Word: chairman
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...Lewis got a slap on the hand. Shareholders of Bank of America (BAC) voted to separate the chairman's role from the CEO's and the bank's board was forced to elect a new chairman, Walter E. Massey, a college president who has been on the firm's board for so long that he is as responsible for the bank's trouble as anyone else involved in the company's governance...
...goods that flow both ways: wheat (vital for production of the Mexican staple, tortillas) and other food commodities head south, while assembled goods made from U.S. components head back north. In that mix are some products that could be essential if the flu spreads. Dr. Carlos del Rio, chairman of the global health department at Emory University, wrote in a CNN op-ed, "In the event of a serious flu outbreak in this country, there would be a need for mechanical-ventilator deployments to hospitals. The national stockpile has sufficient ventilators, but the necessary circuits that are needed to operate...
...chairman of a powerful appropriations subcommittee, Specter spearheaded efforts to double funding for the National Institutes of Health and led the way in increasing education spending...
...honest - Senator Specter didn't leave the GOP based on principles of any kind. He left to further his personal political interests because he knew that he was going to lose a Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record. - Michael Steele, Republican Party chairman, saying he looks forward to Specter's defeat in 2010 (CNN, April...
...Recent corporate performance underscores this growing divide. Li Rongrong, chairman of State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which runs more than 150 companies, recently told the state-run Xinhua news service that SOE profits surged 86% in March compared with the previous month. Li attributed the increase to government stimulus spending...