Destination Maternity Corporation,the world's leading maternity apparel retailer,announced that Ronald J.Masciantonio,the Company's current Executive Vice President&General Counsel,has been promoted to the additional position of Chief ...
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CIO-WASHINGTON--Government agencies have been feeling the squeeze in their budgets for some time,but looking ahead the spending cuts can only be expected to slice deeper,regardless of whether or not lawmakers manage to avoid the so-called ...
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US dairy giant Dean Foods raised its full-year earnings outlook after booking better than expected third-quarter profits. Dean Foods said third-quarter net income rose to US$36.4m,up from a loss of$1.5bn last year when the company booked ...
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PC World-HP has long been a contributor to Linux and open-source software,but on Monday it ratcheted up its support another notch. Specifically,the company announced at the LinuxCon Europe event going on this week in Barcelona that it has ...
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Tuesday's election leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress.In many longstanding technology debates,policy experts see little movement forward,although lawmakers may look for ...
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In a sign of increasing anxiety over the use of electronic voting machines,the Republican National Committee this week alleged problems with e-voting machines in six states that use them for early voting. John Phillippe,general counsel of ...
Microsoft's 16-month browser ballot screw-up in the European Union cost Mozilla an estimated 8.8 million downloads of its Firefox browser,the open-source vendor's head lawyer said Tuesday. Microsoft faces fines that could reach into ...
Webinar on Understanding US Product Safety Apparel Requirements and Risk-Based Targeting at the Border is going to take place on October 17. The webinar will be hosted by the Canadian Apparel Federation and sponsored by Export Development ...
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True Religion Apparel Inc.announced that after receiving indications of interest from third parties regarding a potential transaction with the Company,the Board of Directors has formed a Special Committee comprised of its non-management ...
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When the recession hit in 2008,Congress and big tech employers mostly shelved the idea of creating more H-1B visas to combat what some described as a skills shortage.This year,however,proposals for overhauling work visa programs have ...
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The board of Paperlinx has been overhauled with the resignation of a fourth director and the appointment of a new chairman and a non-executive director. Michael Barker has been appointed chairman with immediate effect, thus ensuring an ...
In large technology departments,dysfunctional relationships breed like mushrooms in a dank basement.Your dev and ops teams are no longer on speaking terms,while your junior and senior developers can't seem to agree on anything.IT and legal ...
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Congress should invest $5 billion in the country's education system -- particularly in math, science and technology education -- over the next 10 years and pay for it with increased fees on high-skill immigration, a Microsoft executive ...
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Microsoft has found several PCs,manufactured in China,to have had malware installed by cyber criminals. Microsoft's digital crimes unit stumbled across the malicious software during an investigation into Chinese manufacturers in August ...
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The Hartford has appointed Matthew Kirk as senior vice president of sales and distribution for the company's commercial markets division and will report to commercial markets president Doug Elliot. The US underwriter also has promoted Jay ...
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