Pakistanis Pay Economic Toll as Regrouping Taliban Threaten to Widen War Taliban fleeing a Pakistani
offensive are regrouping in the country’s northwest, threatening
to spread and prolong a conflict that has strained the nation’s
economy and may hamper efforts to attract foreign investment.
Playboy Wants Partners to Make Brand Bigger Over Next Decade, Hefner Says Playboy Enterprises Inc. needs to
make strategic decisions to expand the men’s magazine publisher
in the coming decade, according to former Chief Executive
Officer Christie Hefner.
Kindle, Sony Electronic Readers May Get Biggest Payoff From Textbook Sale As Sony Corp.’s e-book devices vie
with the Kindle to win over readers, the real showdown may come
later: when a shift to electronic textbooks at schools threatens
to eclipse the current market for the products.
Murdoch Targets Sulzberger as Newspaper Ad Slump Shifts Fight to Readers The New York Times and Wall Street
Journal are pursuing readers from regional U.S. newspapers in
their fight to survive the worst advertising declines in the
industry’s history.
Cadbury's Carr Stared Down Goldman and RWE as Preparation for Kraft Duel Roger Carr, Cadbury Plc’s chairman,
once thwarted Goldman Sachs Group Inc., then led by former
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, from bidding for pub chain
Mitchells & Butlers Plc in 2006.
China Banks Filling Syndicated Loan Void as Royal Bank, Citigroup Retreat Foster’s Group Ltd., Australia’s
biggest brewer, never borrowed from China until this year, when
Bank of China Ltd. helped arrange $500 million in loans to
refinance debt.