FedEx Trade Networks said it has named Jack Muhs its new CEO. Muhs has worked at FedEx Corp. since 1984, the company said in a Feb. 10 statement. He previously was a senior vice president at FedEx Express, overseeing its U.S. export ...
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New Sunbeam CEO Karen Hope is still settling in as the head of the Botany-based small appliance brand and the sheer magnitude of the job in front of her is only now revealing itself. Having joined the famous Australian small brand ...
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Bing has barely any market share in China, but Microsoft hopes to change that in the next year or two by investing more resources into the local version of the search engine. The U.S. software giant is bringing more brain power to Bing ...
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Crocs, Inc. announced that Blackstone Group LP is making a $200 million investment that will give the private equity firm a 13 percent stake in the shoe company. Crocs also said late on Sunday that John McCarvel, its CEO, plans to retire in ...
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Australian wholesale grocery distributor Metcash Limited (Metcash) has announced it will split its Food and Grocery pillar into two divisions, each led by a separate CEO. The move will see the convenience channel separated from the ...
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BlackBerry’s new CEO says he is “very interested” in trying to replicate some of the company’s signature security and enterprise productivity on rival platforms. BlackBerry has enjoyed favour in enterprises for its ...
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A blog post today by board member John Thompson says Microsoft’s search committee has boiled down the candidates from more than 100 to about 20, but that it needs more time to pick the winner. “After defining our criteria, we ...
Global supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions Chromaflo Technologies and integrated tinting specialist c Color's colorant business combine to create one of the leading independent global colorant system and pigment dispersion ...
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December 2, 2013 - Peter Aulich has been named the new CEO of KB Racking, after serving as COO for three years and expanding business into two provinces in Canada. “We could not have chosen a better person for the position of CEO. ...
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has used the company's annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, Washington to highlight the "complex" requirements that need to be addressed as the firm attempts to find a new CEO for only the second time in its ...
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This blog post was written by?Fred Clements, executive director of the?National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blog posts can be read on A small but resolute group of bicycle industry leaders stormed Capitol Hill ...
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The Mazda CX-3 is further down the track than expected, with the company’s smallest SUV now tipped to launch in 2015. Mazda has still to officially confirm the model (illustrated above), which CarAdvice exclusively revealed to be in ...
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Foundering BlackBerry has given up for now on finding a buyer. Instead the smartphone company is seeking an infusion of cash from some investors, and shaking up its board and executive leadership. The company will also be getting a new ...
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BlackBerry's appointment Monday of former Sybase CEO John Chen as its next executive board chair and interim CEO could be the best news in months for the struggling smartphone company. Chen is seen as someone who can give business ...
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Oerlikon announces the appointment of Dr. Brice Koch as Group Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Koch, who will assume the role during the first quarter of 2014, comes to Oerlikon following a successful career at ABB where he has been a member of ...
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