Ernst Young enters Training magazine’s Hall of Fame

The FINANCIAL — London, Ernst %26amp; Young is one of six inaugural members to be inducted into Training magazine’s exclusive Hall of Fame, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of workforce training and development.
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Along with Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, KLA-Tencor, Pfizer and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Ernst [...]

ProLogis is a global player

The Chinese businessmen Jeff Schwartz works with like to toast.
It’s one of the cultural lessons Schwartz, chief executive of ProLogis, has learned while guiding the Denver-based company through an aggressive worldwide expansion, with particular emphasis on Asia.
“It’s wearing on my liver,” said Schwartz, who has raised glasses of Moutai, a 53 percent alcohol-content [...]

Loan crisis goes to college

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The credit crunch is hitting the college classroom.When parents and students try to line up college funding this spring, they will likely be in for a nasty shock. They may still get a loan, but it will come at a price. Borrowers will have a more limited choice of lenders and [...]

ProLogis is a global player

The Chinese businessmen Jeff Schwartz works with like to toast.
It’s one of the cultural lessons Schwartz, chief executive of ProLogis, has learned while guiding the Denver-based company through an aggressive worldwide expansion, with particular emphasis on Asia.
“It’s wearing on my liver,” said Schwartz, who has raised glasses of Moutai, a 53 percent alcohol-content [...]

Gear up for a spending spree

Pay
commission awards are celebration time for government employees and the
companies selling goods and services to this class of consumers.
When the government
implemented the Fifth Pay Commission (FPC) awards, it resulted in a mad rush at
car showrooms and a boom in sales of consumer durables. Marketers hope the
families of the 4-million-strong central government workforce will [...]

Gear up for a spending spree

Pay
commission awards are celebration time for government employees and the
companies selling goods and services to this class of consumers.
When the government
implemented the Fifth Pay Commission (FPC) awards, it resulted in a mad rush at
car showrooms and a boom in sales of consumer durables. Marketers hope the
families of the 4-million-strong central government workforce will [...]

The FINANCIAL Focus on Ukraine

The FINANCIAL — Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko was one of the first high-ranking international officials to congratulate Michael Saakashvili on being re-elected President of Georgia in the January 5, 2007 presidential elections. The long time friendly relations of the two presidents, both came to power as a result of revolutions, has been positively reflected in [...]

Blue chips rally on Buffett

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Blue chips rallied Tuesday as investors welcomed news that Warren Buffett has reached out to ailing bond insurers and major lenders have announced a plan that they say will help homeowners avoid foreclosure.But a tech advance petered out by the close, leaving the Nasdaq not far from where it started the [...]

Blue chips rally on Buffett

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Blue chips rallied Tuesday as investors welcomed news that Warren Buffett has reached out to ailing bond insurers and major lenders have announced a plan that they say will help homeowners avoid foreclosure.But a tech advance petered out by the close, leaving the Nasdaq not far from where it started the [...]

TeliaSonera Slides After Cutting Dividend 2900 Jobs

TeliaSonera Slides After Cutting Dividend, 2,900 Jobs (Update2)
By Maria Fredriksson
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — TeliaSonera AB, Swedens largest
telephone company, fell the most in almost six years in Stockholm
trading after cutting its dividend.
TeliaSonera fell 11 percent after saying dividends for 2007
will drop to 4 kronor (61 U.S. cents) a share from 6.30 kronor a
year earlier. The [...]