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Groupon Appoints Mellody Hobson to Board of Directors

in Commerce on June 22, 2011 at 3:57 pm PT

Groupon has added Mellody Hobson to its board. Hobson is president of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm, but she may be better known as a spokesperson for financial literacy and investor education and as a regular contributor to “Good Morning America” and other shows. She is also a director for DreamWorks Animation, the Estée Lauder Companies and Starbucks.

Tales From the Front Lines

in News on April 11, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

The challenges women face often cut across industries. But some are also unique to specific sectors. Women who have risen high in four industries–finance, health, technology and media–sought to illuminate these issues by recounting their own experiences and assessing how women generally have fared in their fields.

Gannett’s Good News Comes And Goes, Very Quickly

in Media on April 13, 2009 at 11:26 am PT

This is what passes for good news in the newspaper business these days: Someone bought some shares of one of the industry’s biggest companies. Alas, even that story is old news. And the headlines coming out of Gannett later this week won’t be pleasant either.
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