Consulting News

The high-profile examples run the gamut: from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg - who attached his name to immigration reform this year along with a slew of Silicon Valley execs - to JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, who's had a high-profile, if on-again-off-again, relationship with Washington.

Looking for a new job? Your first job? Patch is searching local employment ads and will feature, weekly some local opportunities.

Walmart is opening in Oak Grove, hiring 95 to staff it. Meanwhile, opposition is growing in Sherwood to its planned store there.

Campbell Soup Co. has agreed to acquire Plum Organics , a New Yorkbased maker of organic baby and children's food products, from Catamount Ventures, Catterton Partners and Alliance Consumer Growth.

But even with data viz vendors taking on Wall Street and getting praise as the lost art of data management, there may not be such a clear picture when it comes to which visualization specialists are giving the practice a new look.

Investors trying to explain the resilience of American equities during a global selloff may want to consider the pace that companies are repurchasing shares.

Severn Trent Services, a leading global supplier of water and wastewater treatment solutions, has received the 2013 Global Water & Wastewater Disinfection Systems Technology Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan.

New York-based broker-dealer Direct Access Partners has closed its doors, said a person familiar with the matter, after allegations surfaced earlier this month of a multimillion dollar Venezuelan bribery scheme involving two of its traders.

The company that built the new Sobey's mall just off Malpeque Road in Charlottetown has increased its retail footprint in the Island capital.

Nearly half of graduates from four-year colleges say they are in jobs that do not require a four-year degree and suffer crippling student loan debt.

Adoption levels are projected to be particularly strong in sectors such as energy and construction.

As in the kind of growth the United States saw in the postwar 1950s, and possibly the most significant growth in the history of capitalism.

Where will the combined company be headquartered? That's one of the questions left to be answered.

Larry Keeley is co-author of Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthrough and co-founder of an innovation strategy firm, Doblin, the innovation practice of Monitor Deloitte within Deloitte Consulting LLP.

The market for Intrusion Prevention Systems will continue to grow on the back of more advanced designs and rising anxiety about the threat posed by advanced persistent threats , Frost & Sullivan has said.

Canaccord Genuity joins Goldman Sachs in predicting that the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will continue to climb for at least two more years.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. linked bonuses and promotions to employees' success in protecting the firm's reputation and put new restrictions on some client transactions to avoid a repeat of the damage to its standing in the wake of the financial crisis.

With the pace of urbanization accelerating around the world, smart city initiatives - which integrate technology into a strategic approach to increasing sustainability, improving citizen well-being, and spreading prosperity - are expanding rapidly among municipal governments seeking to cope with crushing demand for services, living space, ... (more)

Mark Wiseman, chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, speaks to the media at his Toronto office on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

A group of investment firms including Citadel Securities LLC sued the Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc and four other exchanges on Wednesday for improper charges on millions of options trades over a seven-year period.