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Mashable
Yahoo Shutters Flipboard Competitor After Just 6 Months
Yahoo has decided to discontinue production of Yahoo Livestand, a newsreading app for the iPad launched just six months ago. The news was announ…
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Daily Telegraph
$9.8m a regular CEO pay packet - study
PROFITS at big US companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.
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Huffington Post
Marian Wright Edelman: Time to Stop "Stop and Frisk"
This Father's Day, June 17th, the Children's Defense Fund-New York and I will be joining George Gresham, President of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East...
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AllThingsDigital
How Dell Moved an Exec Across Texas for Only $9,655 a Mile
But it was a really nice moving van.
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MarketWatch
John Shinal's Tech Investor: Facebook IPO a ‘missed opportunity’
Bill Hambrecht, Google’s auction banker, says that Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg missed a valuable opportunity, writes John Shinal.
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Wired
Is HP's Autonomy the Worst Place to Work on the Planet?
It was the $10 billion acquisition that helped sink Leo Apotheker. Larry Ellison called it overpriced. And today, it?s HP CEO Meg Whitman?s biggest headache: Autonomy.
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Huffington Post
Amazon Promises To Improve Working Conditions
Online retail giant Amazon.com has vowed to improve working conditions at its warehouses. The change in policy comes eight months after a report surfaced from an Amazon-owned warehouse where workers were allegedly subjected to unpleasant working conditions.More than 100 protestors, headed by labor rally group Working Washington with the help of advocacy group Color of Change, crashed Amazon's s...
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The Nation
FICA urges Bangladesh to clear BPL dues
SYDNEY - Tim May, the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) CEO, has threatened legal action if the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) fails to ensure that the players involved in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) held in February have been paid.
In a letter to the BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal, dated May 19, May urged him to inform the BPL franchises to clear all ...
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Fortune
Dimon asked to testify before Senate panel on June 7
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been invited to testify before the Sanate Banking Committee on June 7 regarding the $2 billion trading loss his bank announced earlier this month.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Apple CEO hands employees $75-million pick-me-up
In a move long resisted by former CEO Steve Jobs, Tim Cook will give up $75-million on restricted stock
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Apple CEO turns down $75-million in dividends to give employees a pick-me-up
In a move long resisted by former CEO Steve Jobs, Tim Cook will give up $75-million on restricted stock
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-Sale of German cable firm Primacom launches -sources
* Kabel Deutschland CEO says will not take part in bidding
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TechCrunch
Loyalty Startup Belly Hits 1 Millionth Check-In; Active Merchants Say Belly Check-ins Top Foursquare
Belly, the Chicago-based loyalty platform which just closed its $10 million Series B from Andreessen Horowitz earlier this month, is today announcing a pretty significant milestone: its 1 millionth check-in. The startup allows customers to check-in to a location using a physical loyalty card or mobile app which they scan via a consumer-facing iPad installed at point-of-sale. By doing so, custom...
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Gizmodo
Microsoft To Offer 80-Inch Windows 8 Tablets for Offices [Windows 8]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces plans about Xbox at CES 2010. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired More »
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siliconindia
Ratan Tata: The Most Powerful CEO in India
Rata Tata the CEO of Tata Group has been ranked first in the Most Powerful CEOs of India list. Cyrus Mistry who has been appointed as the Vice Chairman and Chairman of Tata Sons has debuted at the fifteenth position in this list.
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AP
Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple says CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock....
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politico
Disclosure of the day, Wall St. edition
From the inimitable Henry Blodget, edtior and CEO of Business Insider:
DISCLOSURE: The New York Stock Exchange is a frequent sponsor of Business Insider, and we're thrilled about that. The NYSE has also graciously allowed us to host huge, opulent parties on the floor of the stock exchange, which we're also thrilled about. On the other hand, I've hosted a finance show for Yahoo for the last fo...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Boral bounces after CEO shock
SHARES in Boral have rebounded after a week of heavy falls, as investors come to terms with the shock departure of the company's boss.
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CNN
Mr. Cook goes to Washington
Apple CEO Tim Cook has paid his first visit to a place Steve Jobs preferred to avoid: Capitol Hill. Aides say Apple's hot-button issues were not addressed.
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USA Today
Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, AP study finds
That's up more than 6% from the previous year and at the highest point since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006.
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AP
Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds
NEW YORK (AP) -- Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs....
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National Post
Venezuela was plan ‘A’ for Saadi Gaddafi escape plot
Gary Peters said Thursday he and Cynthia Vanier had worked on a plan to fly Saadi Gaddafi to Venezuela as part of a scheme to mediate talks with Canada and Venezuela to end Libya’s civil war
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Slashdot
Neil Armstrong Gives Rare Interview
pcritter writes "In a rare coup for accountants' association CPA Australia, CEO Alex Malley interviews Neil Armstrong, whose dad worked as an Auditor, bringing him back 4 decades to the pinnacle of the space race. Neil reveals that "I thought we had a 90 per cent chance of getting back safely to Earth on that flight but only a 50-50 chance of making a landing on that first attempt". The 4 part ...
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perez hilton
Mark Zuckerberg SUED By Angry Investors
Facebook's stock has taken a dive since it's initial public offering and investors are pissed! Some are so pissed that they've filed a lawsuit against the social network, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and the stock's underwriters at Morgan Stanley.
Three investors are accusing the defendants of withholding negative information about the IPO, as one lawyer working [...]
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Times of India
Ratan Tata India's most powerful CEO, Mistry debuts at no. 15
While Mukesh Ambani has managed to retain his position at second place, brother Anil Ambani has fallen six positions to 11.
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Fortune
Apple CEO Tim Cook to forgo a $75 million dividend payout
Asks the board not to issue dividends on his 1.125 million shares of restricted stock
FORTUNE -- It's not everybody who can afford to turn down $75 million. But given the way he's been treated in the press lately, it may be that Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook couldn't afford not to.
In an amendment filed with the SEC Friday, the company's compensation committee determined that the $2.65 per share ca...
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Barrons
Apple: Cook Foregoes $75M in Dividend-Equivalent Payout
TheFlyOnTheWallApple this afternoon directed our attention to a filing by Apple (AAPL) in which the company states that CEO Tim Cook has declined to take roughly $75 million in dividend payouts that he would earn on his “Restricted Stock Units” when Apple commences its dividend later this year. Back on March 19th, you’ll recall, Apple [...]
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Reuters
Apple CEO gives up $75 million in dividend income
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook will not be earning dividend income on the more than 1 million shares to which he is entitled, which will cost him about $75 million.
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Barrons
GMCR Director Steps Down; Company Shrinks Board
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) released a filing after the market closed on Thursday announcing the resignation of one of its board members, Douglas Daft. The company said it will shrink the board from 9 to 8 members. Daft is the former chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola (KO). “On May 22, 2012, Douglas N. Daft, [...]
