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CA, Inc., formerly known as Computer Associates, is a multinational computer software company based in Islandia, NY. This topic covers the history and development of CA through the years, as well as the latest news on the company.

California real estate covers all the news on purchasing real estate – commercial and residential -- in the state. The topic will include coverage the real estate market in California, with specifics on hot areas and trends.

Call center optimization is changing how contact centers work. Contact centers are now interested in recording, evaluating and analyzing a higher volume of agent-customer interactions.

Campbell Soup Company is the world’s biggest soup maker, famous for its namesake soups. It also makes meal kits, Franco-American sauces and canned pasta, Pace picante sauce, Pepperidge Farm baked goods, and V8 beverages. Campbell’s products are sold in some 120 countries around the world. It was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Camden, NJ.

Cancer is a disease that does not discriminate -- it is the second leading cause of death in the United States. The industry of cancer is researching a cure and more advanced drugs to enhance the life expectancy of those stricken with this often fatal disease. This topic will cover the latest news and information on the cancer industry – including new drugs, treatments, and more.

Cap and trade, often referred to as emissions trading, is an administrative approach to control pollution by providing economic incentives for those companies that reduce their emissions. The goal is to steadily reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide in a cost-effective manner. Successful cap and trade programs reward innovation, efficiency, and early action and provide strict environmental accountability without inhibiting economic growth. The European Union Emission Trading System is the largest multi-national, emissions trading scheme in the world. The U.S. is currently looking into cap and trade options -- this topic covers the latest.

Capital One Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services to consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients in the United States. It offers commercial and consumer loans, commercial and consumer deposit account services, commercial credit cards, treasury management services, trust services, and other banking related products. Capital One was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Carbon offset credits allow companies and governments to comply with emissions standards by buying carbon credits. Some individuals and organizations also buy credits to offset the environmental damage from their own energy consumption.

Switching jobs is one thing, but changing careers is an even bigger challenge. This topic covers today's best strategies and advice for executive, managerial, and professional career changers.

The Caribbean economy refers to the economies of all caribbean nations considered on an aggregate basis as a single entity. This topic will cover the latest news and information regarding these entities.

The Carlson School of Management is located at the University of Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The Carlson School was the birthplace of the marketing concept the 4 Ps, a leader in the study of quality, and pioneer in the field of information systems. With nearly 5,000 students, 10 degree programs, 107 tenure-track faculty, and more than 50,000 alumni around the globe, the school sits at the heart of the Minneapolis-St. Paul business community.

Carnival Corporation is a British-American-Panamanian company which is the world's largest cruise operator. Carnival Corporation comprises 11 cruise brands, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Seabourn Cruise Line in North America; P&O; Cruises, Cunard Line and Ocean Village in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Costa Cruises in Italy and P&O; Cruises Australia in Australia. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Cartier is a French jeweler and watch manufacturer headquartered in Paris. The company has a long and distinguished history of serving royalty, as well as stars and celebrities. Cartier is at present the No. 1 seller of luxury jewelry in the world, and the No. 2 seller of luxury watches.

Cass Business School is part of City University London and its MBA programs are consistently rated amongst the best in the world. Cass is located next door to London's financial district and is best known for its excellence in strategy and finance. This topic covers the latest news on the Cass Business School.

Cause-related Marketing is type of marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a "for profit" business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Also referred to as cause marketing, it differs from corporate giving because the relationship between the two companies is not based around a specific donation.

CBS Corporation is of the leading television broadcasting and production companies in the world, with its CBS Broadcasting, the No. 2 network in the U.S. It operates about 40 TV stations around the country and owns 50% of the CW Network, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, and book publisher Simon & Schuster. Sumner Redstone is chairman of CBS Corporation, which was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York.

A central counterparty (CCP) imposes itself as the legal counterparty to every trade. This substitution of counterparties is accomplished through the legal process of contract novation, which discharges the contract between the original trading counterparties and creates two new, legally binding contracts -- one between each of the original trading counterparties and the CCP. Commonly used for the derivatives markets, CCPs are now being expanded to include the credit default swaps and securities lending markets. This topic covers the latest news on central counterparty services.

