Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 that Chris Liddell will be leaving the company at the end of 2009, and named Peter Klein as the company’s new chief financial officer.

Rumors are circulating that former CNN host Lou Dobbs is mulling a possible political run in 2012 for president.

The owner of the Washington Wizards, Abe Pollin, 85, died today, Tuesday, Nov. 24, of a rare neurological disease called corticobasal degeneration.

Newspaper Web sites attracted more than 74 million monthly unique visitors on average in the third quarter of 2009, more than one-third (38 percent) of all Internet users, according to a custom analysis provided by Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America.

The apocalyptic basis of the new film “2012”is false, according to author Bob Waxman in his new book “2012: The Ultimate Meaning.”

Govexec.com is reporting that employees of the U.S. Postal Service will get a raise when they get paid on Dec. 11.

This summer, Avista Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, hired 18-year media industry executive Robin Domeniconi as a consultant.

Don Bacigalupi, the recent new director of Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, is one of more than 11 new hires at the museum, located in Bentonville, Ark.

As one of the world’s largest consumer products companies, Unilever stands by its mission of adding vitality to life by addressing everyday needs such as nutrition, personal care, hygiene, and products that make people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

Global American pharmaceuticals manufacturer Johnson & Johnson bared plans to take part in the development of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease through a $1 billion investment with Ireland-based drugmaker Elan Corp.