American Express (NYSE: AXP) launched today a nation-wide program to develop the next generation of leaders in the nonprofit sector. The inaugural class of The American Express Nonprofit Leadership Academy will participate in a week-long program created in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). The Academy will feature sessions with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
Music labels, publishers and songmakers have found an increasingly lucrative niche in licensing or making songs for marketers and advertisers looking for just the right 30-second soundtracks for their commercials. Helping to make music a hit with marketers is technology that's made it easier to store, share and make music for ads.
London's benchmark index tracked the performance of Wall Street and narrowed losses from the afternoon but still finished in the red as oil prices reached new highs.
1520: Footsie is still lower as transport costs feel the pinch of higher oil prices. British Airways leads the fallers and is joined in the bottom 10 by cruise operator Carnival. Unilever and Cadbury slip back following a downgrade to sell from neutral at UBS on the basis. On the plus side ENRC, which was upgraded to buy from hold by ABN Amro leads the mining sector higher, helped by higher