Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced changes to its organization aimed at improving its products, technologies and execution. The moves support its strategy to be the starting point for the most users, the must-buy for the most advertisers and the platform of choice for developers.

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TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TQNT), a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, today announced that Steven R. Grant will join the company July 16, 2008, as Vice President of Worldwide Operations, reporting to President and CEO, Ralph Quinsey.

Mr. Grant will be responsible for TriQuint’s global manufacturing including purchasing, manufacturing quality and supply chain operations.

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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:GT) today announced plans to close its Australian manufacturing facility as part of its strategy to reduce high-cost manufacturing capacity globally.

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Aptera Motors announced today that the ultra-green auto company has hired Tony Kirton as its Chief Marketing Officer. Kirton, an automotive industry veteran with over 35 years of business development, marketing, sales, and service experience will be responsible for expanding Aptera’s brand and global presence as the company heads into production this year.

“Having spent the [...]

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Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program totaling as much as $1.0 billion of the company’s outstanding common stock. At recent prices, the purchase of $1.0 billion of Kodak stock would represent approximately 25% of the shares outstanding.
The company also announced that it has received [...]

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UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:UMBF), a Kansas City-based multi-bank holding company, and CardPartner, Inc., a New York-based company that markets VISA credit cards, said today they have joined forces to offer Visa Platinum affinity credit card programs to thousands of small nonprofits and member-based groups underserved by the large credit card banks.

“For years many large nonprofits [...]

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Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) today announced the appointment of Mark H.N. Corrigan, M.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Corrigan is Executive Vice President, Research & Development at Sepracor, Inc. He also serves on the board of NeuroMed Technologies, Inc.

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Melior Discovery, Inc. announced today that it has signed an option agreement that provides Pfizer Inc the exclusive right to negotiate a license to MLR-1023, Melior’s drug candidate for Type II diabetes. In exchange, Pfizer agreed to make an undisclosed payment to Melior and provide access to certain data it owns related to MLR-1023. In [...]

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Microsoft Corp. today announced that marketing veteran Michael Delman has been named corporate vice president of global marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. Delman, who currently serves as the corporate vice president of the Global Marketing Communications Group at Microsoft, will be assuming his role with [...]

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Pegasus Solutions today announced it has named chief operating officer, Michael H. Kistner, as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Kistner, 51, who has spent his entire career in the travel services industry, succeeds John Davis, 55, who has chosen this time to pursue other opportunities, following Pegasus’ successful launch of the market-leading RezView NG reservation [...]

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