DuPont remains committed to market-driven science and technology to emerge stronger from the economic crisis the world faces today. That was the message from DuPont Senior Vice President and Chief Science & Technology Officer Uma Chowdhry during the annual Industrial Research Institute (IRI) meeting held Wednesday in Boston, Mass.
Bob Dickey, president of Gannett U.S. Community Publishing, today announced the recipients of USCP Presidents Rings for outstanding performance during 2008. Presidents Rings are the divisions top honor.
The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) announced that yesterday it entered into an amendment to its $1.150 billion bank credit facility which, among other things, allows it to use its revolving credit facility for up to $60 million to repurchase its 7.125% Notes due June 1, 2011 or its 4.625% Notes due November 1, 2014, subject to certain conditions.
UPM staff and its stakeholders are taking part in international plant a tree day events in China, Finland, Russia, the UK and USA.
Ursula Burns Named Successor
Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE: XRX) board of directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend.
In a survey of the web pages of German stock corporations, DAX-newcomer Beiersdorf went straight into the top 20. The “IQ Corporate Website Ranking” was conducted by the website specialist Investis Flife and was carried out in Germany for the first time. Eighty companies were included in the survey and evaluated according to 188 criteria consolidated to 12 categories.
