International retail chain Calumet Photographic has promoted operations VP Gabriel Garcia to president. Garcia, a 25-year veteran of the imaging industry, joined Calumet 15 months ago from Ritz/Wolf Camera, where he last served as Eastern ...
Struggling US computer giant Hewlett-Packard plans to slash 5,000 more jobs than previously announced because of a difficult business environment, a regulatory filing shows. HP will eliminate 34,000 positions by the end of its fiscal year ...
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Jeremy Aguilar will step down as chief financial officer of h.h.gregg on Jan. 31. Aguilar joined the multiregional majap, CE and bedding chain as VP controller in 2005 and was named chief financial officer in 2009. He is leaving for a ...
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In an earnings call today, ccTroy Clarke said the company’s Q4 loss was in part due to “unanticipated pre-existing warranty adjustments” for its EGR-only engines, but that the company is halfway through the maximum ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.announced two changes to its company finance leadership team that will be effective The company's board of directors has elected Scott Honnold, currently vice president and treasurer, to the role of vice ...
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Kellwood Company, a leading apparel manufacturer and marketer owned by affiliates of Sun Capital Partners Inc., announced the appointment of Lynn Shanahan to Chief Executive Officer of Kellwood Company following the Initial Public Offering ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that Anne Whitaker, president, North American Pharmaceuticals, of Sanofi S.A., has been appointed to its board of directors. “Anne has proven herself to be a ...
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Martex Fiber Southern Corp. has acquired the Charlotte-based Waste Services Division of Bollag International. Bollag collects and markets textiles wastes including natural and synthetic waste, cuttings, rags and fabric remnants. The ...
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EVRAZ North America announced Friday the appointment of Jerry Reed as the company's new Executive Vice President - Long Products, the position formerly held by President and Chief Executive Officer Conrad Winkler. Reed originally joined ...
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An AC-LED partnership between Lynk Labs and Thomas Research Products; funding announcements from Ledzworld, EcoSense, and Once Innovations; and new large-diameter patterned sapphire substrates from Rubicon top the recent SSL news space. ...
The Digital Marvels, Inc. announced omniTouche, the first cloud-based software platform that enables Luxury, Fashion and Retail brands to offer consumers a seamless and personalized brand experience – across all channels – ...
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The results of the elections for the International Cotton Association’s (ICA) leadership team have been announced at the Association’s Annual General Meeting, which was held during its recent ‘Liverpool 2013’ trade ...
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Acer CEO J.T. Wang is resigning from his post at the Taiwanese PC maker and will be replaced by president Jim Wong as part of a corporate restructuring that will try to revitalize the company's lagging fortunes. Citing the company's ...
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INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibers, is pleased to announce the appointment of two key executives: Julien Born, as Executive Vice President of Apparel’s Eastern ...
Bunnings has once again proved the star performer in the Wesfarmers stable, as the company expressed cautious optimism for the coming year. Announcing Wesfarmers' retail sales results for the first quarter of the 2014 financial year, ...