4 posts and columns on 3M

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Reminder! Make Post-it for Digital Era

in News on August 26, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

3M Co. is trying to drag its 31-year-old Post-it notes business into the age of apps.

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3M Dips Into Its Cash Pile

in News on August 31, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

3M Co. said Monday that it will bid $943 million for a maker of fingerprint-recognition technology, the latest in a series of moves by big companies to dip into their cash hoards to fuel growth through acquisitions. The industrial conglomerate, whose products range from health-care supplies to abrasives and Post-it notes, said it will offer $10.50 a share for Cogent Inc., Pasadena, Calif., whose board recommended that shareholders accept the bid.

Bartz to Be Named Yahoo CEO: Now What's Next?

in News on January 13, 2009 at 10:12 am PT

It looks like Carol Bartz will be taking on the thankless role as new Yahoo CEO. Sources close to the situation told BoomTown–which had first named the former Autodesk CEO the top pick for the top job at the troubled Internet company last week–that Bartz has been approved for the job by the Yahoo board and has accepted it. The Wall Street Journal is also reporting the move. But can the experienced tech exec turn Yahoo around?