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The U.S. Olympic Committee's search for a CEO is in its final stages, with plans to have the new boss in place before the Vancouver Games start in February. The USOC board discussed the hiring process at its quarterly board meeting Monday. Two people familiar with the search told The Associated Press there are six candidates: TD Ameritrade chairman Joe Moglia; former baseball executive Sandy...
Tiger's image woes a concernTiger Woods' failing image is calling into question whether companies can afford the risk of signing multimillion-dollar contracts with celebrity endorsers.Done right, celebrity endorsers can help boost the sale of products and their maker's image. But Woods' downfall shows how quickly things can sour when a superstar athlete's life choices are exposed.Woods and his ...
BaseballReitz coach is CourtneyRobin Courtney, who coached Bosse High School’s baseball team for 11 years, is the new baseball coach at Reitz. He coached Bosse from 1993-2004 and was a Bosse assistant baseball coach during the 2006-07 season. Currently a teacher at Cynthia Heights Elementary School, Courtney has also taught at Washington and Helfrich Park middle schools. SoccerEagles named all ...
n New York takes Powell in Monarchs' dispersal draft
The IAAF acted after the International Olympic Committee last week reallocated the medals stripped from Jones for doping. Other candidates are former baseball executive Sandy Alderson, current chief operating officer Norm Bellingham, former general counsel and interim CEO of the USOC, Scott Blackmun, Jet Set Sports President Mark Lewis and USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus.
The Philadelphia Phillies have a tentative agreement to acquire star pitcher Roy Halladay in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays , and Halladay, a former Cy Young Award winner, was in Philadelphia yesterday for a physical required to complete the deal.
Merrill Lynch will pay Virginia $1.37 million as part of a multistate settlement over a poorly explained, risky investment, the State Corporation Commission said Monday.
The U.S. Olympic Committee's search for a CEO is in its final stages, with plans to have the new boss in place before the Vancouver Games start in February. The USOC board discussed the hiring process at its quarterly board meeting Monday. Two people familiar with the search told The Associated Press there are six candidates: TD Ameritrade chairman Joe Moglia; former baseball executive Sandy...
The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee won’t resign, despite a turbulent first year in office, heavy criticism from amateur sports leaders and the chance of a scathing review from an independent committee that’s evaluating the USOC’s...
INDIAN HARBOR BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - December 14, 2009) - Health Sciences Group, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : HESG ) would like to address the following concerns and updates to the current and future shareholders: We would like to address and clarify a few questions and updates regarding recent and future activities of the Company. 1. The Company is making application to Pink Sheets, to apply for its ...
The annual Polar Plunge, held Saturday at Lake Zorinsky in Omaha, is a benefit for Special Olympics Nebraska.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Option investors who buy and sell puts and calls for a fraction of the price of actual shares in blue chip companies like McDonald's Corp and Caterpillar Inc will soon get a chance...
Shares of E-Trade Financial jumped 9% late Wednesday after reports that TD Ameritrade ceo Fred Tomczyk said at a conference he would consider a deal with the company. A spokeswoman for TD Ameritrade said Tomczyk's remarks reflected the company's general attitude toward mergers and acquisitions.
By Doris Frankel
In January investors in retirement plans with incomes over $100,000 will for the first time have the opportunity to convert their individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, to Roth IRAs. But there seems to be few takers.
If the global economic recession has taught us anything it is that there is no crystal ball that could have predicted the rollercoaster ride of the stock market over the last few years.
