Monthly Archives: April 2011

Multichannel News Comcast Care Day Turns 10 With 62000 Volunteers In ActionMultichannel Newsby MCN Staff — Multichannel News, 4/30/2011 2:47:15 PM More than 62000 Comcast employees, their families and friends will spend today (Saturday, April 30) participating in what is … Continue reading →

More than 62,000 Comcast employees, their families and friends will spend today (Saturday, April 30) participating in what is believed to be one of the country’s largest corporate days of community service, the 10th Comcast Cares Day. Original story here.

EarthLink (ELNK) Given “Neutral” Rating by Zacks Investment Research AnalystsAmerican Banking NewsEquities research analysts at Zacks Investment Research reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK) in a research note to investors on Thursday. Separately, analysts at Jefferies … Continue reading →

Governor proclaims Cold Water Awareness DaySt. Cloud Times11:04 pm St. Cloud Times President and Publisher Scott Johnson was among 38 US- 10:43 pm Comcast Corp. plans to open a call center in Minnetonka this summer and hire 450 people.- 11:43 … Continue reading →

Houston launches into mayoral dutiesThe State Journal-RegisterHouston began his first full day on the job Saturday morning, signing his first mayoral proclamation for "Comcast Cares Day" and thanking the volunteers their work. He then headed to his third-floor office at … Continue reading →

Mashable – Congratulations everyone, we officially made it through a royal wedding. Anyone with access to a computer inevitably heard about Prince William and Kate Middleton (finally) getting hitched. With all the hubbub, we understand if you had to miss … Continue reading →

PC World – Hulu Plus debuted yesterday on the Xbox 360, and HBO launched its HBO Go app for iPhone and iPad. It is quickly getting to the point where anything you can watch on traditional cable or satellite TV … Continue reading →

MIRAMAR, Fla.–(BUSINESSWIRE)– At the crack of dawn this morning more than 2100 local Comcast employees and their families and friends began turning out to improve Boy’s and Girl’s Club facilities in … Original story here.

Appolicious – With more than three million active users and chart-topping status on the iTunes App Store, Friendly for Facebook – which launched last June – is “the unofficial Facebook iPad app.” Original story here.

Texas DaybookRealClearPoliticsHOUSTON _ Two preeminent corporate and non-profit brands in the Houston area deliver massive support to BARC at 8:00 am Comcast designated BARC as the Executive Signature Site for its 10th national Comcast Cares Day, an annual day of … Continue reading →

Damage controlMonroe News StarDonna Dortch and her husband, Lannie, Comcast customers, join in nationwide community service effort, Comcast's “ Cares Day”on Friday. Recruited for the day by a friend and Comcast employee, David Gore, they shoveled gravel to repair washed … Continue reading →

Comcast lends hand at Restoration ParkMonroe News StarComcast's "Cares Day" community service project at West Monroe's Restoration Park could not have come at a better time Friday. The company had scheduled its annual volunteer project weeks earlier to help spruce … Continue reading →

Protest rips Comcast in avoiding Pennsylvania taxesTMC NetApr 28, 2011 (Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Ricardo Almodovar stood outside the Comcast facility on Lancaster's South Duke Street on Wednesday with an oversized change of … Continue reading →

AP – Yahoo Inc. cut CEO Carol Bartz’s compensation by 75 percent to $11.9 million last year as the Internet company struggled to revive its revenue growth, regulatory documents filed Friday show. Original story here.

Reuters – The Federal Trade Commission is alerting high-tech companies to gather data ahead of a probe of the dominance of Google Inc in the Internet search industry, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Original story here.