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Canon's president steps down leaving faltering company behind
Daily Gossip
Fujio Mitarai will be named president of the company in his place. The latter served as the company's president between 1995 and 2006. Afterwards, he became the chairman and theCEO of the firm. Managers told reporters that they have chosen Mitarai ...
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TeleSign Further Strengthens Management Team; Appoints Max Powers as Vice ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the addition of Max Powers, as VicePresident, Client Services. Powers brings her extensive ...
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Alere Receives Full URAC Case Management & Utilization ManagementAccreditation
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alere Health, one of the nation's leading providers of integrated health and wellness solutions for health plans and employers, announced today that it has been awarded full URAC Case Management and Utilization ...
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Apptio Achieves Record Results in 2011 With Over $101 Billion in IT Spend ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"By every measure, 2011 was a landmark year for Apptio and the year in which the Technology Business Management market came into its own as a substantial business category," said Sunny Gupta, co-founder, presidentand CEO of Apptio.
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Diamond, Gulliver May Avoid Hester's Zero-Bonus Fate
BusinessWeek
Diamond is the next executive likely to face scrutiny as Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc CEO Stephen Hester waived his 963000-pound ($1.5 million) bonus after the payout sparked a political and public backlash. RBS Chairman Philip Hampton also ...
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Goodlace named new Implats CEO
Independent Online
... Managers Certificate of Competency (Metallipherous Mining) in 1988. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa and a Masters in BusinessAdministration from the University of Wales. He is the CEO of Metorex, ...
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Independent Online
Alere Receives Full URAC Case Management & Utilization ManagementAccreditation
Business Wire (press release)
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alere Health, one of the nation's leading providers of integrated health and wellness solutions for health plans and employers, announced today that it has been awarded full URAC CaseManagement and Utilization Management ...
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Monique F. Leroux comments on her re-election as Chair of the Board, President ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Desjardins specializes in Wealth Management and Life and Health Insurance, in Property and Casualty Insurance, in Personal Services, inBusiness and Institutional Services. As one of the largest employers in the country and among Canada's Top 100 ...
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Investment Guidance Solutions Introduces Tool to Reduce Mutual Fund Investment ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Investment Guidance Solutions LLC (IGS), a provider of portfolio construction solutions, announced today the availability of IGSignals(TM), a new risk managementtool for mutual fund investing.
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Less than 24 months after its foundation, H2O Innovation India announces the ...
Reuters
Unique in India, this 7000 m 3 /day system combining ultrafiltration pre-treatment and reverse osmosis treatment is a technological showcase for H 2 O Innovation India Guillaume Clairet, Vice President, Strategic BusinessDevelopment of H 2 O ...
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Nortel former CEO Frank Dunn worried about the optics of executive bonuses
Toronto Star
He said he prepared outlooks and roadmaps for senior management that increasingly used balance sheet reserves to meet targets even as thecompany lagged performance objectives on an operating level. Harrison said the outlooks were not typically ...
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The Conversation: Don Doherty, CEO and president, Fleetwood Fixtures
Reading Eagle
As we achieve some of our objectives this year, we will look to grow even more in 2013 and beyond. These jobs will be mainly related to manufacturing, engineering, supply-chain and project management. BW: You do a lot of business with retailers.
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Central Desktop Celebrates Monumental Year of Growth in 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
The company experienced strong employee growth in 2011, adding new jobs to Southern California's lagging economy and growing its staff by 43 percent. Central Desktop also made solid additions to its managementteam -- including Mark Smialowicz (chief ...
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Pizza Pizza CEO goes undercover and learns more about his firm
Canada.com
By Dave Kates, Postmedia News January 31, 2012 When you're running abusiness, don't ever lose touch with the front lines. It's a credo that Pizza Pizza CEO Paul Goddard has long championed. But when he agreed to star in an episode of Undercover Boss ...
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TeleSign Further Strengthens Management Team; Appoints Max Powers as Vice ...
Marketwire (press release)
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - TeleSign, a market leader in Internet fraud prevention and Intelligent Authentication, today announced the addition of Max Powers, as Vice President, Client Services. Powers brings her extensive background ...
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In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees
Reuters
By Lauren Tara LaCapra (Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. The world's largest online social network is expected to tap ...
