Posts Tagged ‘Jackson’

National Robotics Week Kicks Off with Events Across the Country From April 10-18, regional events and activities will allow the public to “Experience the Possibilities” through robotics technology BEDFORD, Mass., April 12, 2010 – The first annual National Robotics Week commenced this week with a series of regional events and activities aimed at increasing public awareness of the growing importance of “robo-technology” and the tremendous social ... Full story

ExecutiveBiz had the chance to sit down with Leukemia Ball 2010 Co-chair Steve Lilly to discuss the event and his passion for the cause.  Lilly is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”), where he has been employed for the past 27 years.  CFC is a $20.0 billion private finance organization, which serves the capital ... Full story

Even though the King of Pop has passed, Sony awarded the Michael Jackson estate the biggest recording contract in history. The deal will award the Jackson estate a guaranteed $200 million, though the contract may net as much as $250 million. In return, Sony will release 10 Jackson albums–a mix of new and old ... Full story

NEW ORLEANS – Warren Buffett leads a troop of officials, reporters and a guy with a boom mike into the just-finished new apartment. Five years ago, after the levees failed, this area was 10 feet underwater. Now, on this bitterly cold March morning, it is a construction zone ringed by chain-link fences, and one of the richest men in America wanders around what will eventually ... Full story

Ken Jackson is President of Americas for UC4 Software and brings more than 20 years of software experience to UC4. Before joining the company, Jackson served in sales and management roles at CA, IBM/Tivoli, ASG and Candle Corporation.According to a recent survey conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of UC4 Software, almost half of the 300 IT managers surveyed are planning to develop ... Full story

Was tonight's "Grey's Anatomy" episode, titled "Perfect Little Accident," much more fast-paced than usual? The action and especially the dialogue were particularly rapid-fire.  I felt like everyone had suddenly turned into Lorelai Gilmore without warning. The episode opened with a bunch of hilariously cheesy shots of Lexie trying to arrange herself into the perfect ... Full story

A month ago, the Chargers were buried and all but finished for the season. A 34-23 loss at home to Denver was their third in five games to open the year and created a 3½ game hole in the division. Making matters worse the loss came off a bye week for San Diego and gave their only legitimate challengers in the AFC West a leg up in ... Full story

Yesterday the Yankees added seven players to their 40-man roster, protecting them from the Rule 5 draft. They also removed Shelley Duncan from the roster and out righted him to Triple-A. I predicted that the Yankees would only add four or five players, so I am definitely a bit surprised they chose to add the following seven players:   Austin Jackson, OF Jackson is one of the top ... Full story

We’ve already covered the Quarterbacks and Running Backs rankings this week, so read on for the rankings and some selected analysis for Week 11, and then go check out the Tight End rankings: 1. Larry Fitzgerald @ STL 2. Reggie Wayne @ BAL 3. Andre Johnson vs. TEN 4. Vincent Jackson @ DEN 5. Randy Moss vs. ... Full story

On Friday November 20, Chien Ming Wang spoke to reporters in Taiwan about his questionable future with the New York Yankees organization. Wang has been plagued by injuries the last two years and is no longer the Yankees ace pitcher.  When speaking to reporters in Taiwan, Wang said that the Yankees are his “first choice”. But afterwards mentioned that he would be alright pitching for any ... Full story