15 Nov 2007
| by Keith O'Brien
Bear Stearns announced it will write down the value of $1.2 billion in assets - related to sub-prime mortgages - in Q4.
12 Oct 2007
| by Michael Bush
AUBURN HILLS, MI: Chrysler turned much of its attention to a recently launched social-media site as a means to educate its employees, media, and the public during a six-hour United Auto Workers (UAW) strike involving some 40,000 employees.
11 Oct 2007
| by Jason MacDonald
A quarter-century has passed since the "Tylenol scare", an incident that saw seven people from the Chicago area die after ingesting Tylenol capsules that had been intentionally tainted with cyanide.
10 Oct 2007
| by Hamilton Nolan
WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) early this month levied four more fines against Comcast for airing VNRs without proper attribution, in a move that activists believe signals the agency is coming around to their viewpoint.
10 Oct 2007
| by Aarti Shah
SAN JOSE, CA: Free Internet phone provider Pudding Media, with assistance from AOR SutherlandGold Group, has launched a three-pronged campaign that now includes outreach to critics to calm fears about the technology.
10 Oct 2007
| by Aarti Shah
BASKING RIDGE, NJ: Verizon Wireless has admitted it "made a mistake" after it was criticized for rejecting a request from an abortion rights group to use the company's text messaging service for its outreach.
10 Oct 2007
| by KD Paine & Partners
Last week's LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon has been called a perfect storm of problems.
09 Oct 2007
| by Matthew McGevna
Contractor's situation showcases that PR is no magic cure to difficulties of repairing reputation
05 Oct 2007
| by Hamilton Nolan
CALABASAS, CA: Countrywide Financial, the beleaguered face of the subprime mortgage meltdown, is working with Burson-Marsteller on an extensive internal and external communications effort to ferociously defend itself from its legion of critics.
04 Oct 2007
| by Aarti Shah
The high-profile raft of corporate scandals over the past few years has not only turned up the heat on companies to be transparent about their financial dealings, it's also put a brighter spotlight on their PR efforts.