Mike Duke will take the reins of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from CEO Lee Scott at the start of the new fiscal year, the retailer said Friday. Duke, the 58-year-old executive of Wal-Mart's international division, will succeed Scott Feb. 1 to become the ...

State loans to improve shipping of products - The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio plans to jumpstart economic development and improve transportation networks for business by handing out $100 million in forgivable loans, state officials announced yesterday. The loans, which top out at $10 million, will be available to ...

Another milestone achieved - Las Vegas Sun

Not many barriers were tougher than the one Barack Obama shattered this month when he became the first black to be elected president of the United States. But Ann Dunwoody obliterated another substantial barrier last week. On Nov. 14, Dunwoody, 55 ...

Faravelli Group - Nutra Ingredients USA

Faravelli Group, founded in 1926, is a leading distributor of raw materials and counts on branches in Germany, Czech Republic and a Representative Office in China. Faravelli offers a wide range of products for the following sectors: food (sweeteners ...

CREO moves on stake in complex - Independent

China Real Estate Opportunities (CREO) -- the Chinese division of Irish developer Treasury Holdings -- has taken an option to buy a 25.65pc stake in a €435m office and retail complex in the Chinese capital Beijing . CREO can exercise the option on ...