Has your company outgrown its board? Here's how to tell.
By answering the following brief list of questions, CEOs and nominating committees should be able to gauge how well their board measures up. Market dynamics continue to push companies in unexpected directions. For some, such as high-tech companies, the pressure comes from explosive growth. For others, such...

EFI VUTEk QS3200r.
EFI VUTEk QS3200r BY BILL SCHIFFNER Chris Underwood, co-owner of Oregon Blue Print Co. likes to keep things all the in the family. Underwood and his brother Scott are another third generation family-owned business successfully bucking the trend. The Portland, OR-based print shop first opened...

Bristol-Myers spins off device unit for $4.1 billion.
New York, NY-based drug company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is selling its wound therapy and surgical care unit for $4.1 billion to two private equity firms. The company will sell its ConvaTec division to Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners. Proceeds from the sale will help fund Bristol-Myers'...

HomeTeam enters a new era.
In early April, Rollins Inc., the parent company of Orkin Pest Control, acquired HomeTeam Pest Defense from Centex Corp. for a cash payment of approximately $137 million. This transaction is no small deal: * HomeTeam Pest Defense is the third-largest residential pest management company in the industry,...

Medical device sales drive double-digit profit for Covidien's first quarter of 2008.
Bermuda-based Covidien Ltd. recently released its 2008 first-quarter results. The company's profit rose 24% due in large part to gains from a tax sharing agreement and a jump in medical device sales. The company reported $420 million in net income for the first quarter of the year,...

Committee on microbiology and extraneous materials.
Committee Actions During the past year, 2 committees have spun off from Committee H: Committee L (Methods Committee on Biological Threat Agents) and Committee M (Methods Committee on Antimicrobial Efficacy Testing.) The sole responsibility of Committee H at the present time is food and dairy microbiology. ...

Meeting of the Minds.
Meeting of the Minds By Michele Pepe Convergence ushers in a new era of collaboration Angie Wong knows first-hand how challenging it can be to put together teams of people from two different worlds. Since 2003, when Wong spun off Ojo Technology from...

Japan goes postal: freeing the mail.
JAPAN'S POST office has been run by the government for 13O years, but not for much longer. Last fall Japan Post began the first stage of its 10-year privatization plan by officially splitting into four separate businesses: Japan Post Service Co., Japan Post Network Co., Japan Post Bank Co.,...

Company Watch - Air Canada.
Feb 18, 2008 Air Canada and Jazz flew a combined 4.06 billion RPMs in January, up 3.8% from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 3.7% to 5.22 billion ASMs and load factor increased 0.1 point to 77.9%. Feb 11, 2008 Jazz, which provides regional service for...