Change in our dynamic business environment is constant. The capability to lead and manage organizational change is a critical and necessary competency for business leaders. This topic tracks the latest trends on change management, including best practices and techniques on how to successfully lead a business through change.

Many companies and individuals want to explore all of the available options before donating to charity. This topic covers how financial advisors can assist with charitable giving, and how corporations can maximize their charitable contributions.

The Charles Schwab Corporation started as tradition brokerage house, and has become one of the world’s largest discount brokers. It offers the same services as traditional brokers, but with lower commissions and fees than many other brokers. The company serves some 7 million clients in the U.S., the UK, and Hong Kong. Charles Schwab also offers private banking, CDs, and other banking products through its Charles Schwab Bank.

Charter Schools are becoming more popular as an alternative choice to traditional schools.They function like a business and are under constant pressure to perform well, both financially and academically under the terms of the charter contract. They do not receive capital funds for facilities and federal legislation provides grants to help charters with start-up costs. As a result, learning can become specialized and relevant, while enrollments are usually half the size of traditional schools.

Chevron Corporation operates as an integrated energy company worldwide. Headquartered in San Ramon, California,and active in more than 180 countries, has its hand in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron is one of the world's six "supermajor" oil companies.

There is more to Chicago than the Cubs. Chicago business is the agora for news and views on business in metropolitan Chicago.

A company’s chief financial officer (CFO) is the c-level executive responsible for managing the financial risks of a business. The CFO is responsible for financial planning, record keeping, and reporting financials to higher management. Most chief financial officers are professionally qualified accountants, though some companies have hired MBAs without such qualification.

Rapid transformation and consolidation are challenging chief marketing officers across the globe to better anticipate, address, and pre-empt new competitive threats, market intrusions, and category contenders. Upstarts, innovators, and off-shore entrants are increasingly disrupting established markets or defining new segments by bringing improved efficiencies, value propositions, user experiences, and cost structures to the market. The key question to answer is: How does the CMO need to evolve?

China is the second-largest car marker in the world and China’s automobile industry has been developing rapidly since 2000. In 2006, China surpassed Germany as the third-larges automobile maker, after Japan and the U.S. This topic covers the latest news on Chinese-made cars and car manufacturers.

As the developing world’s most dynamic economy, China is growing fast and changing even faster as multinationals and domestic companies alike invest billions in factories, offices, housing, and infrastructure. China Business discusses what multinationals are doing to develop their business in China, and how Chinese companies are helping -- nor hindering -- them.

China is starting to peak as a low-cost export manufacturing platform. To maintain its dynamic industrial growth, China must innovate. We explore the challenges.

China manufacturing covers the challenges and opportunities facing U.S. manufacturers who wish to buy from and sell into the Chinese manufacturing economy. This topic also covers the latest trends in outsourcing manufacturing responsibilities into China. Will the current economic crisis really change how goods are made?

China is en route to surpass India and become the most popular destination for IT outsourcing. China's higher engineering graduation rate coupled with lower costs and greater infrastructure may allow it to capitalize on the shift away from India for companies seeking offshore software development. This topic covers the latest on the trend toward outsourcing to China.

China’s economy is the third largest in the world, after the U.S. and Japan, and as the second largest trading nation, its influence on the world economy continues to grow. China’s entry into the World Trade Organization was monumental in ensuring its growth on the world stage. This topic covers news on economy of China, including government policies, industry sectors, movement of companies, trends, and macro- and microeconomic subjects.

China now has more Internet users than any other country, and the Chinese online population is still growing. Local Internet companies have emerged as powerful rivals to the big American name for dominance in the market.

