BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Chairwoman
- see Chair
Wiktionary Definition for: Chairwoman
- # obsolete A charwoman
- A female chairman
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- UNIQUE VIEW; Kimberly Walker's two jobs -- president of Qwest Asset Management and chairwoman of CIEBA -- give her an enviable amount of clout and a great perch to see the problems facing pension funds.(Face To Face)
- Byline: Cecily O'Connor Since becoming chairwoman of the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets in January, Kimberly Walker has been busy lobbying in Congress on pension reform and investment issues that affect the more than 110 retire Byline: Cecily O'Connor ...
- Research articles 2005-08-22
- HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN RECONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO N.K. BUSINESS.
- SEOUL, Nov 19 Asia Pulse - Hyun Jung-eun, chairwoman of the Hyundai Group, has vowed to continue her late husband's management philosophy by maintaining the conglomerate's commitment to North Korean investments. SEOUL, Nov 19 Asia Pulse - Hyun Jung-eun, chairwoman of the Hyundai Group,...
- Research articles 2003-11-19
- For the lack of two sigmas.(QUOTE, UNQUOTE)(Universal Pictures Chairwoman Stacy Snider)(Brief Article)
- "Two or three years ago, we borrowed from Six Sigma and came up with the four sigma." --Universal Pictures Chairwoman Stacy Snider, as quoted in The New ..."Two or three years ago, we borrowed from Six Sigma and came up with the four sigma." --Universal Pictures...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Four Miami-area executives--Total Bank Chairwoman Adrienne Arsht, Gator Leasing President James Hammel, Stiefel Laboratories President and CEO Charles Stiefel and Adonel Concrete President Luis Garcia--have received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur.(MIAMI
- Four Miami-area executives--Total Bank Chairwoman Adrienne Arsht, Gator Leasing President James Hammel, Stiefel Laboratories President and ... Four Miami-area executives--Total Bank Chairwoman Adrienne Arsht, Gator Leasing President James Hammel, Stiefel Laboratories President and CEO Charles Stiefel and Adonel Concrete President Luis Garcia--have received Ernst...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- TV Guide Chairwoman Leaves to Take Another Position at News Corp..
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11 -- News Corp. executive Anthea Disney stepped aside yesterday as chairwoman and chief executive of TV Guide after only four months -- a particularly short stay even for the fast-paced world of publishing. Despite Disney's...
- Research articles 1999-06-10
- World Health Chairwoman
- WORLD HEALTH CHAIRWOMAN: Libertine Amathila r, Health Minister of Namibia and newly elected chairwoman of the World Health Organization WHO's 53rd general assembly, opens the session as WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland listens in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO announced that wars, a vaccine shortage and logistical problems have set back...
- Research articles 2000-06-05
- Verizon SuperPages President Kathy Harless Takes the Helm as Yellow Pages Association 2006 Board Chairwoman
- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Kicking off its annual conference in Orlando, the Yellow Pages AssociationTM (YPATM) announced that Katherine J. Harless, president of Verizon Information Services VIS, has been elected chairwoman of the 2006 board of directors. VIS is a division of Verizon Communications Corp. (NYSE: VZ).
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince, FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair to Address U.S. Foreclosure Crisis at Greenlining Institute's 14th Annual Economic Development Summit in Downtown Los Angeles, April 19
- LOS ANGELES -- Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince, FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair and other high-ranking banking and Federal government regulators will address the country's growing foreclosure crisis and its impact on minority consumers at the Greenlining Institute's 14th Annual Economic Development Summit, April 19, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown...
