Management - general
Former Olympus chairman, six others arrested in Japan
16 Feb 2012
Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former chairman, resigned late last year after Briton Michael Woodford, a former CEO, blew the whistle on the scam in the Japanese company
Google is the best place to work in US: Fortune
20 Jan 2012
Besides the generous perks, free food and recreation and sports facilities, the Google campus at Mountain View was also a "must visit" stop for Barack Obama and John McCain during their presidential runs
Olympus approaches five companies for equity tie-up
12 Jan 2012
Olympus has contacted Sony Corp, Panasonic Corp, Fujifilm Holdings, Terumo Corp and S Korea's Samsung Electronics, though it is unclear whether it plans to select a single or several partners
Yahoo picks PayPal chief as new CEO
05 Jan 2012
Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, a unit of eBay, will take over as the new chief executive of the internet giant, which is battling stiff competition from rivals such as Google and Facebook, amidst declining advertising revenues
Cutting through the clutter: PLM demystified
05 Jan 2012
A product life cycle management (PLM) system will ensure that a company’s products remain on the cutting edge from inception and design to marketing, says Sanjay Daga, executive vice president, operations, Designtech Systems Ltd
Battle brewing for control of scam-tainted Olympus
08 Dec 2011
A battle for scam-tainted Japanese camera-maker Olympus Corp is brewing, with former CEO Michael Woodford demanding that a new board be appointed without the approval of the management
Olympus used offshore firms to cover up losses
07 Dec 2011
An inquiry panel has uncovered a network operated by mostly Japanese advisers who used offshore companies in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands to hide impaired financial securities and channel funds to conceal those losses
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