The world's second-biggest tobacco company, which started selling its Vype e-cigarette brand over the internet in Britain this week, intends to roll the business out to other European countries and the US, as well as on the high street. ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
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until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire.? While the tech industry emphasizes the new, legacy system skills are still valued since some companies ...
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Despite rumours swirling in Silicon Valley that the BYOD phenomenon is losing its buzz, CIOs who think they can abandon the practice risk upsetting an important and growing constituency of their workforce: millennials, also known as ...
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Bill Banholzer, chief technology officer and executive vice president of The Dow Chemical Company has elected to retire. “Bill has restored Dow’s Research and Development organization to its strong historic reputation and ...
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True Religion Apparel, Inc announced the appointment of David Conn as Chief Executive Officer and named a new leadership team that, together with the Company’s new owner, TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. (“TowerBrook”), ...
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Does your company have a driver retention problem, or is it actually a recruitment issue? Tamara Miller, director of programs and services with Trucking HR Canada said the two causes of turnover should not be lumped together. She noted an ...
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Sensient Technologies, a US-based manufacturer of colors, flavors and fragrances, has announced that Paul Manning has been elected to the position of president and chief executive officer, effective 2 February 2014. Paul Manning is ...
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Although a historic downturn in PC shipments has made headlines since April, "Peak PC" -- the moment when personal computers crested -- was two years ago, according to data from researcher IDC. In the third quarter of 2011, global PC ...
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Davis was appointed BPF Director-General in October 1997.? Before that he was the chief executive of Incpen from October 1993 – September 1997. He has previously held the following positions: Director of marketing; membership and ...
Companies buying new PCs to avoid the end of support for Windows XP helped the computer industry dodge an even gloomier quarter, IDC said Thursday. Although the research firm was unable to quantify the impact that migrations had on PC ...
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Nike announced that Charlie Denson, NIKE Brand President since 2006 and a 34-year veteran of the brand, will retire in January 2014. In conjunction with Denson’s decision to retire, the Company also announced strategic changes in its ...
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Apple on Tuesday patched Java 6 for OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion, fixing 34 flaws that Oracle addressed the same day for Windows. The update reiterated Apple's intent to keep patching Snow Leopard, the five-year-old operating ...
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Google Thursday announced the retirement of a 4-year-old plug-in designed to let users of older version of Internet Explorer (IE) run Chrome's browser engine, declaring mission accomplished. Chrome Frame joins numerous other discontinued ...
In results published this morning, RPC revealed that sales for the year to 31 March 2013 slipped to £1.05bn, from £1.13bn the previous year. Pre-tax profit fell to £40.3m compared to £59.6m a year earlier. The ...