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WSJ
SABMiller's Emerging Challenge
SABMiller can't yet relax with a cold one, with investors questioning why CEO Graham MacKay blurred strategy by paying $10.1 billion for Australian brewer Foster's.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Thorsten Heins' no good, very bad first 100 days as RIM's CEO
After 100 days at the helm of the beleaguered tech giant, at least he knows it can't get any worse
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physorg
TV maker Vizio turns to computers, takes on Apple, Dell and HP
Vizio is no stranger to defying the odds. The once little-known company came from practically nowhere to become one of the USA's biggest TV makers, wresting the title from the top electronics companies, including Sony. Its co-founder and CEO survived a plane crash more than a decade ago.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Rothschild-Chef im Interview: „Umverteilung vom Sparer zum Staat“
In der Euro-Krise hat die Politik auf falsche Regulierung gesetzt, kritisiert der Partner und CEO der Vermögensverwaltung Rothschild & Cie Gestion, Jean-Louis Laurens. Langfristigen Investoren blieben kaum Spielräume.
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APA-OTS
ConvaTec kündigt Telekonferenz zur Erörterung seiner Geschäftszahlen des 1. Quartals 2012 an
Skillman, New Jersey (ots/PRNewswire) -- Telekonferenz für
Analysten und Investoren findet am 30. Mai 2012 statt
SKILLMAN, New Jersey, 24. Mai 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec kündigte
heute an, dass es sein Ergebnis des 1. Quartals 2012 am Mittwoch, den
30. Mai 2012 bekannt geben wird. CEO …
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Los Angeles Times
Blue Shield of California CEO to retire |
Times LIVE
Former CEO slams Sanral interdict
Two weeks after Sanral CEO Nazir Alli resigned amid controversy around the e-tolls saga, he said the Pretoria High Court had made a grave mistake in granting an interim order halting the project.
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Daily Mail
Stryker CEO Stephen MacMillan fired for dating company's corporate jet flight attendant despite being given permission by board
Stephen P. MacMillan, 48, pictured, was fired from his position at U.S.-based medical device maker Stryker Corporation about two months ago for his relationship with Jennifer Koch.
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DomainIncite
June .nxt conference canceled
The .nxt conference on new generic top-level domains, planned for London next month, has been postponed until later this year, the organizers have announced. .nxt CEO Kieren McCarthy blamed the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the new gTLD program timetable following ICANN’s six-week TLD Application System outage. McCarthy wrote on the .nxt web site: Our main goal [...]
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FT
CEO turnover level points to wider trends
Greater degree of planning reflects improved corporate governance practices and increasing tendency to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive
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Nikkei
Pfizer To Launch 15 Drugs In Japan By '16: CEO |
The Nation
Pakistanis invited to RAK FTZ
KARACHI – Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) CEO Oussama El Omari is currently visiting Pakistan with an agenda to attract Pakistani businessmen to Ras Al Khaimah. Pakistan is the third biggest market for RAK FTZ, and the free zone is looking to improve and succeed even more by demonstrating complete dedication to the region, says a press release.To achieve this, RAK FTZ is ...
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The Nation
Pakistanis invited to RAK FTZ
KARACHI – Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) CEO Oussama El Omari is currently visiting Pakistan with an agenda to attract Pakistani businessmen to Ras Al Khaimah. Pakistan is the third biggest market for RAK FTZ, and the free zone is looking to improve and succeed even more by demonstrating complete dedication to the region, says a press release.To achieve this, RAK FTZ is ...
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The Nation
Pakistanis invited to RAK FTZ
KARACHI – Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) CEO Oussama El Omari is currently visiting Pakistan with an agenda to attract Pakistani businessmen to Ras Al Khaimah. Pakistan is the third biggest market for RAK FTZ, and the free zone is looking to improve and succeed even more by demonstrating complete dedication to the region, says a press release.To achieve this, RAK FTZ is ...
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Heise
Seagate will auch LaCie schlucken
Der weltgrößte Festplattenhersteller will weiter wachsen und greift nach dem französischen Konkurrenten LaCie. Seagate hat ein Angebot für die Anteile von CEO Philippe Spruch abgegeben.
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lesoir
Samsung et Apple : la négociation à l'amiable a échoué
Les CEO d'Apple et Samsung se sont rencontrés pour discuter des problèmes de mésentente sur les brevets à la demande de la Justice américaine. Faute d'accord, les deux...lire la suite
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Washington Post
Republicans don’t like regulations, except for when they do
Republicans typically don’t like federal regulators to stick their nose into Wall Street’s business. But when something goes dreadfully awry in the markets — and even the CEO can’t account for what’s happened — they tend to change their tune.
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Washington Post
Asia Society opens search for new president to succeed Vishakha Desai
The Asia Society has announced that Vishakha N. Desai will step down on Sept. 1 following her eight-year tenure as president.
Desai’s 22 year career at Asia Society began as museum director in 1990. She subsequently became senior vice president and then president and CEO.
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webwire
Automotive Website Awards to Be Presented at AutoCon 2012
Eatontown, NJ – The fifth annual Automotive Website Awards , presented by PCG Consulting , will be presented September 11, 2012 after the opening...
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Reuters
UPDATE 2-Ingersoll CEO met with Peltz's Trian fund
NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Ingersoll Rand Plc's CEO
said he met with executives of Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund, which
this month revealed it had taken a 7 percent stake in the air
conditioning and...
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omg
Meryl Streep to present Shirley MacLaine with award
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shirley MacLaine will receive the AFI Life Achievement Award from Meryl Streep at the AFI Gala Tribute this year, the organization said Tuesday. MacLaine and Streep co-starred in the 1990 Mike Nichols film "Postcards From the Edge." Streep received the award from the American Film Institute in 2004. "The world loves Shirley MacLaine," AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzal...
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NZZ
«Kein Wischiwaschi-Umweltschutz»
Thomas Vellacott, der neue CEO des WWF Schweiz, sucht noch stärker das Gespräch mit der Wirtschaft
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Irish Times
Hiqa CEO highlights lack of leadership in hospital management
OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE ON HEALTH:THERE IS “not necessarily a sufficient number of strong leaders at local level” to ensure recommendations made by the Health Information and Quality Authority about the running of acute hospitals can be implemented, the organisation’s chief executive has said.
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White House
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy Heather Zichal, and Winergy Drive Systems Corporation CEO Terry Royer
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
2:37 P.M. EDT
MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House for your daily briefing. As you know, on Thursday President Obama will travel to Iowa, where he will highlight the latest item on his congressional "To-Do" list, urging Congress to support American jobs and manufacturing in the clean energy sector by passing leg...
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BnAmericas
Metals - Brazil - ArcelorMittal keeps US$1.5bn expansion plan on hold due to slower demand
Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal's (NYSE: MT) US$1.5bn Brazilian expansion plan that was temporarily suspended at the end of 2011 will continue on hold, Benjamin Baptista, CEO of the company's Brazilian...
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AP
Google completes Motorola Mobility acquisition
NEW YORK (AP) -- Google Inc. on Tuesday completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and said it has appointed a Google executive as the new CEO of the business....
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Gizmodo
Tim Cook ist der bestbezahlte CEO in den USA: Apple-Chef verdient 378 Millionen Dollar
Apple-Chef Tim Cook ist der bestbezahlte Unternehmenschef der USA. Der Abstand auf den zweiten der Liste – Oracle-Boss Larry Ellison – ist riesig. Dank Cooks Aktienoptionen liegen rund 300 Millionen Dollar zwischen den beiden CEOs. mehr...
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Reuters
Google names new Motorola Mobility CEO
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc completed its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and named a new chief executive for the cellphone maker, who vowed to focus on "fewer, bigger bets."
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Russian Government
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a working meeting with Igor Sechin
Dmitry Medvedev said he had instructed Rosneft’s Board of Directors to appoint Sechin as its new CEO.
