Taipei,Sept.10,2012(CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)is said to set capital expenditure at US$10 billion next year amid reports that Apple Inc.would contract the world's No.1 pure foundry to build its next-generation ...
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Sealed Air Corporation announced that chief executive officer William V.Hickey has advised its Board of his intention to retire in March 2013.In connection with the transition,the board of directors has elected him chair of the board ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu Science Park,Taiwan has announced changes to its senior management team. After serving as president,chief operating officer and director of SemiLEDs,Dr.Anh Chuong Tran is to become the ...
W R Berkley has appointed Joseph Sullivan as president of Facultative Resources, succeeding Gerald King, who has been promoted as vice-chairman of Berkley Facultative Reinsurance Services. Sullivan will take charge of the new role with ...
The majority of UK CIOs believe the work landline will be redundant within the next five years due to the rise in adoption of the smartphone. The figure was revealed in research from Virgin Media Business,which saw 500 CIOs questioned by ...
Tags: Smartphone, Landline, UK, Internet
Southport Lane, a private equity firm, has selected Jim McNichols as chief actuarial officer of its reinsurance group, Southport Re. McNichol, in the new role, will support reinsurance, underwriting services and directing quantitative ...
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DGI Supply, a DoALL Company announced today its intent to acquire Tool & Abrasive Supply, Inc. of Los Angeles, California. The transaction is anticipated to close on October 1, 2012. Terms were not disclosed. Ken Saunders, current Tool & ...
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LuxeYard, Inc., a luxury living and style flash site, announced the appointment of Jerry Wilkerson, LuxeYard's current CTO/CIO, to the position of Chief Operating Officer. The company has commenced a search for a replacement CTO, to be ...
Tags: Luxeyard, Operating, Furnishing
USA-Peavey Electronics,one of the music industry's largest manufacturers and suppliers,will open a West Coast factory showroom,artist relations headquarters and multimedia dealer education centre on Sunset Boulevard in ...
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MARSHFIELD,Wis.—Marc Levy has been named chief operating officer at Marshfield Furniture. Marc Levy Levy has been at the mid-price upholstery producer for 12 years,and had prior manufacturing and sales management experience at ...
Tags: Furniture, Sales Management, Product Creativity, Furnishing
Computerworld - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Mitt Romney's platform describes government's basic research efforts as an area Romney "plans to cut."Romney says research is important to innovation and ...
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has appointed Larry Hilsheimer as director of its Retirement Plans, while Anne Arvia will lead Nationwide Direct, Affinity and Growth Solutions. Nationwide chief executive officer Steve Rasmussen said ...
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Scoular plans to construct a new shuttle-train-loading grain-handling facility in collaboration with the Union Pacific Railroad at a greenfield site near Willis,Kansas,US. The construction is slated to begin in the fall of 2012.When ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA(which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets)has entered into a definitive agreement,subject to closing conditions,to consolidate its terrestrial concentrating ...
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HP warned investors of a colossal quarterly loss in its third fiscal quarter after writing down $8bn (£5.1bn) on its services arm, of which the majority lies with its $13.9bn (£8.8bn) purchase of IT equipment and services ...
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