Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) announced today that Greg A. Lee has been named senior vice president of human resources, effective January 28th, 2008. Mr. Lee will report directly to Greg Brown, president and chief executive officer of Motorola.
“We are delighted to find an HR professional with Greg’s abilities, experience and energy,” said Brown. “Greg brings considerable [...]

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Jerry Black, the President of Kurt Salmon Associates’ (KSA’s) Consumer Products Division (CPD), assumed the role of CEO, effective January, 2008. He succeeds Bill Pace, who has completed his second three-year term. The announcement was made by Kevin Parry, CEO of Management Consulting Group PLC (MCG), which acquired KSA in October 2007.

On behalf of the [...]

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Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS) today announced the following executive appointments, effective immediately:
With the recent retirement of Bob Pitts, following 36 years of distinguished service, administrative services will now report to Tracey Doi, group vice president & CFO.
Chris Hostetter, vice president of advanced product strategy and product planning is promoted to group vice president [...]

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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced today that its Autodesk 3ds Max software and Autodesk Maya software for 3D modeling, animation and rendering have won Technology and Engineering Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, in the Gaming Category of Visual Digital Content Creation Tools and Their Impact. Now in its fourth year, this [...]

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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Hanna Strategies, a software development firm with offices in Shanghai, Atlanta and Pune, India.
On November 1, 2007, Autodesk announced its intention to acquire Hanna Strategies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This acquisition supports Autodesk’s leadership in creating digital design innovation technology [...]

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Ruy Hirschheimer has been appointed Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux and is a member of Group Management as of January 1, 2008. Following this appointment, Hirschheimer will report to President and CEO Hans Stråberg.

Hirschheimer joined Electrolux in 1998 as head of the Brazilian major appliances operations and was promoted in 2002 to head of [...]

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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced PlayStation hardware retail sales reached more than 3.9 million units in North America during the critical holiday sales window (Friday, November 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007). This accounts for SCEA’s three systems currently in the market PLAYSTATION3 (PS3), PSP (PlayStationPortable) and PlayStation2 (PS2). PS3 retail sales reached [...]

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Motorola, Inc. announced that it has signed a contract valued at $150 million with Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) to further expand the operator’s GSM coverage in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Saudi Arabia.
Under the terms of this turnkey expansion contract, Motorola will deliver its GSM infrastructure solutions as well as comprehensive services, including network [...]

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Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today reported sales of 89,555 units in December, a 2.4 percent decrease from the prior year. Nissan Division sales declined by 2.2 percent over last year for the month, while Infiniti Division sales decreased by 3.5 percent versus the prior year. NNA finished the 2007 calendar year with sales [...]

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Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal year 2008 second quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/msft.
The company will also host the following event [...]

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