Stories by PRNEWS

If quarterly earnings report conference calls pose your main point of contact with shareholders you’ll want to make the most of your phone time. Some tips from the experts at Premiere Conferencing: Strive for Clarity.… Continued

Attention suave media relations pros: Now you can put another notch in your journo courting rituals by nominating your favorite hack for accolades in the PRESStige Awards, sponsored by Press Access. Only journalists covering business,… Continued

In our cover story on shareholder reports last week, I/Rexperts defended their continued reliance on paper as a reflection of investor resistance to digital communication. But research conducted by the high-tech marcom firm Rainier Corp.… Continued

Corporate Moves Mary Welch is named VP and PR manager for Bank of America Mid-South (Ga./Tenn.) and for its national small business group. She was staff writer for BioWorld Today, a daily biotechnology newspaper. EarthLink… Continued

Ginger Hardage VP Public Relations and Corporate Communications Southwest Airlines Co. Dallas, Texas 214/792-4000 First Paying Job: Mowing cemeteries. Early PR Jobs: Worked in the marcom department of Life Insurance Co. of the Southwest during… Continued

The Case When Bob Palmisano left Bausch & Lomb in April 1997 to become CEO of Summit Technologies, Summit was in critical condition. Founded in 1985, the company was an early pioneer of laser vision… Continued

As PR NEWS went to press this week, Verizon Communications was still plodding through bad press in the midst of its negotiations with more than 85,000 telephone operators, customer service agents and technicians who went… Continued

With healthcare issues dominating much of the headlines generated by the presidential nominating conventions, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took politically correct steps to position itself as a credible one-stop shop for online… Continued

Back in 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s film masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, made us look at the universe from a completely different perspective. Now, with 2001 almost here, it’s time for healthcare communications professionals to take… Continued

It’s not whether athletes win the game; it’s how fit they are to compete in the first place — emotionally, physically and mentally. While this philosophy is a stark departure from the win-at-all-cost obsession many… Continued