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CEO needs to establish talent philosophy for HR to bring in processes: Marc ...
Times of India
NEW DELHI: All talent strategies start with the CEO, who needs to be the perfect role model, says Marc Effron, president of The Talent Strategy Group and the author of 'One Page Talent Management'. Delineating the importance of a clear talent ...
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Affiliated Managers Group CEO Sean Healey paid $14.9 million in 2011, down ...
Boston Globe
By Beth Healy The chief executive of Affiliated Managers Group Inc., a Beverly investment firm, received $14.9 million in total compensation last year, down from nearly $20 million in 2010, according to an annual filing with regulators.
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Investor calls for ouster of Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman
Crain's Chicago Business
“The problem is clearly one of execution and a fundamental problem with leadership,” according to a letter to Allscripts' board from two portfoliomanagers at New York-based HealthCor Management LP, which has a 4.9 percent stake in the company.
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GBTA Announces Lineup For 5th Annual 'Airline CEO' Panel At 2012 Convention In ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Keith Williams became CEO of British Airways in January 2011, following the merger with Iberia. He also sits on the management board of the two airlines' parent company, International Airlines Group. As CFO of British Airways over the previous six ...
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SXC Turns Technology Into a 'Trojan Horse'
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Pharmacy benefits manager SXC Health Solutions runs its business on software it developed itself, long before it even became a benefits manageritself. It's still licensing that technology to its rivals — a business that still accounts for 17% of ...
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Thinkfuse Exits Beta: Get Your Team Out of Progress Review Hell With Simple ...
TechCrunch
It's the problem every manager or CEO faces: how do you stay aware of what everyone is doing? Thinkfuse, which debuted at last year's TechCrunch Disrupt in New York, is out of beta with a product that makes it easy to get a single status report on what ...
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TechCrunch
The Ticker
Boston Herald
... a Beverly-based investigative database company, amid bankruptcy proceedings, delinquent financial reporting and allegations of accounting fraud. Affiliated Managers Group CEO Sean Healey earned $14.9 million in total compensation last year, ...
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Humana's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
In a moment, our senior management team will briefly discuss highlights from our first quarter 2012 results, as well as comment on our earnings outlook for the full year. Participating in today's prepared remarks will be Mike McCallister, our Chairman ...
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Heartland Payment Systems Reports 70% Increase in First Quarter Adjusted Net ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr. Carr continued, "Through relationship manager productivity gains and the outstanding success of our new hires, we are growing our new businessgeneration. Every day our relationship managers go into the market confident we are the only merchant ...
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Utilimon Launches Energy Management Tool for Businesses Internationally
BetaKit
One European startup has taken on the task of helping businessesunderstand their energy bills with their new energy management platform. Estonia-based Utilimon aims to help companies track their usage and reduce their annual utility bills, and CEO ...
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RIM CEO Thorsten Heins To Unveil Big New Plans At BlackBerry World
Huffington Post
Five months after replacing the longstanding co-CEOs, Heins desperately needs more time to right the now-struggling company and he likely has next to nothing concrete to offer his restless audience in terms of new products and services.
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Idar Ulstein, Former CEO of ULSTEIN, Passed Away
The Maritime Executive
The company was growing, and when Molde yard was purchased in 1964, Idar became manager of the new companies. In 1974, after the merger with Hatlø mechanical workshop, he becameCEO of Ulstein Hatlø. In 1985, the holding company Ulstein Holding was ...
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The Maritime Executive
Freddie, Fannie Departures Escalate
Wall Street Journal
December 2009: Regulator approves executive-pay packages worth up to $6 million in cash for both companies' CEOs. October 2011: Freddie CEO Charles E. Haldeman Jr. says he will leave thecompany in 2012. January 2012: Fannie CEO Michael Williams says ...
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Wall Street Journal
Association Services of Florida Announces Staff Promotion
MarketWatch (press release)
MIRAMAR, Fla., Apr 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Association Services of Florida (ASF), an Associa company, proudly announces the promotion of Joanne Willoughby, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, to vice president. Willoughby is responsible for client retention, ...
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The Management of IR
Business 2 Community
In that time, her biggest challenge has been – in her words – management that just doesn't get it. And by 'it', she means IR. The management member in question, a CEO at a previous company, had little public company experience and failed to engage the ...
