Reuters Group PLC plans to cut about 1,700 jobs as part of a repositioning to become Internet-integrated, according to a story in The Independent (London). Reuters
spokesman Peter Thomas contradicts the story, saying the company has made no estimates of possible job losses, since it projects hiring new staff and retraining others as the
business changes, offsetting redundancies and voluntary departures to an unknown degree.
Companies with the strongest brand identities saw comparable financial rewards, beating the S&P 500 by 30% in returns during the 1990s, according to a new study from
Corporate Branding LLC. The composite, made of the highest-scoring corporate brands from 32 industries, also surpassed the S&P's average annual return during the decade.
Leslie Price joins Sabre Holdings Corp. as SVP corporate communications after 17 years with Texas Instruments...Frank Sarfeld is named SVP/chief communications officer at
Bertelsmann eCommerce Group in Hamburg and New York. He previously worked for AOL Europe...Leslie Rose leaves position as SVP/director of health policy at Edelman PR Worldwide to
become director of communications and external relations for the Pacific Business Group on Health, a nonprofit business consortium.
