The challenge of attracting more women in to the technology sector has been an issue for some time now, but 2012 saw some interesting steps forward in the gender equality debate. Below are some the biggest and most interesting women in IT ...
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Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. "Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median ...
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Board members of the three largest industry retailer associations - the National Home Furnishings Assn., the Western Home Furnishings Assn. and the Home Furnishings Independents Assn. - have agreed to merge the ...
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CIO - Get ready to answer more questions from your board of directors about social media, new business models and competitive intelligence. Board members expect to spend more time on IT this year and recognize that they haven't paid much ...
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IDG News Service-Corporate boards are prioritizing IT spending as highly as investments in sales operations,according to research announced Monday by analyst firm Gartner. IT and sales were tied as the top two priorities among 175 board ...
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December 19, 2012 - The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI) announced the election of several individuals to its board of directors at its annual general meeting held in Ajax, Ont., back in November: • Chris Hughes, ...
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Board members of Ashaka Cement Plc., the Nigerian unit of Lafarge SA, have endorsed a new development programme that will increase the company s production capacity from 900,000 to 3 million tons in the near future as it plans to inject ...
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Tower Bridge in London receives Olympic LED makeover 31 May In preparation for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,London's Tower Bridge has been fitted with an LED lighting system from GE.Philips Ledalite announces TruGroove LED-based ...
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Business Recorder reported that a four member delegation of Pakistan Steel Mills is proceeding to Tehran via Dubai on December 22nd to explore avenues of barter trade, ie, iron ore in lieu of wheat as federal government has given its ...
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Respect Your Universe, Inc. announces two new board members. Steven Eklund and Bill Marcus bring with them a breadth of experience in the sports apparel and equipment industries, as well as finance, sales and business development. "Steven ...
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Sound Physicians Chairman Edward G. Murphy, MD will share key opportunities and challenges for providers and hospitals considering forming an ACO and the role of hospitalists in that delivery model at the 3rd National Accountable Care ...
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OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel announced that the meeting of the Board of Directors was held. Resolution on election of the new General Director of the Company was adopted by the Board. The appointment of Mr Vladimir Potanin was approved ...
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Many organisations continue to rely on ineffective intrusion prevention systems (IPS) for defending information systems, says security firm Stonesoft. Advanced evasion techniques (AETs) – which combine several known evasion ...
Rival soft drinks firms Britvic and AG Barr have finally agreed a merger to create a £1.5bn business,which will trade under the name Barr Britvic Soft Drinks. The new firm will be led by ceo Roger White,formerly the ceo of AG ...
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ThyssenKrupp announced that the personnel committee of the supervisory board in close cooperation with Dr Heinrich Hiesinger CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG have agreed to propose to the Supervisory Board in its meeting on December 10, 2012 to ...
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