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Daily Mail
Tesco boss gives up bonus as supermarket giant feels heat of shareholder spring
CEO Philip Clarke has spurned a £372,000 annual bonus just a week after the supermarket told 5,000 managers their bonuses would be slashed by 80 per cent.
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Times LIVE
Decisions on energy supply need to be made now: Eskom
Decisions on South Africa's future energy supply should be made early to cope with rising demand, Eskom CEO Brian Dames said on Tuesday.
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Irish Times
Ex-Enron CEO seeks retrail
Jailed former Enron Corporation chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling is seeking a new trial citing "newly discovered evidence," according to court documents.
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Handelsblatt
Apple-Boss: Tim Cook ist der Spitzenverdiener unter den US-Chefs
Mit gigantischem Abstand ist der Unternehmenschef von Apple der bestbezahlte CEO in den USA. Er schlägt den Rangzweiten auf der Liste mit einem Abstand von über 300 Millionen Dollar - dank seiner Aktienoptionen.
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BoingBoing
Second attempt for SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon launch: Tue. May 22, 3:44am ET
A second launch attempt for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for 3:44am EDT, Tuesday May 22. Weather is currently 80% go. Watch it live here. For background, watch Miles O'Brien's PBS NewsHour feature, and SpaceFlightNow's QA with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. SpaceFlightNow will also have live coverage from Mission Control, with streaming video. (Image: [...]
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WSJ
J.P. Morgan Suspends Share Buybacks
J.P. Morgan is suspending share repurchases in the wake of $2 billion-plus in trading losses, CEO Dimon said at an investor conference.
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Daily Telegraph
Apple's chief top-paid CEO
APPLE chief executive Tim Cook topped the list of the best-paid CEOs in the US in 2011 thanks to stock options.
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Washington Post
Stan Van Gundy fired by Orlando Magic, GM Otis Smith out, too
In an NBA postseason full of surprises, the news that the Orlando Magic have cut ties with head coach Stan Van Gundy was about as predictable as a Tim Duncan bank shot.
Magic CEO Alex Martins announced Monday that Van Gundy has been relieved of his duties. The Magic and GM Otis Smith have also mutually agreed to part ways.
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Daily Mail
JPMorgan losses 'have now doubled to £4.4bn' as CEO suspends $15bn share buy-back
The new estimate of the cost of the catastrophic trading blunder announced two weeks ago threatens to make it one of the biggest financial disasters in City history.
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insideedition
Mark Zuckerberg Weds One Day After Facebook IPO
The day after Facebook's IPO hit the stock market, CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to pull his own secret wedding that came as a surprise to everyone, including the wedding guests. INSIDE EDITION has the scoop
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Telegraph
Mark Zuckerberg wife: Priscilla Chan Profile
It's said that behind every great man stands a great woman. John Kennedy had Jackie, Bill Gates has Melinda and now, following a surprise wedding on Saturday, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has Priscilla Chan. But what do we know about the woman behind one of the world's wealthiest men?
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CNN Money
Why is Jamie Dimon on a Federal Reserve board?
Is there a conflict of interest when bankers like JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon serve on the board of the same institution that regulates them?
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CNN
Eco-fashionista campaigns for sexy, sustainable fashion
Eva Kruse, CEO of the Danish Fashion Institute Monday launched a social media campaign to push for fashion industry to be a leader in sustainability.
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Reuters
Opel CEO faces workers over possible plant closure
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - The head of General Motors unit Opel sought to allay workers' fears that the automaker plans to shut one of its four German plants as it pulls production of the Astra, its best-selling model, from the country.
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FOX
Nasdaq 'Embarrassed' Over Facebook Delays
CEO says the stock exchange is 'humbly embarrassed' by its bungling of Facebook's hugely anticipated debutFacebook's Zuckerberg Updates Status to Married
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Times LIVE
Zuckerberg likes Chan
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan at the weekend, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
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WSJ
CEO Pay Moves With Corporate Results
Chief executives increasingly are being paid based on their companies' financial results and share prices, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
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Goal.com
Chelsea chairman Buck: Contract talks with Drogba imminent
The Stamford Bridge chief has announced that CEO Ron Gourlay will meet with the Ivorian's agent this week in order to negotiate an extension to his deal with the club
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China Daily
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg gets married
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
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TMZ
Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding -- Green Day Singer Performs ... We Think
Billie Joe Armstrong performed a touching love song at the wedding of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday -- which was captured gloriously in this video ... shot from outside the wedding and through some bushes and you can't actually SEE…
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Telegraph
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries one day after $104bn IPO
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg weds longterm girlfriend Priscilla Chan the day after $104bn stock flotation
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Mail & Guardian
Status update: Facebook's Zuckerberg gets married
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update.
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USA Today
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds one day after IPO
A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."
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Entertainment Online
News Feed! Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Marries Longtime Girlfriend Priscilla Chan
Status update: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in an intimate wedding at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Saturday.
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People
Mark Zuckerberg Gets Married
The Facebook CEO ties the knot with his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan
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Daily Telegraph
Status update: Married
FACEBOOK founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has married his long-term sweetheart, but not before updating his status.
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USA Today
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has updated his status to "married."
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Barrons
The Accidental Fashionista
Coach CEO Lew Frankfort has helped his company to pioneer the concept of "affordable luxury"–and guided it through the segment's downturn.
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The Jerusalem Post
Zuckerberg at IPO launch: This is an awesome moment
As operator of the world's largest social networking site goes public, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells employees, supporters to stay focused.
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ElPais
Cara a un novo Ano Rosalía
As restricións económicas tamén se fan sentir na produción editorial
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Daily Mail
Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg becomes $19billion wealthier as 100m shares sold in FIVE minutes
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang in as much as $20billion in wealth this morning as Facebook went public under Nasdaq symbol 'FB,' eight years after he created it in his Harvard dorm room.
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DomainGang
Proxy: Zacebook does not need an IPO – maybe a UDRP?
All eyes are on Facebook today, and while CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be donning his suit and tie for a change to welcome his company’s IPO, there is a web site that could care less about Zuc’s paper billions. Zacebook.com is a proxy web site that allows for fast connections to the Internet behind anonymity. [...]
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National Post
Fred Green resigns as CP Rail CEO after 34 years with company
CP Rail's chief executive has abruptly resigned ahead of the company’s annual general meeting Thursday in Calgary after 34 years of service at Canada’s No. 2 railway
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FT
3i: the travails of venture capital
If the new CEO cannot solve the UK venture capital group’s problems, liquidation seems desirable
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
CP's last supper: Why railway brass decided it was time to surrender
Facing a crushing defeat at the hands of activist investor Bill Ackman, the chairman, CEO and others departed before the long-awaited showdown
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Mail & Guardian
Knott-Craig drops price bomb on mobile industry
Cell C is slashing the cost of prepaid voice calls, with CEO Alan Knott-Craig calling for further reductions in call termination rates beyond 2013.
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Times of India
JPMorgan CEO is confronted over $2 billion trading loss
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that "should never have happened'' and survived a push to strip him of the title of chairman of the board.
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The Guardian
Rebekah Brooks defiant over charges relating to phone-hacking 'cover-up'
Former New International CEO expressed anger that those close to her, including her husband, had been 'dragged into the affair'Rebekah Brooks made a defiant attack on the "weak and unjust" decision by the prosecuting authorities to bring charges against her on Tuesday and dismissed the case against her as an "expensive sideshow and waste of public money".Speaking outside her solicitor's office ...