Headquartered in Paris, Christian Dior SA is a high-fashion clothing retailer, which operates some 200 boutiques worldwide. Christian Dior Couture designs and makes some of the world’s most coveted haute couture, along with luxury read-to-wear fashion and accessories for men and women. It also owns the major luxury company, Moët Hennessy · Louis Vitton, controlling 42% of its assets.

CIGNA Corporation is an investor-owned health service business. The company’s business segments include CIGNA Healthcare, CIGNA Group Life & Disability, and CIGNA International, all core businesses designed to help customers improve their health, wellbeing, and security. As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, this topic tracks the latest news from CIGNA.

Cisco Systems is the powerhouse in Internet technology, whose influence stretches across many markets and technologies. It's also a bellwether stock for the “Internet Age” -- maybe the bellwether stock. This topic covers the latest news and information on Cisco Systems.

Citigroup is among the largest global banks in the world and one of the most widely held stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. Because of its size and scope, Citigroup is impacted -- for better or worse -- by the vagaries of financial markets and the world economy. So far, the bank has proven capable of delivering enormous profits, but at a cost. Analysts and shareholders wonder if the bank is too big to manage and can avoid constant run-ins with regulators.

City and regional magazines have been around for decades and they must continue to innovative on all fronts (edit, marketing, sales, online, circulation) in order to remain relevant for consumers and advertisers. This topic is to help you stay on top of the latest strategies affecting the regional magazine industry, including insights from City and Regional Magazine Associate (CRMA) members.

Civil Engineering is the professional discipline dealing with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment. This topic tracks the latest views about the nation's bridges, roads, power grids, dams, waterworks, and more. Civil engineering will cover who's building what, where, and how they are doing; as well as provide insight into key players, new technologies, key trends, and policy issues at the local, state, and federal level.

It’s not surprising that the Clorox Company is the most famous name in bleach, but its also the world leader in household cleaning products. Its brands span many categories. Some of the most well-known brands are Clorox, Formula 409, Pine-Sol, Tilex, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Fresh Stop, Scoop Away, Armor All, STP, Brita, Kingsford, and Match Light. It also owns the Glad brand and Burt’s Bees. Clorox was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Some clothing retailers are struggling and others are thriving as Americans cut back their spending. What are the successful strategies used by clothing retailers for keeping customers in tough times?

Vast data centers known as "clouds" are becoming the laboratories for the data-crunching of scientific research, from genetics and seismology to nanotechnology. This process, moving research onto silicon, has been going on for years. But with the growing petabytes of data nearly every realm of science hastens the migration to this new type of data-intensive supercomputer. How is cloud computing changing scientific research?

Co-Branding refers to a marketing arrangement where two companies form an alliance to work together. It is typically an arrangement that associates a single product or service with more than one brand name, or someone other than the producer. This topic covers all the news surrounding the latest and most successful co-branding deals.

Coal is the largest source of fuel for the generation of electricity worldwide, as well as the largest worldwide source of carbon dioxide emissions. The coal industry is being challenged by environmentalists, who say there is no such things a “clean” coal technology and promoting greener forms of electricity generation. This topic covers the latest on coal energy and the industry behind the world’s electricity.

Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, which is best known for its flagship beverages Coca-Cola and diet Coke. This topic monitors the Coca-Cola Company’s progress globally under its new president and CEO Muhtar Kent and how it keeps its market share over close competitors like PepsiCo.

Collaborative Management (CM) is a business strategy that aims at networking capacity as an essential component of the competition processes; needs a creative synthesis between competition and collaboration; and so rejects the concept of technology without innovation. The winner is the one that gets there first and shows originality of vision and the ability to translate that vision into reality. But to win is impossible without sharing data, information, points of view, and knowledge.

Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are unregulated asset-backed securities and structured credit products. This topic covers the latest news and information on collateralized debt obligations to help people understand the use and values of CDOs and tracks their role in the current economy.

The College of Business at Illinois offers a business school environment where accountancy, business, and finance curricula integrate with innovative methods and ideas to nurture leadership potential. In 2008, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's b-school opened the doors on its new Business Instructional Facility. Designed by Cesar Pelli, its 160,000+ square feet of student-centric space is the first green building in the university's history.