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China says manufacturing rises again in April
KWQC 6
In exchange, Microsoft gets a long-desired foothold in the business of e-books...More >> The new CEO of struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. will make his first major speech Tuesday amid the company'sdifficulties competing with flashier ...
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Biglari Holdings Annual Meeting Notes: CEO Inspires Confidence
Seeking Alpha
They are siding with management. There have been two employee layoffs at Cracker Barrel. This is not good for morale. When I took over Steak 'n Shake, I was never in the restaurant business. In the first 90 days, I didn't move too quickly.
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Busting CIO myths
ITWorld Canada
Myth: You should strive to report to the CEO. Wrong. "In our recent research on top-performing organizations, we have not found any relationship between the CIO's reporting structure and success," says Ross. "There are stages in acompany's maturity ...
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Field Asset Services Appoints Donald F. Neville as Chief Financial Officer
San Antonio Express
Neville brings a strong financial and operating background to FAS with 25 years of broad management and military experience. He has served as CFO andCEO of private and public companies in the security, high technology, software and manufacturing ...
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1-800-Plumbing Partners with Aqua Managers Inc. to Provide Innovative Products ...
Houston Chronicle
Alan Cline, President/CEO of 1-800-PLUMBING states: "Anyone who has experienced a flood in their home will definitely see the advantage to these products. After our flood several years ago, we have a water alarm that will alert us when we are home.
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BlueStripe Software Named "Cool Vendor in APM" by Leading Analyst Firm
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
This dynamically evolving market segment holds high interest for those in IT Operations, application support, development and quality assurance, and for line-of-business managers." The report follows on the company's recent announcement of record ...
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Pope Resources Reports First Quarter Income of $1.2 Million
MarketWatch (press release)
POULSBO, Wash., Apr 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pope Resources (UTD:POPE) reported net income attributable to unitholders of $1.2 million, or $0.27 per diluted ownership unit, on revenue of $8.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.
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STOCKS FALL, APPLE AND GOOGLE TANK AGAIN: Here's What You Need To Know
Business Insider
The company has fallen under scrutiny due to compensation matters tied to its CEO Aubrey McClendon. However, BMO's Dan McSpirit argued that shares were reflecting "peak negativity." McSpirit upgraded the stock to outperform and slapped a $25 price...
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US Needs Shareholders' Rights
Huffington Post
They would select a board of directors whose job would be to oversee abusiness run by managers that would report to them. The ultimate decision-making power always resided in a majority vote of the shareholders. Somewhere along the line, ...
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Tax & accounting sales drive Thomson Reuters profit
Chicago Tribune
The company said first-quarter revenue at its Financial & Risk division grew 1 percent to $1.8 billion, as declines in sales to traders and wealth managerswere offset by increases in sales to risk and compliance customers, as well as acquisitions.
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Veramark Named to the Gartner 2012 Magic Quadrant for Global Telecom Expense ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We have seen a remarkable 25 percent increase in new business during 2011 over the prior year," stated Tony Mazzullo, President and CEO of Veramark. "Recognition by Gartner is further evidence that we are doing the right things for our customers.
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RIM CEO facing one skeptical partner
ITWorld Canada
Heinrich, a senior consultant at solution provider Agilimo Ltd. of Munich, Germany, flew across the Atlantic to hear what the company's strategy will be for reversing falling sales and revenue. But at a pre-conference closed door session Monday for ...
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Tax & accounting sales drive Thomson Reuters profit
Reuters
The company said first-quarter revenue at its Financial & Risk division grew 1 percent to $1.8 billion, as declines in sales to traders and wealth managerswere offset by increases in sales to risk and compliance customers, as well as acquisitions.
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Are you the Chief Me Officer?
CBS News
(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY Titles are an important aspect of organizations, businesses, and companies. They indicate a certain level of achievement, authority and responsibility. Sure, they're a bit subjective and they certainly don't tell you everything ...
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CBS News
Whether Investors Sell or Stay, Economic Data Key in May
CNBC.com
“I don't like forming investment strategies, based on old wives' tales,” said Richard Bernstein, CEO of Richard Bernstein Capital Management. “Either the fundamentals are improving or the fundamentals are not.” Bernstein said he remains positive on ...
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OnTerra Systems Introduces GeoSavvy(TM) -- A Geospatial Data Visualization ...
