Did GM Just Do Facebook Investors a Favor?
NEW YORK, May15 (DPI) -- In what looks like a frontal assault by an old manufacturing giant on a new tech monopoly, GM announced today that it was pul
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Barbarians At the Gate: Facebook Deal Tanks, and Washington Wants to Prosecute
By Stephen Clark
NEW YORK, May 23 (DPI) - Not long ago Wall Street firms would underwrite stock and bond offerings, trumpet their successes and downplay their failures, and move on to the next deal. The world -- or the politics of finance -- doesn't quite allow that anymore. With fanfare Morgan Stanley won the
Did GM Just Do Facebook Investors a Favor?
By DPI Staff
NEW YORK, May15 (DPI) -- In what looks like a frontal assault by an old manufacturing giant on a new tech monopoly, GM announced today that it was pulling its paid advertising from Facebook because it was not effective. The timing of such an announcement -- just days before Facebook's planned ini
Reaction to JPM Chase Trading Loss Reflects a Confused New Era
By Stephen Clark
NEW YORK, May 15 (DPI) - Thursday's announcement by JP Morgan Chase of a $2 billion trading loss -- and the fallout among the press and government regulators -- reflects the politically messy, not-so-brave new world of global finance. Much of the reaction -- from the press, from politicians, and
Barbarians At the Gate: Facebook Deal Tanks, and Washington Wants to Prosecute
NEW YORK, May 23 (DPI) - Not long ago Wall Street firms would underwrite stock and bond offerings, trumpet their successes and downplay their failures
Reaction to JPM Chase Trading Loss Reflects a Confused New Era
NEW YORK, May 15 (DPI) - Thursday's announcement by JP Morgan Chase of a $2 billion trading loss -- and the fallout among the press and government reg
NY Times Journalists’ PR Effort to Save Pension Met with Zero Support from Comment Boards
NEW YORK, May 10 (DPI) -- A modest but somewhat clumsy PR effort by unionized journalists of The New York Times did little to help their cause as Yout
Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy Would Be Largest on Record By a Law Firm
NEW YORK, May 1 (DPI) -- Dewey & LeBoeuf, the Manhattan law firm facing mass defections and about $200 million in debt, will be at the center of t
There’s the Puck! High Definition TV Changes Game for NHL
NEW YORK, April 26 (DPI) -- Better technology -- larger screens and high-definition imagery -- has helped solve an old problem for the National Hockey
As Blogger, CNN’s Cafferty Cultivates a Crop of Reader Comments
NEW YORK, April 23 (DPI) -- Longtime television news commentator Jack Cafferty is penning an effective blog that's prompting a steady flow of reader c
Readers More Amazed by Guillen’s Suspension than By His Comments
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 10 (DPI) -- Reader comment boards today were alight with surprise by the decision to suspend Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guille
In Facebook Age, “Pre-emptive Job Discrimination” Takes Hold
WASHINGTON, DC, April 4 (DPI) -- Employers large and small now routinely review job candidates' Facebook and other personal pages before hiring them,
As Court Eyes Health Care Law, Solutions Remain Politically Out of Reach
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 26 (DPI Commentary) As the Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of the 2010 Health Care Act, American health care rema
