More than 5,000 Domino’s Pizza spectators cheered as Pali Grewal triumphed as the 2014 World’s Fastest Pizza Maker. Grewal, a Domino’s Pizza franchise owner from the United Kingdom made three large pizzas in an impressive 32.28 seconds. That’s making three pizzas in less than 11 seconds each! Grewal won $3,000 in prize money, a trophy and the coveted title of World’s Fastest Pizza Maker presented by Domino’s President and CEO, Patrick Doyle.
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LLNS, a leading healthcare communications company and part of Diversified Agency Services (DAS), is pleased to announce that Sharon Callahan, CEO of LLNS, has been recognized by the Women’s Venture Fund with its “Highest Leaf Award”. The award celebrates exceptional women who have demonstrated remarkable business leadership, developed a vision for business success and made outstanding contributions to their respective industries.
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For the first time at SPIEF, three sessions of the Global CEO Summit were also held, organized jointly with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. As part of SPIEF 2014, 175 agreements were signed with Russian and foreign companies, including 15 agreements on the implementation of investment projects in various spheres of the economy worth a total of RUB 401.4 billion.
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Jeffrey Bacha, president and CEO of DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: DMPI) (“DelMar Pharma” or “DelMar”) discusses new clinical research and treatments in development for glioblastoma, the most common and severe form of brain cancer. Less than one out of three patients will survive two years after their diagnosis. DelMar is a cancer-focused company developing new therapies for patients with little to no treatment options.
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Supergoop!® announces its partnership with entrepreneur and international tennis sensation Maria Sharapova, welcoming her to the Supergoop! team as a co-owner with Founder and CEO Holly Thaggard. Supergoop! is the first and only multi-functional skincare line in prestige distribution with a foundation in UV protection and 100% dedication to sun safety. This partnership will be a vehicle for Supergoop! to spotlight the brand’s mission to elevate skin cancer awareness alongside the many skincare and beauty benefits attributed to applying UV protection every single day.
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Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, today announced that it has acquired Ireland-based QUMAS, a leading global provider of Cloud-based and on-premises enterprise compliance software supporting regulatory and quality operations in life sciences and other highly regulated industries. The QUMAS acquisition further extends Accelrys’ informatics portfolio with the addition of mission-critical, end-to-end document and process management compliance solutions. Proven quality management solutions supported by robust content and business process management capabilities provided by QUMAS advance Accelrys’ ability to help customers better manage the scientific innovation lifecycle by reducing regulatory risks, lowering quality costs, improving compliance effectiveness and increasing operational efficiency in bringing new products to market.
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Richard Levick, founder and CEO of LEVICK, today announced the launch of the firm’s newest digital publication, LEVICK Monthly. LEVICK Monthly provides unique practical perspectives on the issues transforming companies, countries, and markets today. In articles focused on today’s top branding and reputational issues, LEVICK’s award-winning communications counselors share lessons learned, best practices, and what to expect next from consumers, activists, shareholders, legislators, regulators, and the plaintiffs’ bar.
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Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) this month reached the milestone of having paid over $100 million to Worldstock.com’s artisan suppliers around the world. Worldstock Fair Trade® is one of Overstock.com’s socially responsible stores, found on the Overstock.com online shopping website and at www.worldstock.com. Patrick M. Byrne, Overstock.com chairman and CEO founded Worldstock.com in 2001 after he met a small group of artisans in Cambodia that are land-mine survivors.
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Provident New York Bancorp announced today the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Sterling Bancorp, which became effective after the close of business on October 31, 2013. The combined company, known as Sterling Bancorp, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol “STL”. With assets of nearly $7 billion, the company will specialize in serving small-to-middle market commercial and consumer clients across the greater New York metropolitan area. In connection with the acquisition, Sterling National Bank merged with Provident Bank. Provident Bank has converted to a national bank charter and has adopted the Sterling National Bank name.
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iGATE CEO Cup has created a thrilling format for a charitable tournament with CEOs representing many of the world's top companies playing for a noble cause.
iGATE, the NASDAQ-listed leading outsourcing services company, in association with Forbes, publisher of Forbes magazine and forbes.com, take the second iGATE CEO Cup Golf tournament international. This first-class championship-style golf tournament will be held March 21 – 22, 2014, at Course No. 2 and Course No. 8 of the legendary Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina, USA. Grand Slam champion Gary Player will co-host the iGATE CEO Cup just as he did for the inaugural tournament last year.
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Kate Hudson, Kay Krill, ANN INC.‘s President and CEO, and Monica Mishra, one of the 2012 ANNpower Fellows and 2013 Project Grant Winner were in New York City to speak at the Clinton Global initiative 2013 Annual Meeting. They spoke at one of the commitment sessions called LESSONS FROM THE FRONT LINES OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP specifically on:
Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, today announced Accelrys Insight and Accelrys Insight for Excel, completing the roll-out of Accelrys’ next-generation cheminformatics suite and providing an interactive, collaborative environment for rapid and effective decision-making in drug discovery. Accelrys Insight and Accelrys Insight for Excel offer research scientists an entirely new way of accessing, visualizing and analyzing data that is locked in disparate locations across internal discovery teams and networked external partners, helping to lower long-standing barriers to bringing innovative therapeutics to market faster and more cost effectively.
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