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Telegraph
Rebekah Brooks pursued by photographers outside Lewisham Police station
The former News International CEO has a few problems escaping photographers after being charged with perverting the course of justice.
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Daily Telegraph
Stewart on 'the feud', Origin and Des
BRETT Stewart talks with Phil Rothfield about that false sexual assault allegation, his knee injury and the feud with NRL CEO David Gallop.
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The Sun
CPS: Rebekah Brooks to be charged
FORMER News International CEO to be charged with perverting course of justice during phone-hacking scandal
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Daily Telegraph
Brooks charged over phone hacking
FORMER News International CEO Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie will be charged over the News of the World hacking scandal.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Yahoo CEO exits without payoff
YAHOO said that its recently-deposed chief executive Scott Thompson would leave without receiving severance pay.
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BBC
VIDEO: European shares suffer slump
The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the slump in European shares - and Yahoo's CEO resigns.
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DailyTech
Yahoo CEO Steps Down After Degree Scandal
Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's head of global media, has been named interim CEO
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USA Today
Report: Ousted Yahoo CEO battling cancer
Scott Thompson, the Yahoo CEO forced out from his position for discrepancies found in his résumé, is battling thyroid cancer.
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Irish Times
Yahoo chief executive steps down
Yahoo is replacing its CEO for the third time in as many years, and giving three board seats to a hedge fund led by Daniel Loeb, putting him in a strong position to influence strategy at the struggling internet company.
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NEWS.au.com
Former Yahoo boss says he has thyroid cancer
FORMER Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has disclosed to colleagues that he has thyroid cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported early Monday.
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TheDomains
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Resigns
The CEO of Yahoo Scott Thompson resigned tonight after news came out that Mr. Thompson included on his resume a science degree which he did not have.
Ross Levinsohn was named as interim Chief Executive Officer.
Here is the press release:
“”Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ross Levinsohn as int...
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Reuters
Yahoo CEO steps down in victory for investor: source
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his biography, the third CEO to leave the company in three years, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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BBC
Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post
The CEO of Yahoo has stepped down, the computer firm has confirmed, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV.
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Times of India
'Dead wrong' about trading concerns: JPMorgan CEO
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase, which disclosed a $2 billion ((euro) 1.55 billion) loss last week, said he was ''dead wrong'' when he dismissed concerns about the bank's trading last month.
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Times of India
Norway minister meets Montek, lobbies to protect Telenor interest
Norway’s industry minister along with the Telenor CEO will meet Kapil Sibal to push for protecting telco’s operations in India.
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Hoy
«El emprendedor ni nace ni se hace, se contagia»
"El emprendedor ni nace ni se hace, se contagia. Y el contagio se produce al rodearte de gente que ya lo ha hecho y te demuestra que no es ni tan difícil ni imposible". Así lo cree al menos Javier Andrés, CEO y fundador de Ticketea, la platafoma líder en gestión de eventos y venta de entradas en España
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China Daily
IMAX raises curtain on Chinese productions
"China has become the second-largest market outside of North America for IMAX," said CEO Richard Gelfond.
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Hindustan Times
JP Morgan loses $2 bn in trading
JPMorgan Chase & Co’s shock trading loss of at least $2 billion from a failed hedging strategy knocked financial stocks across the globe on Friday, as well as the reputation of the biggest US bank by assets and its CEO Jamie Dimon.
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Al Jazhera
Ex-editor testifies before UK press inquiry
Rebekah Brooks says she got messages of sympathy from prime minister after she quit as CEO of Murdoch's media company.
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FTD
Orderbird: Anruf vom Skype-Investor
Viel Medienpräsenz und ein prominenter Anrufer. Die Orderbird-Gründer erweitern ihr Netzwerk. Weil die Kassen frisch gefüllt sind, sucht CEO Jakob Schreyer zwar kein Kapital, findet aber erste Optionen darauf beim Pitchen in Madrid.
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Telegraph
Leveson Inquiry document: Rebekah Brooks's witness statement
Former News International CEO, Sun and News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks' statements to the Leveson Inquiry.
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FOCUS
Partnerbörsen - Peter Schmid verlässt Parship
Peter Schmid, CEO der Online-Partnervermittlung Parship, verlässt das Unternehmen zum Monatsende aus privaten Gründen. Ihm folgt eine Doppelspitze, von der bisher nur der Finanzvorstand Henning Rönneberg bekannt ist. Von FOCUS Korrespondent Holger Schmidt
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Mail & Guardian
Ndebele: M&G report on Sanral CEO 'mischievous'
The transport department has defended S'bu Ndebele's relationship with close ally Chris Hlabisa and accused the M&G of "mischievous intentions".
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Technology Review
The Future of Pharma is Incredibly Fast
Continuous manufacturing will transform the drugs are made, says Novartis president.
At the second day of a manufacturing conference on MIT’s campus, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis, Joseph Jimenez, suggested big changes are in store for the way his company makes drugs. A new, experimental method for producing pills could drastically reduce production times, increase revenue, and impro...
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Telegraph
Blackburn Rovers confirm departure of CEO Paul Hunt
Blackburn have confirmed that deputy chief executive Paul Hunt has left the club following the furore over a leaked letter.Related StoriesBlackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean says he is staying put while backing Indian owners Venky's '100 per cent'
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Domainnamewire
DNW Interview: Go Daddy applies for .godaddy and two other TLDs
Warren Adelman discloses new TLD applications and discusses the challenges of offering more domain choices to customers. Go Daddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, has applied for three top level domains, CEO Warren Adelman told Domain Name Wire today. (News of the applications was first reported by Paul Sloan at CNET). The company has [...]
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Daily Mail
How Weight Watchers CEO took almost a decade to beat his own battle of the bulge
David Kirchhoff, 45, labelled himself a 'slow learner' after becoming familiar with the company's calorie-counting system in 2000.
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New York Times
DealBook: Third Point Calls for Interim C.E.O. at Yahoo
Yahoo's latest efforts to contain the roiling controversy surrounding the embellished credentials of its chief executive don't seem to impress Daniel S. Loeb much.
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Entertainment Online
Avengers Sequel Is Ready for Action!
File this one under Things We Saw Coming.
Just days after The Avengers kicked major butt in the box office, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the company is moving full speed...
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Irish Times
Investors crowd in as Facebook goes to market
FACEBOOK CEO Mark Zuckerberg took questions about the social network’s slowing revenue growth and its $1 billion Instagram purchase, as he kicked off a cross-country roadshow yesterday to promote its $10 billion (€7.7 billion) initial public offering.
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Times of India
Ranbaxy Laboratories CEO Arun Sawhney reappointed
Shareholders of Ranbaxy Labs have approved the reappointment of Arun Sawhney as CEO & MD for five years from January 1, 2012.
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Daily Mail
Blackburn in turmoil: Leaked letter reveals scale of unrest behind the scenes
Blackburn's deputy CEO Paul Hunt wanted manager Steve Kean removed last December, a leaked letter he sent to the club's owners has revealed.
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Mail & Guardian
End of the road: Sanral's Nazir Alli resigns
Sanral CEO Nazir Alli has resigned, a week after a judge put the brakes on the controversial e-tolling system being rolled out on Gauteng's highways.
