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...last month, O'Neal is expected to win top billing at the nation's largest securities firm when current CEO David Komansky retires in three years. That would make O'Neal, 49, the first black CEO of a major Wall Street brokerage house. Reared on a farm in Wedowee, Ala., O'Neal attended a one-room schoolhouse and worked the late shift at a General Motors plant in Georgia before landing at Harvard Business School. He joined Merrill as an investment banker in 1986 and later served as CFO and brokerage chief...
That's terrific for Furr and his boss, Jure Sola, who will run the company after Sapp retires next year. But it is the end of an era for the old hands at SCI, formerly Space Craft Industries. The Huntsville, Ala., company was founded in 1961 by Olin King, a former NASA engineer who subcontracted for the space agency. SCI evolved into a major manufacturer of PCs and then, under Sapp, who became CEO in 1999, diversified into optical and wireless technology. In fact, at the nadir of the current tech slump, the company in March bought Nokia factories...
...foot, think it's a fish and take a bite before realizing this isn't its usual prey. It swims away, leaving the bleeding victim in need of stitches. The bump-and-bite is far more serious. Last year Chuck Anderson was training for a triathlon off Gulf Shores, Ala., when he was bumped by a bull shark, testing whether he was preyworthy. It decided that he was and then repeatedly attacked Anderson. He lost...
...That concern shouldn?t be aimed at libraries, says Miriam Nisbet, the legal counsel for the American Library Association (ALA). The ease with which materials can be duplicated, she says, is a legitimate concern for the publishers. But "from our standpoint, librarians are the most conscientious people in the world about copyright and adhering to it and making sure their patrons know what they can and cannot...
...Aviation Challenge, Huntsville, Ala., and Atwater, Calif. For ages 9 to 18; weeklong camps in aviation basics. Teens with the right stuff can progress to jet-fighter simulators and classes in air-combat techniques...