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a person in charge of a meeting
the chairman called the meeting to order
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Joly wrote a case study based on his own time as chairman and CEO of electronics retailer Best Buy.
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Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Of that, nearly half, $125,000, came from Vince Kolber, former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party’s Finance Committee, founder of air and rail investment company Residco and a GOP candidate for Congress in 2014 and 2016 who lost both times to Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Stuart Ford, chairman and CEO of AGC Studios, and Sebastien Raybaud, founder and CEO Anton, are set for informal conversations at the 45th American Film Market next week.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Founder Daniel Levine will transition to chairman, the developer said in a statement.
—Laura Barrero, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
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Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Of that, nearly half, $125,000, came from Vince Kolber, former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party’s Finance Committee, founder of air and rail investment company Residco and a GOP candidate for Congress in 2014 and 2016 who lost both times to Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Stuart Ford, chairman and CEO of AGC Studios, and Sebastien Raybaud, founder and CEO Anton, are set for informal conversations at the 45th American Film Market next week.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Founder Daniel Levine will transition to chairman, the developer said in a statement.
—Laura Barrero, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
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Diane Wang is the founder, chairperson, and CEO at DHGATE Group, one of China’s leading cross-border B2B e-commerce marketplaces, founded in 2004. ...Diane Wang, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jindal is the president of Art India magazine and the chairperson of JSW Foundation, the social development arm of JSW Group.Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Donald Trump is suffering an historic descent in the campaign’s final days, an ongoing freefall that’s turning what looked like a walkaway for the former president into what’s most likely a Kamala Harris victory.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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Polls put Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump in a dead heat, and the last time Americans voted for a president, in 2020, some swing states were decided by as little as 10,000 votes.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 2 Nov. 2024
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Lawmakers may need to consider regulations requiring a more effective combination of AI and human moderators to ensure fairer moderation.Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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One topic the moderators brought up was transgender rights, given that Cruz and groups supporting him have begun running advertisements alleging that Allred supports positions such as allowing boys to play in girls' sports.Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Chairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairman. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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