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news.com.au
Zuckerberg kicks off Facebook IPO roadshow
FACEBOOK CEO to attend the company's investment roadshow today as the tech giant gears up for a highly anticipated IPO later this month.
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DnJournal
Honorary Domainer Lisa Bloom Releases Another Best Seller & Writing Bug Bites Ammar Kubba
TV personality, author and attorney Lisa Bloom, the fiancée of well-known domain industry figure Braden Pollock, has released Swagger, her second straight best selling book. Meanwhile, the writing bug also seems to have bitten the personable CEO at Thought Convergence - Ammar Kubba.
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National Post
Teachers' Pension Plan CEO offers ‘dose of reality’
Comment: Ontario taxpayers received a painful dose of honesty from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan President and CEO who admitted the funding formula is broken and that revolutionary changes are needed
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New York Times
DealBook: Third Point Demands Records From Yahoo's C.E.O. Search
Third Point sent Yahoo a request for records relating to its selecting Scott Thompson, a former eBay executive, as its chief executive, after the besieged technology company admitted that it had misstated its leader's academic credentials.
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manager magazin
Nachfolge: Die Kunst, den richtigen CEO zu finden
Als A. G. Lafley im Jahr 2000 CEO des Konsumgüterkonzerns Procter & Gamble wurde, gab es dort keine Nachfolgeplanung. Der neue Chef erklärte das Thema zu einer seiner wichtigsten Aufgaben. Heute besitzt P&G eine vorbildliche Führungskräfteentwicklung. Ein Beispiel für gelebte Corporate Governance.
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WSJ
Project for Growth Amid the Downturn
The CEO of engineering consultant WS Atkins, Uwe Krueger, seeks new horizons and looks for acquisitions as the UK, its traditional market, struggles
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Barrons
This Weekend's Barron's: The Annual Poll of the Top 500 Companies ~ Unum Looks Like a Buy ~ Case for Investing in Phillips 66 ~ CEO Spotlight on John Stumpf of Wells Fargo
This sneak preview offers highlights from this weekend's Barron's. Come back to Barrons.com on Saturday morning.
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Les Echos
Silicon Valley : ce qu'il faut retenir de l'actualité de la semaine
Chaque semaine, l'actualité de la Silicon Valley est décryptée à travers le regard expert de Frédéric Tardy, CEO de l'antenne nord-américaine de l'Atelier BNP Paribas, basée à San Francisco.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Toronto 2015 Pan Am venues to be announced next week
CEO Ian Troop says map will be released; athletes village gets CIBC branding
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
CIS looking for new CEO
Marg McGregor, who held the post with Canadian Interuniversity Sport for 12 years, resigning in June
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China Daily
Chinese investors biggest foreign group in Lao stock market
Chinese investors were the biggest foreign group in the Lao stock market, Lao Security Exchange (LSX) Chairman and CEO Dethphouvang Moularat said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Thursday.
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National Post
Ashton Kutcher Bollywood ad pulled by Popchips
Popchips founder and CEO Keith Belling wrote on the company’s website that the company “worked hard to create a light-hearted parody ... We did not intend to offend anyone"
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USA Today
N.Y. pension funds urge vote against Wal-Mart CEO, directors
Comptroller John Liu says New York City Pension Funds will vote against 5 directors at the shareholder meeting June 1.
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Hindustan Times
SA charges the guilty, focus on India now
The news of the action on Gerald Majola, the suspended Cricket South Africa (CSA) CEO, is being followed with interest by the Indian cricket fraternity. Following the intervention by the SA government, Majola has been asked to repay the nearly two million rands (Rs 1.36 cr) he paid himself as bonus during the 2009 Indian Premier League without informing the CSA.
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BBC
VIDEO: 'UK loves data': CEO's case for 4G
Olaf Swantee, CEO of Everything Everywhere, explains why he thinks the UK needs to speed up the rollout of 4G.
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Wired
Live: Watch Wired Interview SpaceX’s Elon Musk
Wired interviews SpaceX's Elon Musk live in a Google+ Hangout today at 11 a.m. PDT. On May 7, SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station – the first time in history a private company has undertaken such a goal. What's in store for the launch? How will it affect NASA? And what happens if something goes wrong? Find out when Wired aerospace reporter Jason...
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USA Today
Shareholder asks Rometty about Augusta
Weeks after the Masters, IBM CEO Virginia Rometty is still facing questions about her memberships. Or the lack of them.
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dnfblog
Advertisers Seek Independent Probe into ICANN Security Breach
ICANN gTLD misadventures invite marketers’ wrath. The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has written to the U.S. Department of Commerce, seeking an independent probe into the security breach at ICANN, according to MediaPost. ANA CEO and president, Bob Liodice, wrote, “the marketing and internet communities are concerned about ICANN’s vulnerability” – a sentiment echoed by [...]
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Reuters
Amgen founding CEO George Rathmann dies at 84
(Reuters) - George Rathmann, who helped build Amgen Inc from a start-up into the world's biggest biotechnology company as its founding CEO, died on Sunday, the firm said in a statement. He was 84.
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Reuters
USATF names marketing guru Siegel as CEO
(Reuters) - USA Track & Field (USATF) ended a 16-month search to replace its former chief executive by naming ex-board member Max Siegel, who has extensive marketing ties to sports and entertainment, to the job on Monday.
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AP
USATF hires former board member as CEO
USA Track and Field has hired former board member Max Siegel as its new CEO, ending an on-and-off, 16-month search with a transaction similar to a move the U.S. Olympic Committee made a few years ago....
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The Jerusalem Post
Report: 2 Iscar execs could replace Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett could be succeeded by Iscar CFO Danny Goldman and CEO Jacob Harpaz.
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MorganLinton
Small Business Sunday – Get Organized
If you’re running a small business then there’s a good chance that you wear many hats. You’re the deal-maker, the CFO, and sometimes even the CTO – the point is, you have a lot on your plate. It can be easy to get disorganized and soon find yourself spending valuable time searching for things. As [...]
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AP
Paper: UBS head calls tax flap 'economic war'
GENEVA (AP) -- The CEO of Swiss banking giant UBS AG has said the nation's tax disputes with the United States and some European nations are "an economic war" putting 20,000 jobs at risk....
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Los Angeles Times
Rich Ross' departure sends aftershocks at Disney
Rich Ross' exit as Disney film chief reflects the high cost of inexperience and failure to surround himself with knowledgeable aides, observers say. It also raises doubts about CEO Robert A. Iger's ability to modernize the studio.Walt Disney Studios film chief Rich Ross' abrupt departure Friday comes at a difficult time for one of the largest, oldest and most successful of Hollywood's historic ...
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Reuters
Ford to take slow road on electric trucks: CEO
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will be slower to build electric-powered pickups and other larger vehicles because the batteries to power them are still extremely costly, Ford CEO Alan Mulally said on Tuesday.
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dlisted
And So It Begins....
The virtual Tupac that knocked the high out of many hos at Coachella was such a success for Dr. Dre and and Snoop Dogg that they're planning on taking it for a world tour. If this is Dr. Dre and Snoop's way of trying to lure the real Tupac out of his hiding place to smack both of them in their thinking places, I hope it works!
The Wall Street Journal reports Snoop and Dr. D...
