Greg Brodsky, longtime leader of The Bike Cooperative, stepped aside Feb. 1 as outdoor industry veteran Scott Barrett became the new president of the retailer-owned cooperative. Barrett comes to The Bike Cooperative as a lifelong cycling ...
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Photo: Drive.com.au. How do Australia’s major cities deal with choking traffic congestion? Do tolls work? Does Sydney really need a second airport? How do governments cope with the mounting financial burden of providing acceptable ...
The Board of Directors of Novozymes has appointed Peder Holk Nielsen as President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1, 2013. “I am pleased to announce that Peder Holk Nielsen will succeed Steen Riisgaard as ...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced that Enrique Ostalé, president and CEO of Walmart Chile, formerly D&S, has been named executive vice president, president and CEO of Walmart Latin America, where he will oversee Walmart’s ...
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Siemens AG is commissioning an independent academic study of the company's development from 1981 to 2011. The project is to be undertaken by the economic and company historian Hartmut Berghoff and the contemporary historian Cornelia Rauh. ...
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Steven Sinofsky Computerworld - Steven Sinofsky, the former Microsoft executive ousted as the head of its Windows group five weeks ago, yesterday said he would teach at the Harvard Business School this spring. Sinofsky, 47, announced the ...
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Apple has announced that two senior executives are to leave the company, as senior vice-president of iOS Scott Forstall (pictured) and senior vice-president of retail John Browett part ways with the technology giant. It is not yet clear ...
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Chinese infant formula group Synutra International has appointed Ning Cai as its CFO. Cai, who has 13 years of experience in corporate finance and investment banking, takes over from interim CFO Weiguo Zhang who will remain as group ...
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A “critical” advanced analytics skills shortage is impeding big data programmes. This is one finding of a research report from IBM and the Sad Business School at the University of Oxford. Analytics: the real-world use of big ...
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France - Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of a new distributor for France. Renkus-Heinz has signed an agreement with leading French distribution company SoundCo, and from now on they will handle the distribution of Renkus-Heinz ...
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The National Retail Federation is pleased to announce that Amazon,Crocs,Kohl's and lululemon are the recipients of its prestigious annual awards.The award winners are selected each year by select members of the NRF Board who comprise its ...
After the rise of technology hubs in the last two years, Africa's early stage investment is growing, anchored by humanitarian agencies and venture capitalists. Hivos, Indigo Trust, Rockefeller Foundation, Syngenta Foundation and ...
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Tablet announcement alienated customers and partners... even though no product was even shipped, Michael Saylor said Microsoft's recent Surface tablet launch has been labelled the worst technology product launch in ten years by Michael ...
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Conventional wisdom is the Big Three bike brands — Trek, Giant, and Specialized — control the lion's share of the US bike market. Actual numbers in this business are almost impossible to come by, but you'd be hard put to find an ...
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