May 21, 2012
North America
Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) and CIGNA today announced they have reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension, through February of 2013.
On Friday, March 7th, The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) will induct Carl Heinrich Wente into the Vintners Hall of Fame as a “Pioneer.” The award honors those who have made a significant contribution to the California wine industry.
Nestlé Prepared Foods Company today announced its plans to invest over $60 million to expand its frozen foods manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Michael LaRocco has been named president and chief executive officer of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, a $6 billion property and casualty insurance firm. His appointment was made by the company’s board of directors.
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), Secretary of State (2001-2005) shared lessons about leadership as he addressed nearly 500 health care leaders gathered in San Diego.
Four major charities will share a $100,000 gift that Kathy has designated to celebrate record-setting sales her market-leading lifestyle products firm, Kathy Ireland Worldwide, achieved in 2007.
Surf City Coffee Company, based in Santa Cruz County, California, has created two new specialty blends of its hand-made, micro-roasted coffee, distributed throughout California.
Busy parents struggling to meet the needs of work and family are finding relief by working from a non-traditional office using Web-based services, Citrix® GoToMyPC® and Citrix® GoToMeeting® from Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS).
Smoothie King Franchises, Inc., the originator of the nutritional fruit-based smoothie, today announced that it has appointed Tom Fletcher to the position of Chief Operating Officer.
WiQuest Communications, Inc., the leading ultrawideband solutions provider, today announced availability of its seventh reference design kit. This new Wireless USB Device Embedded Card reference design enables device equipment manufacturers to build complete Wireless USB solutions with minimal cost and risk.
Acxiom (Nasdaq: ACXM) today announced the launch of its revitalized website, an exciting new portal designed to help clients and prospects across all industries, plus investors and media, to better understand and more easily access the breadth of Acxiom’s products, services and solutions.
Research from The Nielsen Company shows that more than half of U.S. consumers would give up all forms of packaging provided for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including: packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (58 percent); packaging that can be used for cooking, or doubling as a re-sealable container (55 percent); and packaging designed for easy transport (53 percent). U.S. consumers are slightly more likely to give up packaging for convenience purposes than the average global consumer.
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) today announced that Javier G. Teruel, a highly respected global consumer goods industry executive, has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.
Methodologie, a Seattle-based branding firm, today released a video on YouTube.com called “The 10-K Rap,” to wish Fortune 500 CFO’s and Investor Relations experts, a happy and stress-free annual report season, as they prepare to unveil their results.
ONEsite Inc., the leading provider of enterprise community and social networking software, announced the completion of its acquisition of Social Platform LLC