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Elliotsblog
How to Find an End User Contact
Yesterday I wrote a post with some advice on addressing end users. I think a personal email goes a long way, and it’s far superior to a bulk email or an email that has a generic greeting. Someone asked me how I find the name and email address of a potential buyer, and it’s a [...]
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Technology Review
Who Cares If Amazon Becomes an E-book Monopoly?
It's not as if the Kindle and its store aren't also vulnerable to disruption.
The Department of Justice is suing Apple and book publishers for "collusion" on book prices, and the result, as Tim Carmody thoughtfully articulates at Wired, is that everything Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has built over the past decade, his entire e-publishing empire, is now sanctified at the level of Federal law. On the o...
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APA-OTS
Guggenheim Museum und UBS Lancieren ein Noch nie Dagewesenes Kulturübergreifendes Projekt
New York (ots/PRNewswire) -
~
- Guggenheim UBS MAP eine globale
Kunstinitiative
~
Richard Armstrong, Direktor des Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums und
der Guggenheim Foundation, und Jürg Zeltner, CEO von UBS Wealth
Management, kündigten heute eine ambitiöse, …
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Reuters
Swiss Life CEO says M&A tough at moment: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Swiss Life believes mergers and acquisitions are difficult at the moment, with little opportunities in the Swiss market, a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday.
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lesoir
Dexia : Mariani a touché près d’1,5 million d’euros l’an dernier
Le CEO de Dexia Pierre Mariani a gagné en 2011 près d’1,5 million d’euros, mais n’a pas perçu de bonus pour l’année écoulée. Une prime d...lire la suite
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lesoir
15:03 Bekaert : les syndicats rencontrent Bert De Graeve
Une délégation d’une quarantaine de représentants syndicaux rencontre vendredi le CEO de Bekaert, Bert De Graeve à Kuurne. Les syndicats exigent des explications concernant l...lire la suitehistoires liées13:38 La Grande Bretagne ferme « temporairement » son ambassade au Mali14:08 Tentative d’enlèvement : l’enfant entendu la semaine prochaine14:37 L’UE refuse toute remise en cause de l’intégrit...
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Telegraph
Australian energy company CEO stands down after slew of racist remarks on Facebook
An Australian energy company has lost contracts and had its ties with a football club cut after its CEO made a slew of offensive remarks on Facebook about Aborigines, Asians, Jews, Muslims and women.
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Rolling Stone
Electric Daisy Carnival Creator Could Face Up to 13 Years in Prison
Following his March arrest for an indictment including 29 counts of bribery embezzlement conspiracy and conflict of interest court documents reveal that Electric Daisy Carnival creator and Insomniac Events CEO Pasquale Rotella could face up to 13 years and eight months in prison Spin reports Rotella is one of six individuals...
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circleID
ICANN To Publish New gTLD Applicants On April 30th
In a recent press release ICANN has stated that they will publish the list of applicants for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) on April 30th.
Previously many had spoken of a "big reveal" on May 1st, though that would have coincided with a public holiday in many countries and might have been "missed".
However ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, claims that the organisation had always planned to pu...
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MarketWatch
EntreMed names Ken Ren as interim CEO
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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APA-OTS
Jean-Christophe Bédos Becomes the New President and CEO of Leading Canadian Luxury Jeweller Birks
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) -
Birks & Mayors Inc. ("Birks" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce that Jean-Christophe Bédos has officially become the new
President and CEO of the Company. Birks is a leading manufacturer and
retailer of prestigious jewellery and timepieces since 1879 in …
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siliconindia
Indian Brands Waking Up To Social Media Revolution
by Amrita Patel Bangalore: With the 45 million soaring number of Facebook users in India, brands are finally waking up to the call of Social Media Marketing. Currently, almost every brand is seeking for social media vendors to understand the use case of social media and its implementation on their business. As a result, social media agencies are mushrooming.
“We are seeing tremendous shift i...
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sueddeutsche
Internet-Gigant: Zehn Probleme, die Google lähmen
Wohin entwickelt sich Google? Bislang führt das Unternehmen ordentliche Ergebnisse ein, doch die Strategie des Konzerns überzeugt nicht alle. Zehn Probleme, mit denen sich CEO Larry Page auseinandersetzen muss.
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Reuters
Flare on Total's Elgin platform extinguished: CEO
PARIS (Reuters) - A flare near Total's Elgin drilling platform has gone out, reducing the threat of explosion at a massive gas leak from a North Sea well, the company's chief executive said on Saturday.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Will Augusta change its all-male policy for IBM's first female CEO?
Will the Augusta National Golf Club admit Ginni Rometty, IBMs first female chief executive?
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Scientific American
Amazon s Jeff Bezos Says He Has Located Apollo 11 Rocket Engines Lost at Sea
F-1 engines (red cones) on the Apollo 8 first stage. Credit: NASA Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO and one of the richest people in the world, has an abiding interest in the future of space exploration. His start-up Blue Origin is building suborbital launch vehicles and has received millions in NASA funding to develop next-generation spaceflight technologies. But Bezos also has a passion for spacef...
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Scientific American
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Says He Has Located Apollo 11 Rocket Engines Lost at Sea
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO and one of the richest people in the world, has an abiding interest in the future of space exploration. His start-up Blue Origin is building suborbital launch vehicles and has received millions in NASA funding to develop next-generation spaceflight technologies. But Bezos also has a passion for spaceflight history, it seems. [...]
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Reuters
JetBlue to review procedures after pilot meltdown: CEO
(Reuters) - The CEO of JetBlue said on Wednesday he personally knows the pilot whose erratic behavior led to a diverted flight and that there were no earlier signs of problems, although the airline will review its procedures after the incident.
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euronews
EasyJet "pure player du low cost"
ITW Carolyn McCall : EasyJet CEO Les compagnies aériennes conventionnelles lancent des offres à bas coût alors que les compagnies low cost…
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The Jerusalem Post
Agreement reached, transportation strike averted
After nearly 1.5 years labor dispute between Israel Railway workers, management, Eini and Railways CEO make headway.
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Daily Mail
Inter Milan academy can rival Barcelona, says club CEO
Inter Milan's CEO believes Claudio Ranieri must blood his youngsters now if the club are to salvage their season and qualify for next year's Champions League.
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Los Angeles Times
Insomniac says it expects CEO to be arrested in Coliseum scandal
Insomniac expects CEO to be arrested in Coliseum scandal
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amNY
Sex slave case against American Apparel's CEO tossed out
A Brooklyn judge has tossed out a $260 million lawsuit alleging that American Apparel CEO Dov Charney kept a young employee as a "sex slave," saying 21-year-old Irene Morales had already agreed to arbitration.
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USA Today
CEO: AA would consider a merger, but not now
American Airlines parent AMR is open to the idea of merging American with another airline. But not right now.
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Washington Post
Invisible Children has released new video in response to ‘Kony 2012’ criticism
This post has been updated.
Invisible Children, the nonprofit group that produced the very viral half-hour documentary about brutal Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, released a new film Monday responding to criticisms about its campaign and overall approach. CEO Ben Keesey says it’s been “difficult” to read the criticisms. He said the group released the film to be “fully transparent.”
Re...
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New York Times
The Long Run: Romney’s C.E.O. Style in Massachusetts Could Irk Lawmakers
For Massachusetts officials used to the glad-handing of local politics, Mitt Romney was an unfamiliar breed. His approach could offer hints of how a possible President Romney might deal with Congress.