- Research articles 2007-04-09
- Brenda Barnes, chief executive officer of Sara Lee Corp. since February, was given the additional title of chairwoman in a vote by the consumer products manufacturer's board of directors, succeeding Steve McMillan
- Brenda Barnes, chief executive officer of Sara Lee Corp. since February, was given the additional title of chairwoman in a vote by the consumer products manufacturer's board of directors, succeeding Steve McMillan. The company made the announcement at its annual meeting of shareholders in Houston. McMillan, who also was CEO...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- Former CNBC Chairwoman Pamela Thomas-Graham, named one of Black Enterprise's Top 75 executives in 2005, performed a corporate double play in early September
- Former CNBC Chairwoman Pamela Thomas-Graham, named one of BLACK ENTERPRISE'S Top 75 executives in 2005, performed a corporate double play in early September. First she was appointed group president for Liz Claiborne Inc. "Tackling the challenge of overseeing multiple brands is one reason for the move from CNBC to Liz...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Feisty chairwoman of civil rights panel resigns
- WASHINGTON -- Mary Frances Berry, blunt-spoken chairwoman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, resigned Tuesday after more than two decades of criticizing the governments, both Democratic and Republican, that she served. Berry, an independent, and Democratic Vice Chairman Cruz Reynoso sent resignation letters to President Bush a day...
- Research articles 2004-12-08
- HP chairwoman to step down as prosecutors hunt spying culprits
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn announced her resignation as prosecutors closed in on filing criminal indictments in an espionage scandal engulfing the US technology giant. "We do believe based on the evidence gathered so far that we have sufficient information to bring charges against individuals inside and...
- Research articles 2006-09-12
- HOLY ROAD; Vice chairwoman of Swinomish Tribe passes
- Walker, Richard Indian Country Today Lakota Times 03-03-2004 LA CONNER, Wash. - The Swinomish Tribe is mourning the loss of Susan Mae Wilbur, the tribe's vice chairwoman, who died Jan. 29. She was 49 and had suffered a series of strokes. ...
- Research articles 2004-03-03
- Qantas chairwoman to retire following failed bid
- SYDNEY AFP — The chairwoman of Qantas will retire later this year after a 9.2-billion-dollar takeover bid for the airline failed, despite being backed by the iconic Australian carrier's board, a report said Thursday. Margaret Jackson will retire at the company's annual general meeting, expected in November, Qantas said...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- Qantas CEO stays put as chairwoman bails out
- SYDNEY AFP — Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon will remain at the controls as chairwoman Margaret Jackson bails out amidst the turbulence of a failed takeover bid, the airline announced Friday. Jackson, who strongly supported the 9.2 billion dollar bid by a private equity consortium, said she would retire at...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- SBA Administrator joins Senate Small Business Committee; Chairwoman Snowe, to back association health plans for small businesses.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2003-US SBA: SBA Administrator joins Senate Small Business Committee; Chairwoman Snowe, to back association health plans for small businessesC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03062003 Washington -- Hector V. Barreto, Administrator of the U. S. Small Business Administration, again voiced...
- Research articles 2003-03-07
- EEOC Chairwoman Calls for Company Leaders to Address Inequality.
- By Kenneth Aaron, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9--Cari M. Dominguez wants to catch discrimination before it starts. To that end, the chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday she will lean on corporate ...
- Research articles 2002-04-09
- Senate Confirms Nomination of Anne B. Pope as ARC Federal Co- Chairwoman, Richard J. Peltz as ARC Alternate Federal Co-Chairman
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Anne B. Pope of Tennessee as Federal Co- Chairwoman of the Appalachian Regional Commission ARC, and Richard J. Peltz of Pennsylvania as Alternate Federal Co-Chairman of the ARC. The formal swearing-in dates for Pope and for Peltz will...
- Research articles 2002-11-20
- Martha Stewart Resigns as Chairwoman, Chief Executive of Firm after Indictment.
- By Greg B. Smith, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 5--Martha Stewart is under indictment and out of a job. Hours after she pleaded not guilty yesterday to a nine-count federal indictment, her company announced Stewart's resignation as...
- Research articles 2003-06-05
- RNC Victory Chairwoman Carly Fiorina on Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) Economic Policies
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Republican National Committee, +1-202-863-8614 WASHINGTON, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following are statements by RNC Victory Chairwoman Carly Fiorina on Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) Economic Policies: Fiorina:"Well, first I think we shouldn't play politics with this issue, and I frankly think that when positions...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
