MSC Industrial Direct is a direct marketer of a range of industrial products designed to meet its customers' maintenance, repair and operations MRO supplies requirements....
Ms. Yong Suk Daley, a Korean-American, opened a clothing alteration shop in Springboro. The purchase of her initial inventory and display racking was financed with her personal credit cards. SCORE counselor Roger Doty began working with Ms. Yong. Their initial focus was on developing a business plan, preparing an application...
HR.com met Robin Ferracone, Chairman of SCA Consulting at the World at Work International Conference in Seattle. We were sufficiently impressed that David Creelman arranged to interview her. What is interesting is that Ferracone moved from strategy consulting to HR consulting. Read the article to notice how easily...
Ombudsman reverses decision of five years ago and calls for compensation for insurer's victims The Financial Services Authority will be dealt yet another hefty blow to its credibility today, as the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, reverses her decision of five years ago and accuses it of maladministration...
Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, will order the Government to apologise and pay billions of pounds in compensation to the thousands of policyholders who lost out due to the collapse of Equitable Life, accusing both the current and previous governments of presiding over a "decade of regulatory failure". ...
Adds Seasoned Professional to Client Service Team SEATTLE -- Silver Creek Capital Management LLC, a leading manager of funds of hedge funds with over $9 billion in assets under management, today announced that Frances Orabona, a former Vice President of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has joined Silver Creek...
PHILADELPHIA -- Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) announced today that its board of directors has elected Lynn Laverty Elsenhans as Chief Executive Officer and President effective August 8, 2008, upon the retirement of John G. Drosdick, current CEO and President. Ms. Elsenhans has also been elected a member of the board of...
HOUSTON -- Telemedicus, Inc. (OTC:TMDI), has engaged Ms. Lisa Burke for its newly created position of VP of Sales and Marketing. Telemedicus commercialized the life saving mobile medical communications technology called "Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical Services (DREAMS[TM]) Technology" developed by Texas A&M University and the University of Texas. ...
European legislation forcing mobile phone operators to cut the price of sending text messages between EU countries by up to 50 per cent could come into effect as early as next year. At the moment, the average cost of SMS roaming is 29 euro cents, more than...
Leading agony aunts will launch a campaign today calling for easy- access, highly visible support centres to help children from broken families. The "Kids in the Middle" initiative has been set up by Virginia Ironside, who writes for The Independent, Bel Mooney, who writes for the Daily...
MS&L/PRWeek Survey Reveals 75% of Marketers Expect Spending on New Media and Online Initiatives to Increase in the Next Year NEW YORK -- It is clear that digital marketing is becoming more and more prevalent and popular in the marketing industry, but is it also possible that the...
Public Advocacy Veteran to Direct CFP Board's Efforts on Behalf of Public WASHINGTON -- Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. CFP Board, the certifying and standards-setting organization that oversees nearly 58,000 professionals holding CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER[TM] certification, today announced it has hired Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis as Managing Director,...
Editors Note: An audio clip is included with this press release. Astral Media Inc. (TSX: ACM.A)(TSX: ACM.B) and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada today announced a partnership where Astral Media will donate more than $1 million in advertising space to the MS Society. The pledge...
Astral Media Inc. (TSX: ACM.A)(TSX: ACM.B) and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada today announced a partnership where Astral Media will donate more than $1 million in advertising space to the MS Society. The pledge has been made to help draw attention to the MS Society's work in funding research...
WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:39 P.M. EDT MS. PERINO: I just realized I have nothing to start with. (Laughter.) Q We could start with Iran, the U.S. meeting with the Iranian envoy. You said today that was a one-time U.S....
WASHINGTON -- "Today the president took the unprecedented step of asserting executive privilege to thwart congressional efforts to review Vice President Cheney's interview with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald concerning the betrayal of Valerie Wilson's covert CIA identity. We agree with Congressman Waxman that the position taken by the president is...
CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- North American Scientific (NASDAQ:NASM) announced today that it has appointed Robin Gibbs to the position of Vice President of Marketing. Ms. Gibbs, formerly a Vice President of Global Franchise Management for Edwards Lifesciences, will lead the marketing team for the company's growing Radiation Sources division, including the...
The new head of Britain's equalities watchdog has prompted a heated row over gender equality after arguing that the extension of maternity leave has sabotaged women's job prospects. Nicola Brewer, the chief executive of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, faced criticism from union and business leaders...
Britain is poised to approve China's application today to become a licensed ivory trader in spite of protests from environmental and animal welfare groups and nearly 150 MPs, and Labour MPs are pinning the blame on Gordon Brown. The minister taking the immediate responsibility for the vote,...
To many, it always seemed an odd match. What did a nerdy, middle- aged politician have to say to a Transylvanian popstress in her mid- twenties? Yet for 18 months the union between stargazing Lembit Opik MP and the Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia prospered - in the pages of glossy...
NEW YORK -- Jefferies & Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced the expansion of the Firm's high yield, distressed and loan sales and trading unit. The Firm has recently added five senior professionals to its existing effort in this regard, including Daniela...
