Taleo Provides Q4 Business Update; Caps Powerful 2008

-- Signed A Record 27 New Enterprise Edition(TM) Customers
-- Closed A Record 12 Large Enterprise Deals
-- Enters 2009 with over $315 Million in Contracted Application Revenue
Backlog
-- Launches Performance Management Capabilities for SMB Market
-- Garners Leadership, Vision Accolades from Industry Analysts
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management
solutions, today announced a business update for the fourth Read the rest of this entry »

Obama caps inaugural contributions

The group leading the Jan. 20 celebrations includes Chicago Bears part-owner Patrick Ryan, former Commerce secretary William Daley, and Penny Pritzker, a billionaire Chicago businesswoman who helped Obama raise record sums as his campaign's finance chairwoman.
No budget has been set. Fundraising for President Bush's inauguration in 2004 surpassed $42 million, federal records show.
While presidential candidates can collect no more than $2,300 in Read the rest of this entry »

Obama caps executive salaries for firms accepting loan money

President Barack Obama today tied another string to the money received by GM and Chrysler, setting a cap of $500,000 on executive salaries for companies in receipt of taxpayer funds. The move is likely to prove popular with the public, which often perceives corporate executives as overpaid.
The salary limits also apply to Wall Street businesses that took bailout money, perhaps further securing a positive public sentiment by limiting the further Read the rest of this entry »

Quality Products caps strong year with doubled profit

finished off a year of strong top- and bottom-line gains with twice the profit and a more than 75 percent revenue boost in its fourth quarter, the company told investors.
The Columbus-based hydraulic products maker said it earned $2.02 million, or 53 cents a share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, versus $1.03 million, or 26 cents a share, a year ago. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue grew 78 percent to $6.4 million from $3.6 million last year.
The Read the rest of this entry »

Hot Small Caps: Ideal Shopping slides after profit warning

The following is a round-up of a key small cap mover on the London Stock Exchange on Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----------
Shares in Ideal Shopping Direct slides 16 percent to 131.5 pence after the television shopping company warns that with the unlikelihood of any upturn in consumer spending its expects its 2008 profits to be no higher than lastyear.
"We previously forecast 8 million pounds pretax Read the rest of this entry »