Warren Buffett Fires CEO For Taking Island Vacation On Company’s Dime – Huffington Post
Former Kmart CEO Charles Conway was fired from the retailer after he renegotiated his salary several times, at one point scoring a $5 million “retention loan,” as the company was headed towards bankruptcy, ABC News reports. Then there’s ex-Lotus …

Fox Signs Deal to Distribute A Company Titles in Russia – Hollywood Reporter
News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox signs a two-year agreement with the firm for titles including “Cloud Atlas” and Til Schweiger’s “Guardians.” COLOGNE, Germany – Alexander van Dulmen’s A Company has set up shop in one of the world’s fastest-growing cinema …

Cal/OSHA fines company after worker’s death – San Francisco Gate
Cal/OSHA on Tuesday issued 14 citations totaling more than $168,000 against a Fremont company blamed for the death of a carpenter at a Milpitas construction site. Raul Zapata, 39, of Hayward died Jan. 28 in the 800 block of Calaveras Ridge Drive …

The Hershey Company Welcomes Returning Veterans to Its Employment Ranks – Businessweek
The growing need for veterans to successfully transition back into civilian life has inspired The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) to launch a Veteran s Business Resource Group (BRG) to expand its longstanding outreach to veterans and veteran organizations.

Seacrest said eyeing Dick Clark company – United Press International
The company, founded by the longtime television host in 1957, is now owned by Red Zone Capital, a private-equity company belonging to Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins. Clark, who died April 18 at age 82, sold his majority interest …

Company kills plans for Minn. taconite plant – msnbc.com
DULUTH, Minn. — An Iron Range company that recycles old iron ore tailings has announced it will not build a new taconite plant in Minnesota. Magnetation President Matt Lehtinen told members of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce the company …

Marketing your company’s personality – CBS News
“But here’s the good news. The more two things are alike … Most of them have actually saved it. “Naming my company Blah, Blah, Blah, instead of Langhans Something Or Other, hasn’t hurt, either,” she says. So how do you find your points of difference?

Facebook CTO Bret Taylor leaves to start company – CNET News
This is a major loss for Facebook and comes less than a month after the company went public. While Facebook stock rose more than 6 percent today, to close at $30.01, it’s still 21 percent below its offering price of $38 a share. The news …