MarketWatch (press release)
By providing a platform to quickly and easily develop Web-based maps that visually depict business data, GeoSavvy helps businesses and organizations actually see relationships and patterns that would not be evident when data is separate and in text ...
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Business as Usual for Retail in Sunoco-ETP Merger
CSNews Online
By Melissa Kress PHILADELPHIA -- Energy Transfer Partners' CEO Kelcy Warren admits that branching out to retail was not part of the company's game plan, but its $5.3-billion deal to take Sunoco Inc. gives ETP approximately 4900 retail locations and ...
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Judge approves Kodak retention bonuses
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Every business sees voluntary turnover among its workers. But at Eastman Kodak Co., the stream of employees leaving has seemingly become an open fire hydrant. The bankrupt printing and imaging company has seen turnover in recent weeks up sixfold from ...
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Investor HealthCor Management calls for ouster of Allscripts CEO ...
Your journal for Chicago area real estate business news, trends, events and public records data. ... Investor calls for ouster of Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman. Tweet · Print | Email | Comments. By: Andrew L. Wang April 30, 2012. Health Care ...
Chicago Business News
Old Mutual Merging Two UK Asset Management Businesses, Ide Heads As CEO
Personalize your own news page ... -The unified business will give Old Mutual a significant asset management presence in the U.K and it will be the investment ...
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120426-704805.html
How to Get a Pay Raise (If You're a CEO)
So CBS directors decided to give Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves a... International Business Machines Corp .... the Chicago bank and wealthmanager said in explaining the decision to ... That's not necessarily bad newsfor Waddell.
www.businessweek.com/.../how-to-get-a-pay-raise-if-youre-a-...
Old Mutual Merging Two UK Asset Management Businesses, Ide ...
LONDON – Old Mutual PLC (OML.LN), an international long-term savings, protection and investment group, said Thursday that it will combine two of its U.K ...
www.foxbusiness.com/.../old-mutual-merging-two-uk-asset-m...
Poor CEO management puts firms at risk « Vietnamese Dong News
Anne Molyneux, international senior consultant in the field of businessmanagement said, “Responsibilities cannot be the sole burden of a CEO, we have ...
dongtalk.com/2012/.../poor-ceo-management-puts-firms-at-ris...
Laurel Biocomposite names CEO and office manager | JEC ...
As Laurel BioComposite's new business manager, Junck will provide the necessary skills to nurture the ongoing development of Laurel BioComposite.
www.jeccomposites.com/.../laurel-biocomposite-names-ceo-an...
J.P. Morgan Names CEO Of Asia Pacific
HERE IS THE CITY NEWS ... J.P. Morgan Names CEO Of Asia Pacific ... Over the past six years, J.P. Morgan's Asia Pacific business has doubled in size, tripled its ... BNY Mellon Names Global Head of Distribution for InvestmentManagement ...
hereisthecity.com/2012/.../jp-morgan-names-ceo-of-asia-pacifi...
MAMCO Property Management Chief Executive Officer Presents at ...
Nancy Hastings, CEO of MAMCO Property Management, an Associacompany, recently spoke at the Community Associations Institute (CAI) Pennsylvania and ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../mamco-property-management-chief-ex...
Wal-Mart employee starts petition for CEO's ouster: Thomson ...
(Reuters) - A deli manager at a Walmart store has started an online petition calling for the resignations of the retailer's chairman and chief executive officer in the wake of allegations that top management squelched an ... Findnews for: ... Duke, who became head of Wal-Mart's international business in 2005, was one of the ...
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR...
Thumbs up for Moutter as new Telecom CEO - Management - NZ ...
Fund managers gave an initial thumbs up to Telecom's appointment of Auckland ... said Moutter's departure from AIA, would leave a gap at the airportcompany. ... Telecom's share price was little-changed on the news - up just half a cent to ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/management/news/article.cfm?c_id...
Acorn Group CEO Dies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with ...
Acorn Group CEO Dies. Indiana Business News. Ninja Turtle ... Donato founded the real estate and property management company in 1988. He previously ...
www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=53381
Chesapeake to end CEO investment program | National Business ...
Chesapeake Energy says that it's ending a program that allowed CEO Aubrey... Business · National Business News · 0 Comments ... Project Manager III...
www.idahostatesman.com/.../chesapeake-to-end-ceo-investme...
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