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Professionally he has been Vice President of Duke International Import/Export Company, President of A.D. Duke Realty, Inc., Director of the American National Bank and served on the Executive Committee of the Florida Growth Fund. His distinguished military career commenced in 1941 as Assistant Naval Attache in Buenos Aires. He has been honored with Honorary Doctorates [...]

Tony Blankley, syndicated columnist; research fellow with the Heritage Foundation; executive vice president, global public affairs, Edelman International; and former editorial page editor of “The Washington Times.” Jimmy Smits talks about new acting roles and revisit favorites from the past, from “L.A.
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Bloomberg has this…. “July 2 (Bloomberg) — Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was flown to France last night for specialist treatment after suffering a mild stroke in Egypt on June 29, Vice-President Rupiah Banda said. Mwanawasa was moved to a Paris hospital where he will undergo “further medical treatment,” Banda said in a statement in the [...]

“American business has lost an icon, says David McCreight, president of Lands End, now part of Sears Holding Corp. Gary Comer was a visionary entrepreneur, whose passion for excellence created a legendary … To find its new chief marketing officer, in a move that signals a new direction of marketing efforts at the company. Cunningham [...]

Anyone that Barack Obama wants is my choice for vice president, Pelosi told the interviewer, who appeared to be from Newsweek. Extreme anti-war rhetoric won’t work in the general election, and Obama knows it, even if the DailyKos crazies don’t. Alexis said… If Chet was on the VP ticket it wouldn’t keep me from voting [...]

“We welcome and support today’s ruling by the GAO fully supporting the grounds of our protest, said Mark McGraw, Boeings vice president fro tanker programs. And, just as predictably, Northrop Grumman said it was weighing its options. We respect the GAO’s work in analyzing the Air Force’s tanker acquisition process, said Randy Belote, Northrops vice [...]

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has a way of doing that for teammates. From an incoming star such as Hossa to a training-camp invitee like forward Adam Hall, Crosby helps out where he can to make everybody feel they are his equals. But Crosby knows no other way to lead. His acknowledged hockey idol, Steve Yzerman, [...]

Now, its not polite to say where but my bet is on one that has been seeing quite a bit of turnover lately. (publisher of Star, National Enquirer, Shape, and Men%26#39;s Fitness among other magazines) and Huffington Post blogger is resigning from her position. (AMI) today announced that Bonnie Fuller, who has served [...]

Maps on Ovi, unveiled Monday at the Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, California, builds on Nokia’s next generation of mobile-phone navigation technology, Nokia Maps 2.0. It also signals Nokia’s growing focus on software and services, even for use independent of its mobile phones. Ovi is a Nokia Web portal for Internet services such as content [...]

Boley, a 2005 fifth-round NFL draft pick, has been considered a key part of rebuilding the Falcons franchise, which is still shaken from the imprisonment of star quarterback Michael Vick. Falcons vice president of football communications Reggie Roberts. As of press time, no further details of the arrest were available. With 110 tackles last season, [...]

Hailing from Bendigo, Peter is a biodiversity planner with the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. Like me, Peter is developing online business interests. He also has a keen interest in ginseng and is Vice-President of the Australian Ginseng Growers Association. Peter and I have decided to become accountability partners. This means that we have [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks have hired John Hammond as their new general manager, hoping the former Detroit vice president can bring some of the Pistons success to a team that hasnt made the playoffs since 2001. Oh, the Bucks just dont realize how lucky they are to get this guy. Having heard him speak numerous times [...]

The Daily Mirror today lost its House of Lords bid to change the rules governing no win, no fee agreements after it was sent a 594,000… When Michela Alioto-Pier was an aide to Vice President Al Gore in 1992, she couldnt navigate her wheelchair in some areas of the West Wing.
… A terrifying accident [...]

Vice President John Tuccillo began raising questions about the efficiency and viability of using direct current (DC) power in the data center. Beaverton-based Green Grid brings together manufacturers with a stake in the data center to find industry-wide solutions to data center energy consumption. The consortium, led by Tuccillo, was formed to oversee a peer [...]

Two patients are suspected of having been infected with MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), said Niagara Health System’s Frank Demizio, vice-president of clinical services, on Tuesday. Demizio, who is responsible for site direction at the Niagara Falls hospital, said Tuesday 1-2 patients in the hospital’s surgical ward, Brock wing, have been infected with MRSA since March [...]