On-farm internships and land-link programs are two important models for increasing the number of farmers in the sustainable-agriculture movement, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The majority of ...
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Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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New BlackBerry CEO John Chen has sent an open letter to the company's customers telling them that BlackBerry is "very much alive, thank you". The letter to customers is intended to reassure them that the investments that they have made in ...
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Gap Inc. announced that Sonia Syngal has been promoted to lead the company’s Global Supply Chain division, effective immediately. She succeeds Colin Funnell who will retire from the company, following a nine-year Gap Inc. career ...
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Oerlikon announces the appointment of Dr. Brice Koch as Group Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Koch, who will assume the role during the first quarter of 2014, comes to Oerlikon following a successful career at ABB where he has been a member of ...
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Under Armour, the leading performance apparel, footwear and accessories brand, announced that two of its top leaders are assuming elevated roles within the organization. Kip Fulks has added President of Product to his current ...
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Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. (TMHU) today announced management changes including the appointment of Joe Cacopardo to national marketing manager and Anne Ewing to national manager of dealer IT operations. "These executives bring a ...
Cummins Eastern Canada has expanded the role of industrial sales manager Michael Banitsiotis to include the automotive and military sales groups. The company made the announcement today. His new title will be sales manager, industrial and ...
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Arthur J Gallagher& Co, a US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services company, has acquired Belmont International, a risk management advisor and insurance broker based in Kent, England, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in ...
Seattle Bike Supply has promoted John "JQ" Quattrocchi to vice president of purchasing and product development and Rickey Strawn to national sales manager as the Accell Group-owned distributor positions for growth in 2014. "These ...
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China XD Electric Co., Ltd. announced on Friday a strategic alliance with the General Electric Company to tap China's vast electrical infrastructure market. The Shanghai-listed company in May of this year transferred a 15 percent stake ...
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Seattle-based Windows, Doors & More announced its co-founder Ken Hall will transition ownership of the business to new owner/operator Rick Locke. The company will mark its 20th year in 2013 and Hall felt the timing was right to take this ...
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Tempur Sealy International is restructuring its domestic sales functions in what it describes as a strategic move to drive growth and profitability. Beginning this month, the Tempur-Pedic and Sealy businesses will be managed under an ...
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Bank of Beijing (SHSE: 601169), a city-level commercial lender in the Chinese mainland, is brought under the limelight owning to a president personnel change. It said in a statement recently that Yan Xiaoyan, the former president of ...
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Ivor Evans has been named Meritor's chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president, effective immediately, the company announced today. Evans, a member of Meritor's Board of Directors since 2005, has already been serving as ...
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