Columbia Business School has offered MBA programs in New York City for leaders from around the world for nearly a century. The school attempts to combine rigorous academic theory and real-world practice through broad engagement with the business community. The goal: fostering entrepreneurial mindsets to recognize and capture opportunity -- critical attributes for global business leaders.

Comerica Incorporated through its subsidiaries, provides financial products and services in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It is organized into three segment: Business Bank, which focuses on business and asset-based lending; Retail Bank, which provides small business and consumer banking services; and the Wealth and Institutional Management segment, which deals in private banking and asset management, insurance, and retirement services. Comerica was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Dallas

This topic discusses the events and issues related to documenting commercial loans, including loan agreements, promissory notes, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, UCC financing statements, guarantees, subordination agreements, and more. Among the other issues covered are priority disputes among secured creditors, participations, and syndications; and negotiations, structuring (and restructuring), enforcement, assignment, and collateral held as security for commercial loans.

Commercial real estate covers property that is solely used for business purposes -- office towers, malls, industrial parks, warehouses, etc. This industry includes a wide global network of professionals in consulting, brokerage, financing, development, design, construction, equipment, insurance, ownership, property management, tenancy, valuation, and investment.

Comparative effectiveness is about the new business environment facing medical products. A cornerstone of the Obama health plan is this benchmarking of treatments on the basis of risks, benefits and costs. In Europe, companies are entering into agreements where reimbursement is tied to comparative patient outcomes. In the U.S., comparative safety studies of Vioxx by payers sealed the fate of this multi-billion dollar product. How will all this impact innovation and new product development?

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to certain areas in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. It is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the U.S. In New York City and Westchester County, NY, Con Edison provides 3.2 million customers with electric service and 1.1 million customers with gas service. Con Ed also has the largest steam system in the world, producing 30 billion pounds of steam for New York City buildings.

Conde Nast Publications is one of the largest magazine publishing houses in the country. Home to many popular consumer titles, Conde Nast touts Vogue, GQ, Architectural Digest, Golf Digest, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Portfolio among its core brands. This topic covers news and information about the company, including its subsidiary Fairchild Publications.

A growing number of companies are showing that business can be a powerful force for good. Their leaders consciously shape the companies’ vision, policies, and operations to address broader societal needs while building shareholder value. We refer to them as “conscious capitalists,” who adhere closely to two core principles: 1. Companies should operate with a clear purpose that transcends profits; and 2. Companies can best serve stockholders by jointly addressing the needs of all stakeholders.

Credit card companies, medical services providers, cell phone companies, insurers, and employers turn to consumer arbitration instead of the courts to resolve disputes. Most credit card companies seek to collect delinquent debts through consumer arbitration, largely using one company, the National Arbitration Forum. Congress is concerned about this practice of mandatory binding arbitration and is considering legislation that would let consumers decide whether to use arbitration or the courts.

Getting their first credit cards is a rite of passage for many Americans. And with it comes the ability to spend more than the cash you have for your purchases. Do consumers spend more per transaction with a credit card than they do spending with cash? Consumer credit spending is a topic that will track the trends in consumer spending, specifically related to credit card purchases.

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a large trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. The trade-only show is known for the many new products and technologies make a debut creating a newsworthy event.

Over the years, there has been a shift in emphasis from engagement of consumers with the creative message, to the media that it runs in. Consumer marketing covers this shift and other trends in how companies are marketing to consumers.

With the advent of Active RFID tags, VISA and Master Card smart cards and increasing Internet purchases, consumer privacy is more important than ever. Consumers' data must be safeguarded by the companies trusted with using that data to make transactions easier for us.

In the healthcare reform debate, many economists believe that giving consumers more control over their care is the best way to control costs and improve quality. Consumer-driven healthcare does just that, with health savings accounts as the primary vehicle for such control.

