As 115 Roman Catholic cardinals meet behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, the historic tradition has focused a lot of attention on modern technology. During the papal conclave, which lasts until two thirds, or ...
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X-Rite Inc. has announced that Ron Voigt has been named president of the operating company. Related to this announcement, Tom Vacchiano announced his retirement as president of X-Rite, effective on 1 March 2013. To help with the ...
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Diversified insurance conglomerate Liberty Mutual Insurance is planning to reduce nearly 425 positions in Ireland, due to demand from extra employees for voluntary redundancy. A Liberty spokesman was quoted by Irish Times as saying that ...
Cooper & Associates founder John Cooper has launched a new website to help the customers in Kentucky, US, create safe and secure retirement plans. The newly unveiled website, leverages Cooper's more than 20 years experience in retirement ...
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Howrad Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, is retiring as chairman in June. He announced his departure in New York in a ...
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Martina Hingis, the legendary ace tennis player, has teamed up with the Vancouver-based apparel company Tonic Lifestyle Apparel to launch a line of tennis wear. The five-time Grand Slam winner’s stylish yet comfortable clothing ...
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Life and health insurer Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services has launched a new iPhone application for its group insurance customers. Dubbed IA Mobile, the newly introduced application is designed to let iPhone users to ...
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As per March 1, 2013 Dr. Norbert Riedel will be joining the Management Board of Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG. Within the Group Division which is responsible for hydropower and ocean energies at Voith he will hold the position of Chief ...
Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products HKScan is set to lay off 123 workers at its operations in the country as part of its restructuring plan. Of all the jobs, 49 jobs will be eliminated through permanent layoffs while the ...
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Eric Schenk Alex Shuford III Eric Schenk will retire as president and CEO of Century Furniture on April 1 and Alex Shuford III, currently the vice president of sales and marketing, will take over as president, the company announced ...
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Apple on Monday patched Java 6 for OS X, following Oracle's lead and quashing a browser plug-in vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting. Oracle issued the "out-of-band," or emergency, update for Java 6 and Java 7 to patch two ...
TORONTO — Sears Canada continued to lose ground in its fiscal fourth quarter as revenue fell 5.0% and same store-store sales decreased 3.8%. Earnings were flat and continued to be driven by factors other than the basics of being a ...
Carlex Glass America LLC has announced the appointment of Donald Michelotti as the executive vice president of its aftermarket glass replacement group and the retirement of John Heller, vice president of sales. Michelotti, who previously ...
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by ...
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Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by some ...
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