A former public relations employee has sued Publicis Groupe SA for $100 million, saying the French advertising company discriminates against women in pay and promotions. Women make up 70 percent of the company's public relations staff but hold only about 15 percent of leadership positions, the lawsuit says.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 25, 2011
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: dELiA*s, OmniVision Technologies, Ancestry.com, Crocs, and Savient Pharmaceuticals. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: NutriSystem, MedAssets, Limelight Networks, First Solar, and Hansen Natural.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Feb 25, 2011
Craigslist (CL) has challenged a study that termed the classifieds site as “a cesspool of crime,”.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 25, 2011
Classifieds site Craigslist has been linked with 330 crimes, 12 murders and 105 robberies or assaults in the United States last year due to anonymous interactions on the site, says a new study.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 24, 2011
China may not have been first to a launch social networking site, but it might be first to float one. Renren.com is eyeing an initial public offering in New York. Owner Oak Pacific is thought to want a valuation of $500 million. The potential for new internet darlings is huge, if they can avoid some old-school problems.
Wenwen Meng
Feb 23, 2011
Benchmark Capital upgraded Time Warner Inc. to buy from hold, saying that accelerating advertising recovery is likely to help sustain high-single digit growth in Networks revenues.
Manikandan Raman
Feb 22, 2011
Rapper Bun B has threatened legal action against the designers of a line of T-shirts bearing his likeness and that of his late UKG bandmate, Pimp C
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 22, 2011
In a recent international advertising campaign, superstar Scarlett Johansson celebrated the rich heritage of luxury brand Moët & Chandon.
Monami Thakur
Feb 21, 2011
Cumulus Media Inc. confirmed it is in exclusive talks to buy Citadel Broadcasting Corp for $37 a share in cash and stock, valuing the company in excess of $2 billion.
Manikandan Raman
Feb 19, 2011
Reality TV, Facebook, Twitter, paid-for plastic bags were ranked among the Top 10 worst innovations of the decade by Britons in a survey.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 19, 2011
While most are against Apple's new subscription policy, a few have spoken out in favor of it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 18, 2011
A recent set of tests show that AT&T really is the faster iPhone network, but Verizon is slightly more reliable.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 18, 2011
With upgrades to their respective search functionalities, Microsoft and Google are placing Facebook at the center of the search engine competition.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 18, 2011
After a few missteps, Rovio's popular game is finally coming to Windows Phone 7.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2011
Google's Android Marketplace makes a huge jump in market share, but Apple's App Store is still way ahead of the pack.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2011
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: ValueClick, American Capital, PC Mall, Life Partners Holdings, Photronics, and Dell. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, ReachLocal, RC2, LogMeIn, and Rovi.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Feb 16, 2011
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd expects to turn net profitable as it seeks other businesses to add power to its radio muscle by June, its top executive told Reuters late on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2011
New features relying on increased user information would only come with your permission the Google CEO said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 15, 2011
A graduate of the prestigious University of Tokyo's economics department, Keishiro Kurabayashi could have joined a blue-chip firm and begun climbing the corporate ladder. Instead, he interned at DeNA, then a fledgling start-up and now a successful social networking and mobile gaming firm.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 15, 2011
NEW YORK, Feb 14 - Technology communications company VoIP Inc sued Google Inc. in New York Supreme Court on Monday, accusing the Internet giant of stealing its trade secrets related to online voice technology.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 14, 2011
Detroit tops the list of fastest growing metropolitan areas for technology jobs, according to a report by Dice.com - a career Web site for technology and engineering professionals and companies in the US.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 14, 2011
Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc filed to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of common stock, becoming the latest technology company to test the public markets. Pandora, which runs an online service that allows users to stream free music based on feedback from the listener, has 80 million registered users.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 12, 2011