<div><h1> STILL SOME FAT AND HAPPY DIVIDENDS </h1><p>For all the talk of dividend cuts, plenty of companies are still raising their payouts. In the past year, 205 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index have upped their dividends, compared with 88 ...
<div id="subtitle">3M cutting worldwide work force by 1,200 more jobs, including 'several hundred' in Minn.</div><div><p>3M Co. is cutting its worldwide work force by another 1,200 jobs, or 1.5 percent, because of the global economic slump.</p><p>Company spokeswoman ...
<div><p>US industrial conglomerate 3M cut 1,200 jobs in the first three months of the year, part of an ongoing restructuring amid tough economic conditions, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.</p><p>Catherine Hamon, spokeswoman for 3M France, said that 3M had slashed 2,400 jobs in ...
<div id="subtitle">3M offering 3,600 US employees early retirement package to cut costs</div><div><p>3M Co. is offering early retirement packages to 3,600 employees, or 11 percent of its U.S. work force, to reduce costs even further amid the economic slowdown.</p><p ...
<div><h1> THE 25 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES </h1><p>BusinessWeek's 2009 ranking of the World's 25 Most Innovative Companies is based mostly on a Boston Consulting Group survey. In December 2008, BCG sent its 20-question poll to senior executives around the globe. The 2,700 respondents, ...
<div id="subtitle">TV makers push into another dimension, but 3-D discs and broadcasts are still missing</div><div><p>This year, superficial was out at the nation's largest electronics gala. Every exhibitor at the International Consumer Electronics Show, it seemed, wanted to show some depth. Depth as ...
<div id="subtitle">Company sells rights to proof-of-performance software system to 3M</div><div><p>Sonomax Hearing Healthcare (TSX: V.SHH, Stock Forum) saw its shares surge 33.3% to four cents Wednesday after the company announced just before Tuesday’s market close that it has sold the rights and associated ...
<div id="subtitle">3M raises quarterly dividend 2 percent to 51 cents, but suspends share buybacks to save cash</div><div><p>Diversified manufacturer 3M Co., maker of Scotch tape and Post-it notes, said Tuesday its board has raised the company's regular quarterly dividend 2 percent to 51 ...
<div><p>The Dow Jones industrials are traditionally some of the most stable, well-established companies out there. After several months of market turmoil, though, a few of the components are not looking as "blue-chip" as they used to. Here is a list of the ...
<div><p>Corporate Structure- Founded: 1902. CEO: George W. Buckley. Address: 3M Corporate Headquarters, 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55144-1000. Telephone: 1-888-3M-HELPS (1-888-364-3577). Web site: www.3m.com/defense.</p><p>Imagine if warfighters could be protected from the dangers of bolt and rivet shrapnel by eliminating metal fasteners altogether ...