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AP
Padres CEO Moorad withdraws ownership application
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- San Diego Padres CEO Jeff Moorad has withdrawn his application to baseball to finalize his purchase of the club....
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National Post
Nash could lead Canada's national team
Wayne Parrish, Canada Basketball’s president and CEO, said Tuesday that he’s had conversations with Steve Nash about being an “overseer or executive director”
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Apple CEO launches new iPad into 'post-PC' world
The Globe's tech team joins Peter Nowak in San Francisco to cover Apple's announcement
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BBC
VIDEO: Mitt Romney, CEO for the US?
A Profile of Mitt Romney ahead of the "Super Tuesday" contest for the Republican presidential candidate.
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Hoy
El secesionismo pierde partidarios en Cataluña
Por primera vez desde que el CEO (el CIS catalán) pregunta sobre la independencia, el porcentaje de ciudadanos a favor de la secesión baja. Si se convocase un referéndum, el 44,6% de los catalanes votaría a favor de la independencia, frente al 24,7% en contra. Hasta ahora, el apoyo a la independencia iba en ascenso, del 42,9% a favor en junio de 2011 al 45,4% de octubre pasado.
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Telegraph
London 2012 Olympics: Dow Chemical sponsorship protests 'beyond belief' says CEO
Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris says India's threat to boycott Games events over their sponsorship is wholly unwarranted.
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APA-OTS
EANS-News: New Nordex CEO now on board (with photo)
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Mail & Guardian
SA Olympic team seeks medals in five events
Sascoc CEO Tubby Reddy says he expects South Africa's Olympic team to bring home medals in five sporting events at the London Games in July.
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USA Today
Go Daddy CEO thrilled with buzz of 'Danica Daytona 500'
Aside from the attention garnered by NASCAR, the next biggest benefactor of Danica Patrick's move to Sprint Cup is primary sponsor Go Daddy.
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AP
Johnson & Johnson CEO to step down in April
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson's longtime CEO, Bill Weldon, is stepping down as the health care giant's top executive after an embarrassing string of recalls of everything from Tylenol to Benadryl over more than two years has cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars and consumer trust....
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USA Today
Former Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker pleads guilty to felony
Junker reached an agreement with prosecutors regarding his role in soliciting political contributions from Fiesta Bowl employees.
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Technology Review
Dropbox: Founder Drew Houston Simplifies the Cloud
The CEO of Dropbox explains why simplicity is so hard to achieve.
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The New Yorker
Calvin Trillin: Three scenes inspired by Newt Gingrich’s campaign.
small>THE MEETING OF TOP MANAGEMENT THAT RESULTED IN FREDDIE MAC’S HIRING GINGRICH AS A PART-TIME HISTORIAN FOR TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
The C.E.O., in his usual crisp manner, began the meeting without any small talk. “Let’s get to . . .
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Salon
Jack Donaghy fears the 99 percent
It’s official. The class war is waging and there’s no denying it – even "30 Rock" says so.On Thursday night’s episode of the award-winning comedy, Jack Donaghy -- the debonair, Reaganite CEO played by Alec Baldwin -- confirmed what some of us have been thinking for a while: “We’re on the verge of a class war.”Since the show’s first episode, Donaghy has embodied a parodic late-capitalist overlor...
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Technology Review
A Very Young CEO
At 23, Seth Priebatsch has a life that's all about winning, and not much else.
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Irish Times
Elite athletes face funding cuts
Sports Funding:High performance sport cannot be protected from Government cuts after this year. At the announcement of the grants for 2012, which is the government’s annual funding for athletes who have qualified or would hope to qualify for top world events such as London 2012, CEO of the Irish Sports Council John Treacy said his organisation is expecting a 5 per cent cut in funding next year.
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Daily Telegraph
Threat to Qantas - CEO warns pollies
THE Flying Kangaroo will die if laws requiring Qantas to restrict expansion offshore are passed, according to CEO Alan Joyce.
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science blogs
New Experimental Technique Developed for Treating Bone Cancer [Life Lines]
At Texas A&M University, researchers are testing a new treatment for bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in dogs that may one day help to treat similar cases of osteosarcoma in children. The new technique involves injecting radioisotopes directly in the tumor by drilling tiny holes into the bone with a very tiny drill that is approximately "the size of two human hairs". This helps to target the ra...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ontario air-ambulance service wins helicopter flaw fix, cuts ties with CEO
Transport Canada allows Ornge to move stretchers while in flight; bankruptcy at for-profit firms allows termination of chief executive officer
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USA Today
Komen CEO: Controversy a 'mischaracterization'
Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder and CEO Nancy Brinker says there has been a "gross mischaracterization" about the group's decision to halt ...
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The Sun
City look to Barca for new CEO
MANCHESTER CITY are considering a sensational new dream team designed to make them the kings of Europe
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The Sun
City look to Barca for new CEO
MANCHESTER CITY are considering a sensational new dream team designed to make them the kings of Europe
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lesoir
Flightcare en grève à Brussels Airport
Certains vols pourraient être retardés, voire annulés. Les syndicats doivent rencontrer le CEO à 10h00. ...lire la suite
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Rolling Stone
Swizz Beatz Revealed as Silent Partner, CEO of Megaupload
Today's abrupt shut-down of the popular file-sharing site Megaupload will likely affect one unexpected celebrity the company's CEO hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz Beatz who has worked with Jay-Z is married to R&B star Alicia Keys and was the first producer-in-residence at NYU's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music was widely reported...
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USA Today
Costa CEO blames captain's error for ship grounding
The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from the ship's programmed course, the CEO said.
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The Jerusalem Post
'Costa Concordia's' Israel connections
Costa Cruises, is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, whose CEO and chairman is the Israeli-born businessman.
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New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist: The C.E.O. in Politics
Does Mitt Romney’s success in business tell us anything about whether he would be a successful president?
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Le Point
CES 2012 : Google vs Apple : duel au fond des poches
On comprend mieux, aujourd'hui, pourquoi Eric Schmidt, CEO de Google, a dû...
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American Scientist
Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us
On November 30, 2006, executives
at Pfizer--the largest
pharmaceutical company in the
world--held a meeting with
investors at the firm's research
center in Groton, Connecticut. Jeff
Kindler, then CEO of Pfizer, began
the presentation with an upbeat
assessment of the company's efforts
to bring new drugs to market....
Kindler was most excited about a
new drug called torcetra...
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Daily Mail
Steve Jobs action figure immortalises late CEO 3 months after death
Just three months after Steve Jobs passed away, a pair of toy companies have unveiled an action-figure of the late Apple CEO. Called the iCEO mini, it's a 12 inch action figure made in his likeness.
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USA Today
Gourmet producers beef up a snacking tradition
Everything you think you know about jerky is wrong, says Jon Sebastiani, founder and CEO of Krave gourmet jerky.
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Technology Review
Shell Partner Makes Cheap Biofuels
The CEO of Codexis describes how his company is making renewable fuels affordable.
