Beyond.com to slash staff by 20%

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Beyond.com Inc. announced that it was downsizing 20% of its labor force. The company is also conducting a search for a new president and chief executive officer after the departure of Mark Breier.

Labor force information, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Breier, Mark, Beyond.com Corp.

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Farmers and sons: at potato empire, an heir peels away year of tradition

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J.R. Simplot, the 95-year-old founder of frozen food and fertilizer company J.R. Simplot Co., is clashing with his son Scott Simplot over management decisions. Though the elder Simplot no longer owns voting stock in the company nor holds a managerial position, he is objecting vociferously to his son's efforts to modernize operations. Some of Scott Simplot's initiatives include closing inefficient plants, standardizing accounting practices, and reversing the company's decades-long practices of selling products by the ton and maintaining large cattle feedlots.

Management dynamics, Frozen specialties, not elsewhere classified, Frozen fruits and vegetables, Officials and employees, Executives, Frozen foods industry, Company Profile, Company business management, Family-owned business enterprises, Family-owned businesses, Personality profile, Family corporations, Simplot, Scott, Simplot, J.R., J.R. Simplot Co.

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Webvan files plans for IPO despite losses

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Webvan Group Inc. filed a proposal for an initial public offering (IPO). The company is planning to sell up to $345 million (321.3 million euros) in shares in the IPO. Webvan is taking a risk with the IPO as the company hopes that its grocery online plans will not be endangered by Internet stock shakeouts. Webvan's operations only encompass the San Francisco Bay Area.

Organizational history, Abstract, Securities, Webvan Group Inc.

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