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GameHouse president Matt Hulett joins board of Yapta
GeekWire
Yapta has named GameHouse president Matt Hulett to the board, part of an ongoing transformation of the Seattle startup from a consumer travel company to one focused on business-to-business services. Hulett has very specific experience in that arena, ...
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GeekWire
Adaptive Computing Strengthens its Management Team with New Chief Financial ...
PR Web (press release)
Mr. Taylor will manage all financial operations for the company while ensuring all applicable accounting practices and procedures are followed. Mr. Taylor brings more than twenty years of management and operating experience to his role as CFO.
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Bears introduce Phil Emery as new general manager
ChicagoBears.com
Confident that Phil Emery will lead the Bears to a championship, team president and CEO Ted Phillips introduced the club's new general manager Monday during a press conference at Halas Hall. “I know we found the right guy,” Phillips said.
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ChicagoBears.com
The Idea Revolution
Business West
“One of the things we realized years ago was that we had a lot of bright ideas coming from our associates, but we weren't implementing many of them,” said Joanne Walton Bicknell, HNE's business improvementmanager. “That's where OFI comes in; ...
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Consultants' Best Practices for Culture Change
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
According to Dr. Pat Lynch, President of Business Alignment Strategies, Inc. (www.BusinessAlignmentStrategies.com), a management consulting firm in Long Beach, CA, "Whatever is driving the need for such a change,management's priority must be getting ...
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Skybox Security Announces Skybox Network Assurance 6.0
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Skybox Security, the leader in proactive security management solutions, today announced Skybox Network Assurance 6.0, a powerful solution for continuous monitoring of network infrastructures.
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Site Seers
Business West
“I think the business has changed a lot,” said Paul Stelzer, president of Appleton Corp. in Holyoke, which manages about 3.3 million square feet of space throughout the region. “A lot of owners in the past used to hire property managers to collect the ...
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Measuring the Efficacy of the World's Managers
Working Knowledge
Family-owned businesses are often managed badly—particularly those run by a firstborn son who inherited the role ofCEO. Founder-run firms also received low managementscores. Raffaella Sadun is an assistant professor in the Strategy unit.
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Working Knowledge
Does Wells Fargo Practice Radical Management?
Forbes
“I couldn't care less about league tables,” says Wells CEO Stumpf. “I'm more interested in kitchen tables and conference room tables.” By operating a bank like a bank, the article says, “Stumpf has at once made Wells exceedingly profitable—for 2011 ...
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Actiance Announces Socialite Engage to Help Financial Advisors Strengthen ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Today, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have become household names; not only to communicate with friends and relatives, but also as viable marketing and communication channels for conducting business," said Michael Fauscette, group vice president, ...
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Terence Goodlace named new Implats CEO
BusinessLIVE
... Managers Certificate of Competency (Metallipherous Mining) in 1988. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa and a Masters in BusinessAdministration from the University of Wales. He is the CEO of Metorex, ...
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BusinessLIVE
Wendy's CEO: Our wounds were 'self-inflicted'
The Associated Press
And rather than blaming the struggling economy for the revenue declines and quarterly losses of the past few years, Brolick said that the company's problems were its own fault. Though Wendy's Co. had carved out a niche in the restaurant businessas ...
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The Associated Press
Synactive Launches Templates for Smart Phones and Tablets
MarketWatch (press release)
"Mobile applications optimize line-of-business processes, such as sales forces, field service, manufacturing, operations, and logistics," said William Clark, Research Vice President, Gartner. Using an iPad(R), iPhone(R), BlackBerry(R), or Android, ...
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SA POWER 100 – 2012: Stephan Pretorius, President of Acceleration
TheSouthAfrican
We are a premium service – and so we've always positioned ourselves as a UK company with a South African back office, which has worked well. Any advice for an SA entrepreneur with a business in UK who wants to move home? You need good managers in your ...
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TheSouthAfrican
World Maritime News - Denmark: New CEO of Maersk Line Sets ...