Content marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation or sharing of content to engage current and potential consumers. Unlike traditional marketing methods that aim to increase sales or awareness through interruption techniques, content marketing delivers high-quality, relevant, and valuable information that makes companies trusted providers first of information and then of products and services.

Contextual display ad targeting is becoming popular among the advertisers looking to reach the specific audiences better. Contextual text ad targeting has been a huge win for Google, and Yahoo, among others, has entered the mix with contextual display ads. Who is going to win this new segment?

Conversational capital is term coined by Bertrand Cesvet, Eric Alper, Tony Babinski in their book of the same name. It refers to the use of word-of-mouth as a sort of conversational currency. This topic covers the latest news on conversation capital, including the methods and means of turning online conversations into currency.

The Danish Government's goal is to enter into a binding global climate agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7 through December 18 2009. The agreement will apply to the period after 2012. The government’s ambition is for the agreement to include as many countries as possible, and that the agreement must contribute to a reduction in man-made greenhouse gases which have a negative effect on our climate system.

Undergraduate business students at Cornell University enroll in the Department of Applied Economics and Management, one of only two AACSB-accredited undergraduate business programs in the Ivy League. AEM offers the smallest, most selective 4-year undergraduate business program in the U.S. and a track record of more than a century of "Big Red Bear" students and professors applying practical, applied economics and management tools on every continent to solve significant business and social issues.

Corporate event planning involves designing strategies to support corporate objectives, incorporating key messaging, designing a creative approach to the event that is consistent with branding and corporate culture, developing and executing a logistics plan so that the event is executed flawlessly. Events can be face-face but more and more organizations are exploring virtual events using technology like Second Life. Full-time corporate event planners plan, organize and execute a variety of events including marketing events such as trade shows, client apperciation events, and employee events. Independent or freelance event planners perform the same function but tend to work on project basis.

From Enron to Tyco to Mark Cuban, corporate fraud continues to plague businesses and hurt consumer trust. According to the IRS, corporate fraud encompasses violations of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and related statutes committed by large, publicly traded or private corporations, and/or by their senior executives. This topic tracks the latest corporate fraud news.

Corporate governance is the set of processes, policies, and laws affecting the way a corporation is directed, administered, or controlled. This topic covers items concerning boards of directors; contemporary thinking about corporate governance; the role of boards; differences and developments in corporate governance regimes in different countries; legal developments concerning the role of the director; current thinking concerning board chairmen, boards and risk management; and more.

A little-known amendment to FACT Act of 2003 aims to prevent corporate identity theft. By November 1st, 2008, businesses are required to have a written policy in place that mitigates the risks of identity theft in their organization. The so-called "Red Flag Rules" affect any business that extends credit to its customers.

Personal use of the corporate jet is soaring among Corporate America's elite. More than 250 CEOs racked up personal flight time worth at least $50,000 in 2004; more than 100 CEOs and senior managers ran up tabs of $100,000 or more, according to a USA TODAY analysis in 2009. At the top of the line are large-cabin, long-range planes from Gulfstream, Bombardier and Falcon. The Gulfstream G550, which costs about $47 million, is the Cadillac of corporate jets.

This topic covers issues of interest to in-house lawyers including substantive law, law department management and work environment.

Corporate restructuring is often looked as a necessary evil. However, it can be a great way for a company to refocus efforts on its original mission or make the necessary changes in the corporate ideals. Economic recessions are times where corporate restructuring often takes place – mostly for financial reason. If companies take the time to look holistically at their business efforts and debts, they can use the restructuring process to turn their businesses around. This topic tracks the top news and information on the trend in corporate restructuring.

Teamwork within an organization helps businesses overcome many problems – internally and externally. Corporate teamwork covers information on how people can expand their knowledge through teamwork and how teamwork helps build companies.

Corporate wellness plans are often instituted by companies to reduce health care costs and absenteeism and improve productivity and morale. These wellness plans are usually promoted through Human Resource departments, but finance departments are starting to take note, as they realize the cost savings.

