounts at their main stores.
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The new financial-overhaul law will force U.S. public firms to get tougher about making executives repay improperly awarded incentive compensation.
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Business schools in Asia are courting professors in the U.S. with the prospect of doing leading research work as the schools aim to strengthen the credibility of their graduate programs.
Managers are finally getting the chance to hire -- but they need to make their choices count. Here are five rules for making smart hires.
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To do well in today's two-speed economy, companies will have to compete in two contests simultaneously -- in developed and developing markets.
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Chastened by the recession, mall-based apparel retailers like Gap and AnnTaylor are poring over their real-estate portfolios, looking for stores they can shrink, in a bid to increase profit.
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Few companies emerge from a recession stronger than when they entered one. Cisco Systems is trying to pull off the feat for a second time.
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As head of one of the largest U.S. Internet service providers, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt stands at the center of the debate over so-called net neutrality.
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Eli Lilly's Chief Executive John Lechleiter is focusing more intently on developing new drugs for difficult-to-treat diseases, as patent protection for eight drugs will soon expire.
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Fujitsu President Yamamoto will lead his first shareholder meeting, as the Japanese technology company's business improves after a scandal.
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Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld's contentious win of Cadbury gave her new ways to sell Oreos and Tang—but also left some damage to repair.
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Bragging at work has long suffered a bad reputation. But a recent book suggests how to do it well.
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Five years ago, HCL Technologies CEO Vineet Nayer at HCL Technologies discovered the IT firm was slowly becoming irrelevant. Gary Hamel reveals the secrets of HCL's overhaul.
Andrew Cosslett, CEO of InterContinental Hotels Group, says he learned about teamwork on the rugby field, in the WSJ's 'Lessons in Leadership' video series.
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