The world's largest retailer will now let shipments of food, household goods and health and beauty products arrive at regional distribution centers one day early, according to a memo from Chief Merchandising Officer Steve Bratspies obtained by Bloomberg News. Under rules instituted just last year,
See Original Article

Sempra Energy has announced several executive appointments as the company implements its leadership succession plan, including the appointement of Peter Wall as vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer, effective May 1. Wall, currently vice president and chief financial officer for
See Original Article

The mood at the annual generic drug industry confab in Orlando in February was especially somber. The discussion during one panel was all about plunging drug prices, consolidation among drug-buying groups, and the increasingly cutthroat nature of the business. A top executive at Israel-based Teva
See Original Article

Based on customer feedback, Intuit has made enhancements to its QuickBooks Online Accountant (QBOA) software. First, users can now work in multiple tabs. So, an accountant can work on multiple clients and tasks at once by opening them in different tabs and windows, without losing work on any
See Original Article

Bloomberg News reported last month that Walmart would likely pay about $7 billion for one third of the company. If completed, the deal would give Walmart a major stake in an emerging market of 1.3 billion people. The U.S. company is the world's largest retailer, but it has struggled against Amazon as
See Original Article