Yahoo has agreed to acquire the development team of mobile app company Propeld, the third mobile start-up it has bought in four months. As first reported by TechCrunch, Propeld's Alike app allows users to discover and recommend nearby ...
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Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it is hunting for a new CEO, following reports of a fourth-quarter net loss of 1.37 billion (US$1.81 billion). Current CEO Ben Verwaayen will step down as soon as a replacement is found, and will not seek ...
City analyst Investec has criticised the “revolving door” at Premier Foods, after another key member of its management team left the firm this week. Room at the top: first ceo Clarke and now chief operating officer Eaton have ...
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Bridgelux has appointed Brad Bullington as its new CEO, Marl and Bivar have formed a global alliance, KaiStar has ordered more LED manufacturing systems from Veeco, and Lextar has completed its merger with Wellypower. Bridgelux appoints new ...
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Four months after joining Premier Foods, its chief operating officer Geoff Eaton has left the firm, on the same day (February 4) its new ceo Gavin Darby, joined the debt-laden food manufacturer. Geoff Eaton has left Premier Foods after ...
Netherlands-based packaging company Clondalkin Group has promoted David Lennon as new CEO for its pharmaceutical and healthcare division's global operations. Lennon will take the responsibility of firm's global business development plans ...
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Global office products buying group BPGI has appointed experienced industry executive Barrie Hayes as its new CEO. Hayes worked for Lyreco for more than 15 years before moving to Office Depot UK in 2005. BPGI chairman Claude Ackermann ...
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In conjunction with the National ICT Australia (NICTA), container transport booking software provider 1-Stop Connections will launch its latest product called ‘Container Control’ on 6 February, 2013. While container terminals ...
Premier Foods plc announced today (28 January) that its chief executive, Michael Clarke, has resigned. Clarke joined Premier eighteen months ago. The company said that Clarke planned to exit the group "having delivered the initial ...
London based underwriter Aviva has selected Khor Seng as the new CEO of Aviva Asia, effective from 8 March 2013, to expand its businesses in the region. Seng, who joins the British insurer from AIA, will be based in Singapore and report ...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has declared a projected upturn in the company's fortunes, in its first financial outlook since she took over as CEO in July 2012. "While the road to growth is certain, it will not be immediate," said Mayer, during ...
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VMware has bucked recent hiring trends in the tech sector by announcing 900 job losses, despite unveiling a three per cent rise in 2012 income to $746m (£475m), while revenue rose 22 per cent to $4.61bn (£2.94bn). The ...
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Under the helm of new CEO Steve Bennett, Symantec late yesterday outlined a re-organization intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and backup services and products, built primarily on internal research and ...
Under the helm of its new CEO, Steve Bennett, Symantec last week outlined a re-organisation intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and back-up services and products. These products would be built primarily on ...
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Norway's largest food company Nortura has appointed Arne Kristian Kolberg as CEO. Kolberg, VP and executive director of production and processing for Nortura, will take up the post from 15 February. He succeeds Runar Larsen who recently ...
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