NEW YORK, May 11, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Proskauer announced today that Martin J. Bienenstock, one of the nation’s most renowned corporate restructuring and governance lawyers, will join the firm together with his nationally regarded colleagues Philip M. Abelson, Irena M. Goldstein, Timothy Q. Karcher, Michael P. Kessler and Judy G.Z. Liu. Mr. Bienenstock and [...]

BOSTON and CHICAGO, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Going-out-of-business sales start tomorrow, Friday, May 11, at all Betsey Johnson retail stores throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. and will continue until all merchandise has been sold. Betsey Johnson, known for her iconic designs and use of bold color, opened her first retail [...]

SANTA CLARA, CA, May 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Billeo, Inc. announced today that its ShopSmart(TM) iPad app was named a Finalist in the Apps category in The 2012 American Business Awards, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program. The American Business Awards are the nation’s [...]

When John Rowe, the recently retired chief of energy giant Exelon Corp. and one of Chicagos most active civic leaders, contemplates Mayor Rahm Emanuels approach to business during his first year in office, he offers a succinct observation. Rahms way of dealing with business is to look you right in the eye and say, Ill [...]

PHOENIX — Saying it will help Arizona compete for new jobs, Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill providing tax breaks to business owners and investors. The centerpiece of the bill, which the Legislature approved last week, is a 25 percent reduction on individual income tax paid on capital gains, the profits [...]

Expand into international markets or die. Its a maxim small business owners in Canada have been hearing for a while now, but a new survey on global growth conducted by the Financial Post in partnership with Ernst Young suggests entrepreneurs are finally getting the message – or at least they think their competitors are. While [...]

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Business Process Management market. Global market for Business Process Management (BPM) is projected to reach US$5.3 billion by the year 2017. Growth to a large extent will be driven by advanced case management needs such as, process compliance and continuous process optimization and to a [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – The Business Journals today announced the launch of Social Madness presented by Capital One Spark Business – a local and national corporate social media challenge spotlighting the best social media programs of companies across the country. Open to small, medium and large companies, the challenge will [...]

Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) Santo Rizzuto, chief executive of engineering consultants Sinclair Knight Merz, yesterday said the company was not unfamiliar with mergers or acquisitions, having conducted 65 takeovers in the last 10 or 15 [...]

When I started my career in business and finance, I never thought I would be writing about social media, but its truly amazing how much of an impact it is has on businesses of all shapes and sizes. We saw the power of Facebook when a single Bank of America customer fostered a movement last [...]