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Why Sheryl Sandberg Won't Leave Facebook For Uber
Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 11:27am | 490Read More...Sheryl Sandberg left her job as vice president of global sales and operations at Google (parent company, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)) to join Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and serve as its chief operating officer in 2008. But perhaps more important, her job at Facebook provided the...
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Google Brings Ex-Ford CEO Mulally On To Its Board
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 9:44am | 626Read More...Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made an interesting announcement this week: It is bringing a veteran automotive and aerospace industry executive on to its board of directors. Alan Mulally was CEO of Ford (NYSE: F) from 2006 until just weeks ago. He was also a top executive at...
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Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally To Join Google Board
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 4:35pm | 117Read More...Shares of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) got a small boost Tuesday after the company announced that Alan Mulally will join the board of directors; he will serve on the audit committee. This announcement comes shortly after Mulally stepped down as CEO of Ford (NYSE: F) Google CEO Larry Page commented...
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Consumer Confidence And Housing Data Take A Back-Seat To Markets
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2263Read More...U.S. stocks declined as the recent round of violence in Iraq may have escalated following reports that Syrian warplanes conducted raids in western Iraq, killing at least 50 people. The CBOE Volatility Index, also referred to as the "fear index", rose more than ten percent, trading...
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Market Wrap For June 6: Markets Higher After In-Line Jobs Report
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 4:47pm | 1530Read More...U.S. stocks were higher on Friday, marking the third consecutive week of gains. Investors cheered May's job report which showed a slow and steady improvement in the labor market. Continuing the trend set in recent trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, May 2: Nonfarm Payrolls Data Expected To Impress
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 7:30am | 1145Read More...US nonfarm payrolls data, due out later on Friday, is expected to show that US employers added 210,000 jobs in April, a huge jump from March’s addition of just 192,000 jobs. If the data falls in line with expectations, it will mark the country’s fastest hiring pace in more than four months....
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Market Wrap For May 1: Markets Mixed To Start The New Month
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2905Read More...U.S. stocks were little moved to start off the month of May as investors and traders are cautious before April's nonfarm payrolls report are released on Friday. The consensus estimate for Friday's figure stands at 215,000 which would trump March's 192,000 number. “This is a really important...
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It's Official: Mark Fields Will Replace 'The Man Who Saved Ford'
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 2:07pm | 636Read More...A changing of the guard at Ford (NYSE: F). On Thursday, the auto-maker announced Alan Mulally will step down as CEO on July 1, about six months earlier than anticipated – and will be replaced in that position by Ford COO Mark Fields. Mulally, a former top executive at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has...
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Ford Earnings Preview: Eyes On China & Europe
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 7:19am | 854Read More...Ford (NYSE: F), which this week announced who will replace departing CEO Alan Mulally, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2014 results Friday, April 25, before the markets open. Investors will be looking for continued strength in North America, Ford's biggest market, but also in China,...
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Market Wrap For April 21: S&P 500 Extends Winning Streak To Five Days, Dow & Nasdaq Also Positive
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 4:37pm | 2987Read More...U.S. stocks rose as investors felt that earnings season is positive enough so far to reverse weakness the markets have seen in recent weeks. "Investors were braced for poor results, and at least so far, the numbers have been better than feared. We'll have a little more information to act on...
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Ford Names Mark Fields As Next CEO
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 3:00pm | 266Read More...Ford Motor (NYSE: F) has named Mark Fields as successor to its current CEO Alan Mulally. Ford will announce Mulally's departure date as soon as May 1. Fields, 53, is the current Chief Operating Officer for Ford and was largely responsible for the automaker's "The Way Forward" restructuring plan...
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Top 10 Highest-Rated CEOs
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 5:14pm | 180Read More...A couple of mainstays, coupled with some not-so-everyday names. Glassdoor, a jobs and career community, has released its annual report of the highest-rated CEOs for 2014. The list is determined by employee feedback shared over the last year. Employees voluntarily and anonymously provided...
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Barron's Recap: Detroit Will Rise Again
Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 3:53pm | 768Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: how to fix Detroit, an ETF special report, the annual ranking of online brokers, as well as the prospects for Matson. Cover Story "How to Fix Detroit" by Jonathan R. Laing. Though it will cost bondholders dearly, Motown has a shot at a second chance, says this...
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William Clay Ford, Sr. Dies
Sunday, March 9, 2014 - 1:32pm | 372Read More...The last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions passed away on Sunday morning. He was 88 years old. Fox 2 Detroit sports anchor Jennifer Hammond first reported his death. Tom Lewand, Lions President, confirmed with a statement shortly after. "No owner loved his team more...
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BlackBerry Partners With Ford, Could Signal A Turnaround
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 12:47pm | 419Read More...At the North American Auto Show in January 2007, Ford Motors (NYSE: F) president and CEO Alan Mulally along with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates announced their Sync partnership. Ford would implement Microsoft technology that allows the driver and passengers in Ford automobiles to make...
