Rapid PC Plus Transformation and Effective Cost Control Drive 90 Percent Profit Growth in Q4

HONG KONG - Saturday, May 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    Records in annual pre-tax income of US$801 million and earnings of US$635 million
    Record annual sales of US$34 billion
    Record 52.4 million PC shipments and record 15.5 percent global market share
    Full year basic EPS of 6.16 US cents, or 47.78 HK cents
    Net cash reserves of US$3.1 billion (as of March 31, 2013)

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lenovo Group today announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year ended March 31, 2013. With

Service Operations Committee to streamline buying, selling, delivering and operating Carrier Ethernet services

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif - Friday, May 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The MEF has launched the Service Operations Committee (SOC), the organization’s first new committee in eight years, joining the existing technical, marketing and certification committees.

The purpose of the Service Operations Committee, which has widespread support from MEF members, is to “define, streamline and standardize processes for buying, selling, delivering and operating

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BOUDRY, Switzerland - Saturday, May 25th 2013

European Medicines Agency Accepts Regulatory Submission of Type II Variation for ABRAXANE for the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Celgene International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (Celgene) (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assigned a Priority Review designation to the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for the use of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) in combination with gemcitabine for the

What To Do When a Loved One Dies

Death is one of those subjects many of us don't like talking about but the older we get the more necessary it becomes, especially if you have a husband, children and siblings.

Here are some things you should do upon the death of your loved one:

Request copies of the death certificate. Depending on where you live, you have two or three places to turn to for this document. You can phone, email or personally visit the office of the county recorder (or county clerk, as the term may be). You can alternately contact your state's vital records department (sometimes

If you were on the short end of the stick when it came to getting media attention in 2012, perhaps it's because you didn't have the right connections.  Here are some tips on how to build the kind of media list that will get your press release noticed or a return phone call:

First things first, you need to select the kind of media that best suits what you are trying to promote.  Decide whether television, magazines, blogs, radio, or a combination would work best for your subject matter.

Once you've selected the media outlets, do your research and find out who is the best point of contact.

The following was the headline for a press release I read:

Black Dick for Hire/Private Eye: Black private investigator emerges from the shadows to provide investigative consulting to discerning clientele.

What do you think about this headline?  Is it clever, smart, offensive or obscene? Is it the kind of advertising and/or marketing strategy that would make you want to learn more about this individual and his business?  

If you read further into the press release you find that “Black Dick” refers to  Dick Pierre A. McLean, who is a black private eye.  Perhaps he was using a play on names,

I INVITE EVERY BLACK BUSINESS & ORGANIZATION LEADER IN CHICAGO TO COME TO THE NEXT U.A.P.A. MEETING FOR THIS RARE & HISTORIC NIGHT! IF YOU WISH TO ATTENED, EMAIL ME @ buyblackalliance@gmail.com FOR THE ADDRESS.

 

 

This post was inspired by an article I read in the Buffalo News .

The article in the Buffalo News was titled: Black community suffers when no one steps up to keep businesses running. The article focused on a 71-year-old black man who cashed in his life savings to start his own business 41-years ago. Now he wants to retire but there's no one around to take over. His grown children, according to the article, are turned off by the long hours and the responsibilities so they don't want to carry the torch. The business owner now fears his worst nightmare: his business will fold.

The article further