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...

Smith Investment Completes Spin-Off Transaction.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith Investment Company (Pink Sheets: SMIC) announced today that, to facilitate the proposed merger between Smith Investment and a subsidiary of A. O. Smith Corporation, Smith Investment distributed to the Smith Investment stockholders, in a previously announced taxable spin-off transaction, substantially all of Smith...

Kirin in talks to acquire 43.3% stake in San Miguel Brewery.
Japanese food and beverage giant Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (Kirin) is negotiating with San Miguel Corporation (SMC) for the acquisition of a 43.25 percent stake in the latter's listed domestic beer business. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) yesterday, SMC chief finance officer Ferdinand...

Prime Companies Reaches Agreement to Spin Off Subsidiary; Shareholders Gain 15 Percent Stake in New Telecommunications Company.
ANTHEM, Ariz., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Prime Companies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: PCIR) today announced it has entered into a Definitive Agreement that will allow it to spin off its wholly owned subsidiary, Prepaid Tel.com, Inc., which discontinued operations in 2007, to a San Diego firm which, once it has...

PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Jan. 28, 2009.
Following is a summary of high technology news releases transmitted today by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PR Newswire for Journalists, http://media.prnewswire.com/. LA63679 01/28/2009 00:00 r f AZ-ATCi-Thunderbird (PHOENIX) ATCi Provides Next Generation Satellite Distance Learning System for Thunderbird School...

SMC raises P39 billion from sale of brewery-related assets.
San Miguel Corporation has sold P38.8 billion worth of its beer-related assets to subsidiary San Miguel Brewery Inc. just as it is negotiating for a possible sale of a 43.25 percent stake in SMBI to Kirin Holdings Corporation of Japan. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...

China Fiberglass dissolve share exchange and merging on Jushi.
China Fiberglass Company Limited (China Fiberglass, SH: 600176) announced on December 30th, 2008 to dissolve the share exchange and merging on Jushi Group Co., Ltd. (Jushi) as the scheme was failed by its board of directors. Jushi's current equity split is 51:11.5:37.5 between China Fiberglass, China Building...

Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the European Orphan Diseases Market: Niche-Busters - An Attractive Future?
LONDON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the European Orphan Diseases Market to be held on Thursday, 5 February, 2009 at 2 p.m. GMT. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Today's pharmaceutical companies...

EUCODIS Bioscience Appoints Thomas Fischer as Chief Financial Officer.
VIENNA, Austria, January 30 /PRNewswire/ -- EUCODIS Bioscience, a company developing enzymes for the chemical industry, announced today that Thomas Fischer has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. "We are excited about the wealth of experience that Thomas brings to EUCODIS Bioscience," said Rudy Pandjaitan, Ph.D.,...

Hill-Rom Reports First Quarter Revenue Growth of 3.0 Percent to $352 Million and Earnings Per Fully Diluted Share From Continuing Operations of $0.23, an Increase of 15.0 Percent From the Prior Year.
- First quarter constant currency revenue growth of 5.9 percent - Economy's adverse impact on U.S. hospital capital spending offset by rental and international growth, and incremental Liko revenue - January restructuring actions to save $12 - $14 million annually beginning in second quarter ...