Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Intuit ranked 19th in CNN Money’s list of 100 best companies to work for. Well-known for its TurboTax and Quicken programs which help countless people file their income tax returns fast and as painlessly as possible, Intuit uses its corporate culture to inspire innovation and creativity. The company utilizes “idea… Continue Reading
Legal & General Group, a UK insurance company, recently stated that although further crises are expected on a global macroeconomic level, their company will persevere. In fact, Tim Breedon’s replacement Mr. Nigel Wilson, chief executive, has plans to further expand the businesses through bolt-on acquisitions. The first half of 2012 saw revenue grow from GBP493… Continue Reading
Are you too busy to send flowers; write a poem; or even wait on hold? Ted Roden, the founder of Fancy Hands personal assistant service management might be just the thing you need to get your life back under control and concentrate on the important things you need to get done. When Roden was in… Continue Reading
Struggling businesses and shaky unemployment rates have sent the nation into a well-controlled panic. However, some areas are still seeing signs of growth. Richmond, for example, is thrilled by the new ‘Hiring’ sign that hangs at a formerly-vacant warehouse on West Cutting Boulevard. Placed there by the “superfood” importer and marketer Nutiva, the message brings… Continue Reading
The Yucaipa Companies, LLC was founded in 1986 by Ronald Burkle, a self-made billionaire who started his career as a bag boy at a local grocery store. Based in Los Angeles, the holding company focuses primarily on private equity investments. Yucaipa first turned over Jurgensen’s Markets in 1986, and has since established a record of… Continue Reading
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard says, “Every time we’ve made a decision to do the right thing it ended up being good business.” In 2011 Patagonia posted $500 million in sales. The Ventura, California-based outdoor apparel company has grown close to 30% for the past two years running while simultaneously setting the highest possible standards for… Continue Reading
Amidst legal battles with Apple, Inc., Samsung Electronics has announced that it will be buying CSR, the UK-based chipmaker, in a $310 million cash transaction. The two leading companies have long been fighting over intellectual property rights and patent infringements for years. Now, with CSR as its newest weapon, Samsung may have gained the upper… Continue Reading
GlobeImmune, Inc is a biopharmaceutical company which recently filed with the SEC to go public, but have still not begun trading. The company was founded in 1995 as Ceres Pharmaceutical and changed its name to GlobeImmune in 2001. GlobeImmune has the ambitious goal of ending disease all over the world. At the moment GlobeImmune is… Continue Reading
Tom Currier is only 20 years old, but that doesn’t mean he is too young to nurture an innovative company which is lifting eyebrows among investors. As a matter of fact, he isn’t too young to have begun nine successful companies, beginning with ScanBoy which he started at the age of nine to finance his… Continue Reading
As a follow-up of April’s Ivy Bridge desktops, HP has released another wave of all-in-ones to cater to both businesses and consumers: the Compaq Elite 8300, the Compaq Pro 6300, the HP Envy 23, and the HP Pavilion 23. This is not the first time that HP has managed to create machines that target several… Continue Reading