Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- On May 19, 2011, Rupert Murdoch
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- On May 19, 2011, Rupert Murdoch hosted a dinner party to hash out once and for all how to handle the phone-hacking scandal that had been hanging over the company for months and was suddenly spinning out of control. Murdoch chose that evening to stick to a London-based containment strategy, with News Corp.'s U.K. head Rebekah Brooks supervising it. Nine months later, the consequences of that decision still reverberate, Bloomberg Businessweek's reports in its Feb. 13 issue. Greg Farrell discusses the dinner on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Roben Farzad discusses the
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Roben Farzad discusses the bidding battle for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Eight groups, including one led by Joe Torre, remain in the bidding for the club Frank McCourt is selling out of bankruptcy, in part to pay his ex-wife, Jamie, $131 million for her share of the Dodgers agreed to in their October divorce settlement, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Feb. 6 edition. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek Senior Editor David Rocks
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek Senior Editor David Rocks talks about the BBW50, a ranking of top-performing companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Juszkiewicz, chief executive officer of
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Juszkiewicz, chief executive officer of Gibson Guitar Corp., talks with Bloomberg Businessweek's Ben Austen about U.S. agents' raids of the company's plants in Nashville and Memphis last August and Gibson's response to accusations it had illegally imported ebony and rosewood from India to be used for fingerboards produced in its Tennessee factories. (Source: Bloomberg)
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Small drones provide U.S. ground forces
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Small drones provide U.S. ground forces with battlefield intelligence and have become more common. As of July of this year, according to the Defense Department, almost 7,000 small unmanned aerial vehicles were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. An unlikely industry leader of this explosion of flying robots is a Los Angeles-area company called AeroVironment Inc. It produces 85 percent of the UAVs used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department. Bloomberg Businessweek's Brad Stone reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Megan Hughes reports on a
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Megan Hughes reports on a Louisiana state law, supported by telecommunications companies, that has smaller cities like Lafayette struggling to provide fiber-optic cable to all homes. In its bid to provide municipal broadband, Lafayette fought against the law, which named telecommunications as a permitted city utility and imposed conditions on municipalities. Hughes reported on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack" on Dec. 2. (Source: Bloomberg)
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Investors and the public are seeking
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Investors and the public are seeking more information on companies' carbon emissions, water usage, workplace diversity and other factors. Bloomberg Businessweek's Karen Weise reports on ways to measure corporate sustainability and rating companies who are vying to be the arbiter of who's really green. (Source: Bloomberg)
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Professional soccer player Abby Wambach of
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Professional soccer player Abby Wambach of the U.S. women's soccer team discusses her technique for heading soccer balls to score goals while avoiding injury.¶ Wambach, who has played professionally for nine years, is among a small group of soccer players whose lucrative sponsorship deals afford them a comfortable living. (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Karl Sparre, a vice president at Aramark Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Jeff Green about his commute on Monday mornings from Boston to Philadelphia. Sparre stays with his sister in Wilmington, Delaware, during the week and then flies back to Boston on Friday evenings. (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ronald Woodward, mayor of Fulton, New York, talks with Bloomberg's Martin Z.
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ronald Woodward, mayor of Fulton, New York, talks with Bloomberg's Martin Z. Braun about the closure of a Birds Eye Foods plant in the city.¶ Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, a portfolio company of the private-equity firm Blackstone Group LP, which took over Birds Eye in 2009, shut the factory in November. (Source: Bloomberg)
With 180 million users finding music with Shazam how does the app work?
With 180 million users finding music with Shazam how does the app work?
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Karl Sparre, a vice president at Aramark Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Jeff
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Karl Sparre, a vice president at Aramark Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Jeff Green about his commute on Monday mornings from Boston to Philadelphia. Sparre stays with his sister in Wilmington, Delaware, during the week and then flies back to Boston on Friday evenings. (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports on talks taking place between the U.S. and
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports on talks taking place between the U.S. and North Korea in Beijing. The U.S. is “cautiously optimistic” about negotiations with North Korea, the first such meeting since Kim Jong Il died in December and his son inherited leadership of the isolated, nuclear-armed country. (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- John Borghetti, chief executive officer of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd.,
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- John Borghetti, chief executive officer of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., talks about the airline's financial results and business outlook. Virgin Australia, the nation’s second-biggest carrier, said first-half earnings more than doubled on higher corporate travel revenues and an extension of its network. Borghetti speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Grant King, managing director at Origin Energy Ltd., Australia’s largest
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Grant King, managing director at Origin Energy Ltd., Australia’s largest electricity retailer, talks about the company's financial results, business outlook, and the nation's new carbon legislation. Origin had a first-half profit after acquiring energy assets from the state of New South Wales. King also discusses the dispute within the nation's ruling Labor party. He speaks from Sydney with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)