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Los Angeles Times
Demonizing Wal-Mart
What is the retailer doing that's so wrong? A more deserving target might actually be small companies.In cultural commentary about the American economy, one company at a time always seems to be the goat. Everything it does is interpreted as evil. In the 1950s it was General Motors. GM's CEO, Charles "Engine Charlie" Wilson, became a national figure of ridicule for telling a congressional commit...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Charlie Sheens Twitter antics redefined celebrity microblogging
Two thousand eleven has been the year celebrities embraced and defined Twitter, CEO of public relations company says
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The Nation
Digital partner
ISLAMABAD - CEO of Zong Fan Yunjun has termed the latest partnership between Zong and Manchester United a treat for over 10 million football fans in Pakistan. Recently Zong, an international mobile of China mobile, launched a MU co-branded SIM through which users will be able to access the exclusive…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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The Lancet
[Comment] Offline: What makes a good professor?
Linsey Henshaw, from the public relations firm Bell Pottinger, writes: “Dear Richard, I would like to suggest an article for The Lancet. This would be written by Patricia Hodgkinson, CEO of Alpha Hospitals and Dr John Livesley, Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Please find below a short summary. Please can you review and let me know if you think this wo...
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Irish Times
Ritchie named as England's new CEO
IAN RITCHIE will become the new CEO of the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) after being lured away from a similar role at Wimbledon’s All England Tennis Club, the organisations said yesterday.
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USA Today
Magic halt trade discussions involving Dwight Howard
Orlando's plan is to keep Howard, who in recent days has had conversations with new CEO Alex Martins about staying with the team.
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APA-OTS
Feuerwehreinsatz Am Hof: Ein Dankeschön für die ganze Mannschaft
Utl.: Spendenübergabe durch CEO René Benko mit Branddirektor
Hillinger und Feuerwehrstadträtin Brauner - Solidaritätsaktion
für schwer erkrankten Kollegen =
Wien (OTS) - "Die Feuerwehr ist an jedem Ort in Wien in spätestens
5 bis 7 Minuten. Egal, was passiert ist, wir helfen ...
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SI
Magic eye alleged Nets-Howard meeting
While the agent for Orlando center Dwight Howard told reporters Friday night that his client was given permission to speak with other teams about possible trades, Magic CEO Alex Martins told SI.com that the team was still considering filing tampering charges regarding an alleged meeting with New Jersey officials.
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ElPais
Sin privacidad en las redes sociales
No es la primera vez que se cuestiona la privacidad de las redes sociales. Lo que sí es una novedad es que se produzcan filtraciones del perfil de Facebook de su propio creador y CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
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SI
Sam Amick: Magic officials investigating alleged meeting between Howard, Nets
While the agent for Orlando center Dwight Howard told reporters Friday night that his client was given permission to speak with other teams about possible trades, Magic CEO Alex Martins told SI.com that the team was still considering filing tampering charges regarding an alleged meeting with New Jersey officials.
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Irish Times
CEO target of suspected parcel bomb
German police are investigating a suspicious envelope sent to Deutsche Bank today and addressed to Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Germany's biggest bank, a police spokesman in Frankfurt said.
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The Jerusalem Post
Defense Ministry considering permanent Iron Dome in Haifa
Home Front defense minister meets with Bazan Oil Refineries CEO, says that Iron Dome rocket defense system is integral part of defending refineries which are critical for economy during times of war.
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Goal.com
Inter Mailands CEO Ernesto Paolillo: „Minimalziel ist das Champions League-Halbfinale“
EXKLUSIV - Inter Mailands CEO hat das Semifinale in der Königsklasse als Minimalziel für diese Saison ausgegeben und erklärt, dass es jeder Nachfolger von Mourinho schwer hat.
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New York Times
Michael C. Woodford, Ex-Olympus C.E.O., Resigns as Company Director
Michael C. Woodford said Wednesday that he would resign from Olympus’s board and work with supportive shareholders to plan an eventual return to his former job.
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IdnNews
Domain .РФ success is one of the major events in 2011
On 22 November 2011, the Federal Agency for Printed and Mass Media (Rospechat) in tandem with the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) co-organized a press conference “Runet: year in review and prospects of expansion” at the RIA Novosti press center . Andrey Kolesnikov, the CC’s CEO, took part in the press conference. In his [...]
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The Nation
Contract signing ceremony at PILAC
LAHORE - Punjab Skills Development Fund organised a contract signing ceremony at Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture Auditorium on Thursday. The event was organised to award contracts worth Rs 400 million to 31 technical/vocational training organisations. These technical providers will offer demand-driven training facilities to around 17,000 trainees from four targeted districts in 71...
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exchnage4media
IMPACT Annv Spl: Colvyn Harris lists 7 impactful years in advertising
Colvyn Harris, CEO, JWT India, writes about the seven glorious years of looking at life in one’s mind’s eye, capturing, innovating, creating ideas that charm and persuade consumers...
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Reuters
Chevron takes full responsibility for Brazil spill
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. oil company Chevron has taken full responsibility for a spill off Brazil's coast, the CEO of the local subsidiary, George Buck, said on Sunday.
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USA Today
ATP board meets this week on CEO search; expect fireworks
The power struggle that erupted between players and tournaments at the U.S. Open has deepened existing lines in the sand on the ATP board.
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Foreign Policy
Herman Cain - Foreign Policy Profile
Former CEO, Godfather's Pizza
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Salon
Herman Cain’s gender gap
Two new national polls confirm there's been measurable slippage in Herman Cain's support in the GOP presidential race -- but that he remains at or near the top of what remains an unsettled field.A CBS News poll puts the former Godfather's Pizza CEO in first place, but only with 18 percent -- a drop of 7 points from CBS' last poll two weeks ago. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are tied for second ...
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Reuters
Portrait of MF's former CEO Corzine on sale for $85,000
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After putting the finishing touches on his painting of Jon Corzine, the former CEO of the collapsed futures broker MF Global Holdings Ltd, artist Geoffrey Raymond took the...
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chinatechnews
Top Executives Quit Chinese Internet Advertising Company
Chinese Internet advertising provider Allyes AdNetwork has witnessed a high-level executive shake-up with both the CEO and COO departing the company. The company's chief executive officer Zhu Hailong and chief operating officer Zhou Daitong have both departed the company, according to reports in Chinese local media. The roles of these two departed managers are reportedly [...]
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DerSpiegel
Jungmanager auf der Überholspur: "Vielleicht habe ich ADHS oder so"
Sechs Länder, fünf Sprachen, ein Nachwuchsmanager: Markus Beck hat es in die Endrunde des Wettbewerbs "CEO of the Future" geschafft. Der 26-Jährige ist ständig weltweit auf der Suche nach neuen Herausforderungen. Niederlagen hat auch er erlebt - aber die stehen eben nicht im Lebenslauf.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
CEO remuneration doesn't spell excess
JOURNALISTS need to read the facts on executive salaries.
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Foreign Policy
Does Silicon Valley's new favorite Russian moonlight as Kremlin's censorship czar?
So while the naive folks in Silicon Valley are singing praise to Digital Sky Technologies (DST), Russia's new investing behemoth with ambitions of world domination, I bet they have no clue that Kremlin has recently tasked Yuri Milner, DST's CEO and founding partner, with finding a way to police RuNet and cleanse it of all illegal content.
It's not yet clear what shape this would take but offi...
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Fortune
Five pointers from the judges
by Jessica Shambora
During the first round of competition at Rice on Friday, one audience saw business plans ranging from a Netflix for maternity wear, to a better tool for identifying bugs in semiconductor chips. The assembled judges, including investors, attorneys and past winners, asked questions and offered feedback. Here are some key lessons that emerged:
1. Action speaks louder t...
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