Corporate Performance

Trying to raise its profile in Chicago, Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank said it has secured naming rights to the 190 S. LaSalle St. building, where it will boost its square footage by 65 percent. The street-level U.S. Bank Building signage should go up this...

Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) is focusing more on increasing productivity at its branches rather than network expansion as a way to increase business. The bank spent 1.7 billion baht on improving its branch network last year, including branch rationalisation,...

Trinity Wattana Plc (TNITY), a holding company, reported total revenue for the first quarter of 351.5 million baht, more than half of last year's total revenue of 680.9 million. Total net profit for the first quarter was 95.2 million baht, or 81% of the...

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Nokia, battling to keep up with Samsung and Apple in the global phone race, lost almost 5 percentage points of market share in the first quarter, research company Gartner said on Tuesday. Overall global sales figures for mobile...

JOBS FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN SWEDEN: If you're psyching yourself up to ask for a raise by thinking, "The worst they can say is 'no,'" you may already be in trouble. Requesting a pay increase can be a fickle business maneuver and how you go about it...

JOBS FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN SWEDEN: Looking for the best time of the year to get a promotion? According to data collected and analyzed by LinkedIn, January, June and July are the most popular months for U.S. workers to receive promotions. Globally,...

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN) -- In anticipation of a growing number of budget travellers, the government must build a specific airport terminal with facilities dedicated to budget airlines, air service operators have said. Data from the Transportation...

About 300 businesspeople from the Richmond area started their Friday morning with these magic words from a representative of the Washington Redskins: "There are opportunities for everyone here," said Scott Shepherd, vice president of sales, marketing...

Per usual, blood pressures are up in the Wyoming Area School District, and nine candidates are vying for four open seats on the school board. The school district is currently in tense negotiations with the teachers union, which has worked without a...

It's just a few paragraphs in an 87-page financial report, but in the annual 10-K document that the Kroger Co. filed on April 2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fierce battle for market share that the Cincinnati-based retailer is waging...

Anheuser-Busch's introduction of Stella Artois Cidre to the U.S. market is the latest sign that the world's largest brewer is looking beyond its beer base to reach the growing ranks of wine and spirits customers. St. Louis-based A-B, the North...

By John McCrank April 29 (Reuters) - Pan-European trading platform Equiduct has found new strategic investors and revamped its business structure, cutting costs, raising prices, and moving to a mutualized model where it is owned and controlled by its...