"We've introduced a term system for researchers in our national labs, and increased merit rewards for people with good ideas," said Nobuaki Kawakami, director of the ministry's division of planning and evaluation.
The studio, a division of Viacom, plans to release one animated feature a year starting in 2014.
The submarine builder Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics, plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs next year, the company announced yesterday.
On Jan . 28 the Taco Bell division of Yum Brands plans a preview of its one-minute spot that will run in the second or third quarter of the Super Bowl.
The medium du jour is the DVD, and it is a self-destructing DVD that Buena Vista Home Entertainment, a division of Disney, plans to test-market in America next month.
In addition to The Herald from Mars Petcare U.S., the HBO division of Time Warner plans to publish a parody of the giveaway tabloid AM New York.
Cox Digital Telephone, a division of Cox Communications, plans to begin its first test of Internet-based phone service in Roanoke, Va., in the next few weeks.
The Oldsmobile division of General Motors plans to announce later this week that its general manager, Karen Francis, has resigned, auto industry officials said today.
And the Sears division of Sears Holdings plans to start running a commercial on Thursday that is devoted to the depth of selection of home appliances at its stores rather than sale prices.
Burson-Marsteller in New York, part of the Young & Rubicam Group division of WPP, plans to introduce on Monday an initiative to position itself as "Committed to Being More" — and yes, the matching initials between Burson-Marsteller and "Being More" are no coincidence.
Crown, part of the Random House division of Bertelsmann, plans to publish a new book by Kara Swisher, a Wall Street Journal reporter who in an earlier work covered AOL's stunning rise from obscurity in the decade before the merger.
