Eileen DiLeo will become executive vice president of stores for both Hudson's Bay and Lord & Taylor when Debbie Edwards retires from the position on May 1, the Hudson's Bay Co. has announced. DiLeo, who had been senior vice president in ...
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US life insurer MetLife is likely in the process of selling its UK bulk annuities business, MetLife Assurance Limited, in a deal which might be valued around pound 1bn, in a bid to consolidate its operations. The sale is part of the ...
On Tuesday, Relational Investors LLC announced that Relational and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), collectively owners of 7.31 percent of The Timken Company, sent a joint letter to the Board of Directors of Timken ...
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Canadian underwriter Great-West Lifeco has inked an agreement with the government of Ireland to purchase Irish Life Group for $1.75bn and $1.25bn subscription receipts offering for common stock. Following the completion of the ...
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Microsoft yesterday reminded customers that Windows 7's first edition, which shipped more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. At that time, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become the only officially ...
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Californians must pull on the same oar to address water crisis Drones begin descent on US agriculture Defending agriculture: five major trends that pose a threat to American farming To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous quote upon ...
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Microsoft last week reminded customers that the first edition of Windows 7, which was launched more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. At that time, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become the only ...
The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) today announced that its first Executive Director, Joan Pierce, is stepping down, after steering the organization successfully through its first years. Her retirement is ...
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Regional US supermarket group and food distributor Spartan Stores has booked an increase in third-quarter earnings. Net profit in the three months to the end of December amounted to US$5.2m, a 2% increase on the prior-year period. ...
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Two and a half years ago Brian Ballard bought his first Pedego electric bike. He and life partner Elizabeth Black have enjoyed owning and riding their bikes so much that the couple invested in opening a Pedego e-bike store along Pacific ...
Marsh & McLennan Companies has reported an operating income of $1.8bn, for the full year of 2012, with an increase of 12% from $1.6bn during the same period last fiscal. For the year ended on 31 December 2012, its revenue increased 3% to ...
American International Group (AIG) has rolled out its latest CorporateGuard D&O policy on the pan-European basis, which offers protection against current risks to directors and officers, as well as fulfills growing corporate governance ...
c , which shipped in August 2009, continued to resist retirement last month, new data showed. January statistics from Web analytics vendor Net Applications pegged Snow Leopard's share of all Macs at 28.2%, half a point higher than the ...
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The Sly Cooper game series from Sony Computer Entertainment is set in a fun, cartoony world of anthropomorphic animals. It centers on Sly, a raccoon and a thief. Thieves in Time is the fourth installment and the first new Sly Cooper game ...
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Nathalie Pilon, president of Thomas & Betts Canada, announced that, after more than 37 years of service to Thomas & Betts, Patrice (Pat) Jomphe, VP Commercial Division, retired on January 31, 2013. His successor is Andre Boudreau, who is ...
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