According to the New York Times, it is — and has been for a while. Reynolds American — which makes Camel, Winston, and Pall Mall cigarettes — says it won’t run cigarette ads in consumer magazines and newspapers during 2008. The announcement comes amidst a dispute between …
Archive for November, 2007
Restoration Hardware eyes unlikely suitor
by Linnea Kirgan, November 29, 2007, 6:10 amThey may not immediately sound like matchmaker’s dream pair: everyman’s retailer Sears Holding Corp. (which also owns discounter Kmart) and swanky-whimsical home goods retailer Restoration Hardware. But, as sometimes happens with the most unlikely matches, these two are giving each other the once over. And, of course, as …
Union guarantees from Tata Motors? Let me talk to my manager, OK?
by James Bryant, November 28, 2007, 6:41 amAs the year winds down it seems Tata Motors has taken the inside track on Ford’s widely publicized sale of its problem children, Jaguar and Land Rover.
Representatives of Unite, England’s largest manufacturing labor union, are reported to have approved Tata Motors’ …
Feeling somewhat peakish? Has Peak Oil happened?
by Stuart Hampton, November 27, 2007, 7:00 amPETROBRAS just announced an offshore oil find that could boost Brazil’s oil reserves by 40%. Vast oil reserves remain largely untapped under Iraq. High oil prices are encouraging oil companies to activate old oil fields and develop expensive unconventional oil and gas plays (sands, …
Tata to the rescue!
by Patrice Sarath, November 26, 2007, 7:00 amMovie trailer guy voiceover:
“In a business world fraught with peril, only one company can save capitalism.”
So I haven’t written about my favorite company in the whole wide world, Tata Group, in a long time. No bursting into …
Avnet and Arrow: the Big 2 in electronics distribution
by Jeff Dorsch, November 21, 2007, 6:31 amHertz and Avis. McDonald’s and Burger King. Citigroup and Bank of America. Coke and Pepsi. Many industries have companies that are famously No. 1 and No. 2.
When it comes to electronic component distribution, it is Avnet and …
Now that Prince is deposed, who would be king of Citi?
by Ryan Caione, November 20, 2007, 6:59 amIt’s been two weeks since former Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince hastily left the firm after it revealed more than $10 billion in writedowns related to mortgage investments. In the meantime, the other big Wall Street firm with an opening at CEO, …
Amgen defends anemia treatments at all costs
by Anne Law, November 19, 2007, 6:44 amIt seems that the controversy surrounding Amgen’s anemia treatments Epogen and Aranesp will never end, nor will the company’s efforts to keep the drug category at the top of its product list. Not so surprising really, during a time when pharmaceutical patents …
Striking a TV season
by Larry Bills, November 16, 2007, 6:41 amIt’s been about two weeks since Hollywood writers went on strike and the grave reality of the situation has begun to sink in. The Writers Guild of America walkout, which I had hoped would be a blip on the way to a quick settlement with the …
Trouble in ‘Toyland’ as the holidays approach
by Alexandra Biesada, November 15, 2007, 6:03 amIn the 1934 holiday classic Babes in Toyland the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy do their best to keep The Widow Peep from being evicted from her shoe by the …