Costco Wholesale Corp. operates an international chain of membership warehouses that carry quality, brand name merchandise at substantially lower prices than found elsewhere. It is design to help small-to-medium-sized businesses reduce costs in purchasing for resale and for everyday business use, though individuals may also make personal purchases. Costco is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world based on sales volume and the fourth-biggest general retailer in the U.S.

Craigslist is the largest online classifieds service, featuring items for sale, real estate listings, jobs, personals, and services. Craigslist is available worldwide, offering localized service in most countries. This topic tracks the latest news on this popular and successful Web site.

The credit card industry is one of the largest financing businesses in the world. Total U.S. consumer revolving debt -- largely debt on credit cards -- reached $962 billion in 2008. American Express issued what is considered the first widely accepted plastic charge card in 1958. The top five credit card companies are Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Amex, and Capital One. Also well-known are Discover Card, HSBC, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, and USAA.

Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps (CDS) have roiled the financial markets for months. What are these things and how risky are they? Should investors worry if their mutual fund owns some of them? If a company that's been deeply involved in this area of the market goes bankrupt -- as Lehman did -- what are the ripple effects?

Credit-rating agencies -- the two biggest are Standard & Poor's and Moody' s-- assess and grade the creditworthiness of companies and public entities that issue debt and the debt itself. These financial gatekeepers, which are paid by the issuers they rate, influence an issuer’s ability to raise or borrow money. Long criticized for conflicts of interest, as the current financial crisis gained momentum, the agencies were derided for failing to identify risks in mortgage securities. New legislation is in the works to reform the regulation of credit-rating agencies.

Crisis management is the process by which companies deal with major unpredictable events that threaten to harm the organization. Crisis preparedness units are constantly looking for factors that could bring their company to its knees. What is keeping us up tonight has been foreseen by several organizations. In fact, several reached conclusions about today's environment many months prior to our present economic situation. This topic covers the latest trends on crisis management, including specific organizations’ processes, how personnel and management are coping with the current market challenges, and more.

Inspired by crowdsourcing, crowd funding refers to people pooling their money together, via the Internet, to support the efforts of other people. It has been used for a variety of things from disaster relief to citizen journalism to political campaigns. Crowd funding can replace specialized grant applications and traditional fundraising with a more casual, yet powerful, approach based on the wisdom of the crowd. This topic discusses the latest trends on crowd funding as it continues to evolve.

The $17 billion cruise line industry has evolved from being a pursuit of the idle rich to a mainstream vacation option. More than 230 ships now ply the Atlantic and Pacific, welcoming upwards of 16 million passengers a year. The newest ships are miniature cities, with 5,000 passengers and decks that climb sixteen stories high. This topic covers the latest news on the cruise line industry.

Cuba business is a place to discuss what businesses will enter a post-communist Cuba. This topic will also cover the challenges these businesses may face entering this new economy.

Currency manipulation is the act of artificially increasing or reducing the value of a particular currency against another. Can a country get itself out of financial crisis by manipulating currency to tilt in its favor? This topic covers the latest on currency manipulation across the globe.

Customer relationship management (CRM) is the practice of intelligently finding, marketing to, selling to, and servicing customers. CRM technology is used to manage relationships with customers and stakeholders.

In today's competitive environment, good customer service can go a long way to helping build a positive marketing message. Customer service marketing discusses the convergence of customer service and marketing.

With news of global warming a daily occurence, businesses and individuals alike are finding ways reduce their carbon footprint. What are some provocative suggestions for truly cutting one's carbon footprint? Is the methodology behind these suggestions solid, and if so, would we be prepared to rethink some 'sacred cows'?

As more of our personal information lives on our computers and various computer networks, there is a need to be mindful of cyber crime. Cyber crime, also called computer crime, hi-tech crime, or electronic crime, refers to criminal activity where a computer or network is the source, tool, target, or place of a crime. This topic covers the latest news on cyber crime, including ways to keep your information safe.