Archive for 2008

Here are the CNN list of 10 Best Companies to work for in America for 2008.

1. Google
2. Quicken Loans
3. Wegmans Food Markets
4. Edward Jones
5. Genentech
6. Cisco Systems
7. Starbucks
8. Qualcomm
9. Goldman Sachs
10. Methodist Hospital System

[ CNN - Top 50 employers ]

Here are the list of Fortune’s annual ranking of America’s leading 50 Most Powerful Business Women

1. Indra Nooyi
2. Irene Rosenfeld
3. Pat Woertz
4. Anne Mulcahy
5. Angela Braly
6. Andrea Jung
7. Susan Arnold
8. Oprah Winfrey
9. Brenda Barnes
10. Ursula Burns

[ 50 Most Powerful Women ]

Here are the 2 types of corporate bankruptcy under U.S. law.

• Chapter 11 bankruptcy, allows a company to continue to operate as it sheds debts and contracts it can not afford.
• Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the company goes out of business fairly rapidly as its assets are sold off to try to satisfy its creditors.

[ Via CNN Money FAQ ]

Japan , the world’s second-largest economy is in a recession officially.

Japans gross domestic product has fallen by 0.4 percent this year, pushing Japan into its first recession since 2001.

Japan joined Germany and Italy on the list of major economies that are now officially in recession.

The last time Japan fell into recession was in 2001 after the Internet bubble burst.