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GREENWICH, Conn., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant has been named "2010 Chief Executive of the Year," a prestigious honor bestowed upon an outstanding corporate leader, nominated and selected by a group of his or her peers. "In order to meet the challenge of feeding the world, Hugh Grant and his team at Monsanto understood early the necessity of building the technologies that would improve agricultural productivity by several orders of magnitude," said J.P. Donlon,...

NEW ORLEANS, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In his first major reorganization in more than 11 years, Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard has named Entergy leaders to new roles effective as early as June 14. The reorganization will enhance organizational effectiveness and performance by strengthening local regulatory presence in the Northeast and consolidating commercial and risk functions for Entergy's wholesale commodity business...

GREENWICH, Conn., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fifth year in a row, CEOs rate Texas as the #1 state in which to do business and California as the worst. North Carolina maintained its #2 rank, while Tennessee rose two positions to the #3 spot. Virginia was up three slots from last year to #4 while Nevada notched a one spot gain to claim the #5 position. Chief Executive magazine's annual "Best & Worst States" survey takes the pulse of CEOs on business conditions around the nation....

JOHANNESBURG, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Positioned for future growth despite challenging marketsHeadline earnings per share decreased by 51% to R10,67Overall group production volumes upCash fixed costs reducedInterim dividend increased by 12% to R2,80 per shareFull pipeline of capital projects progressing wellFocused response to climate change imperativeOverview Chief executive, Pat Davies says: "Our deliberate, intense efforts on operational improvement and cost reduction have...

BOSTON and COBHAM, England, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, and Proteome Sciences plc (LSE: PRM), a leading provider of protein biomarker discovery, validation, and assay development services, today announced the formation of an alliance focused on enhancing PAREXEL's biomarker capabilities for early phase clinical development. PAREXEL is using Proteome Sciences' PS Biomarker...

PARIS, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive of Sky, the British home entertainment and communications company, will deliver a keynote address at MIPTV on Wednesday, April 14. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100121/NY41837LOGO ) Darroch has been at the forefront of Sky's transformation from a pay television company to a highly diversified business operating in the 20 billion pounds Sterling UK and Irish marketplace. During his keynote, he will discuss his...

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the world's leading long haul airlines has today announced that Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold and Silver Cardmembers will now be able to receive additional benefits when flying on V Australia and Virgin Blue. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060927/NYW045LOGO ) The airlines' frequent flyer programs first joined forces in July last year when they launched an agreement which allowed Virgin Atlantic's...

The breakout hit of this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been 3-D television "” a technology that is being touted as the next big thing in home theater, AFP reported.Sony chief executive Howard Stringer said when it comes to home entertainment there really is no experience like 3-D."We intend to take the lead in 3-D. We want to provide the most compelling 3-D content possible," he added.Sony plans to be part of a 3-D television network in the United States that will...

Technology news site TechCrunch revealed on Wednesday that Twitter is closing a round of funding that will value the company at $1 billion, Reuters reported.TechCrunch cited multiple unnamed sources that said Twitter Chief Executive Evan Williams told employees about the funding round that will raise around $50 million.Twitter has yet to comment on the decision.Benchmark capital led a February round of funding that had valued the company at around $250 million, TechCrunch said.It has been an...

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Chief Executive magazine's CEO Index, the nation's only monthly CEO Index, dropped to 63 in July, after showing gradual improvement. All components of the index are down, with Employment Confidence taking the largest hit. February saw the lowest ebb of the overall CEO Confidence Index at 39.2 increasing to a peak in May of 75.7. Almost nine in ten leaders (88.8 percent) rated the Current Conditions Index as bad, an increase from June (86.3 percent) and May...