By World Maritime News
With immediate effect, the executive management of Maersk Line will consist of CEO Søren Skou, CCO Lucas Vos, COO Morten Engelstoft (continues in current position) Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer Jakob Stausholm, CFO Peter Rønnest Andersen (continues in current position), Chief Product & Yield Officer Vincent Clerc, and acting Head of HR Bill Allen, who is also Head of ... “The team represents a very strong blend of skills, experience and fresh eyes on the business.
World Maritime News
Gap Inc Old Navy president resigns - Management - Executive ...
... Inc Group, announced it& 39;s president Tom Wyatt is leaving thecompany. ... senior Old Navy executives ar - Fashion jobs, news, network, USA, business, ...
www.fashionunited.com/.../gap-inc-old-navy-president-resigns...
Bendix Names Vice President and General Manager of Charging
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced Mark McCollough is the new vice president and general manager for the charging business.
www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id...
Analysts say Intel's management shuffle may give clue about next CEO
Part of the Bay Area News Group ... move some analysts said may give a hint of who eventually will succeed CEO Paul Otellini, who is barred bycompany rules ...
www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19785072
CEO sees more cuts at BofA, including wealth management
By Bloomberg News Bank of America Corp., the second-biggest US lender by assets, ... Managers will reduce the “overall cost structure of thecompany; ...
www.investmentnews.com/article/20120129/REG/301299985
New CEO Choice at RIM Fails to Excite | Business Alignment and ...
... employees. Can new Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins fill the shoes. ... Business Alignment and Management · This Feed ... It appears so, but that might not be such good news for the company or its nervous stockholders. First, while ...
www.itbusinessedge.com/.../new-ceo-choice-at-rim-fails-to-ex...
Chesapeake city manager named new HRT president ... - DailyPress
Chesapeake city manager named new HRT president/CEO ... NewportNews City Councilman Joe Whitaker was one of two HRT commissioners who cast an ...
www.dailypress.com/.../dp-nws-hrt-meeting-20120126,0,6689...
Business: Management changes in GraceKennedy group - News ...
News. Business: Management changes in GraceKennedy group. 2012-01-30 15 07:26 | (0 Comments). GraceKennedy Group CEO, Don Wehby - Photo.
go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=34917
KCI Announces New Management Structure | Business Wire
Matricaria will oversee the implementation of a new management structure under ... Prior to joining KCI as President of its Active Healing Solutionsbusiness in ...
www.businesswire.com/.../KCI-Announces-Management-Struc...
Jentner Wealth Management Serves Todays Financial ... - Akron CEO
Bruce Jentner, President & CEO of Jentner Wealth Management in Akron, shares about the ... The CEO Briefing delivers local business news to your inbox.
akronceo.com/video/2012/01/akron-jentner/
Walmart Announces Senior Management Changes and Promotions ...
Find news for: News Center. In the news: LLY · GCI · UPS · SPLS · NBR · PFE. PR Newswire. Walmart Announces Senior Management Changes and Promotions ... Brewer was most recently president of the Walmart U.S. east business unit, ...
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=PR...
Chesapeake city manager expected to be named HRT CEO ...
PilotOnline.com: News for Hampton Roads, Va., from The Virginian- ...Chesapeake city manager expected to be named HRT CEO .... Find LocalBusinesses ...
hamptonroads.com/.../chesapeake-city-manager-expected-be-n...
Business People Twin Cities — News To News
Latest News Update ... Bremer Financial Corp., St. Paul, hired Mark Lancaster as vice president and sales manager for the company'sinsurance business.
www.newstonews.com/2012/01/.../business-people-twin-cities/
Seven Arts Pictures CEO Peter Hoffman to Appear on 'Tim ...
PR Newswire: news distribution, targeting and monitoring ... Tim and Co-Host, Marilyn Cohen will interview Peter about the Company's ... Tilman Fertitta, former Compaq CEO Eckard Pfeiffer, Money Manager Louis Navellier, and many others.
www.prnewswire.com/.../seven-arts-pictures-ceo-peter-hoffma...
Internal competition at work: Worth the trouble? - Fortune Management
FORTUNE -- You would never hear a management consultant advise acompany ... ... The news didn't motivate them, they just checked out. ...CEO Michael White explains his company's symbiotic relationship with the NFL. Play. NEXT. BACK ...
management.fortune.cnn.com/.../why-internal-competition-jus...
  
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