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...first corporate board Walesa, 58, has agreed to join is that of NuTech Solutions, a closely held company founded three years ago in Charlotte, N.C., by a pair of Polish immigrants. NuTech creates software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to boost efficiency in its clients' manufacturing, distribution and customer service. NuTech software allows Ford to find profitable new ways to sell vehicles that are coming off leases. It helps Unilever target inefficiencies in its supply chain. And it is being used to detect check and credit-card fraud at Bank of America--whose legendary former CEO, Hugh McColl, also serves...
...America and, biggest of all, the pet-food company Ralston Purina. Some analysts have questioned whether Brabeck is paying too much for his conquests and taking on too much debt amid a global slump that is lingering longer than expected. But at the same time, Brabeck has moved to boost profitability by closing dozens of creaky factories, ditching low-margin operations such as cocoa-and tomato-processing plants and improving productivity. Under his leadership, the company has cut manufacturing costs by $2.8 billion, and more savings are promised...
Ting's modest credentials didn't bowl over the high-flying venture capitalists at the Singapore government's Economic Development Board (EDB), which is seeking to boost the country's biotech industry. "Nobody bet on us from the government," he says, an account that officials confirm. So, to fund the company that would eventually make the BPro, HealthSTATS International, Ting sold three of the four medical clinics he was running. "Everyone thought I was mad," he says. Ting launched the BPro in Singapore last spring, and is readying its launch in the U.S., where it has been cleared for marketing...
Happonen is also targeting musical greeting cards and LED-adorned marketing brochures. Another market: makers of cosmetic and medical patches. Happonen notes that battery-powered antiwrinkle and stop-smoking patches are more effective than those without a power boost. With a nicotine patch, "in the morning when you need a bigger dose of nicotine, you push a button," he says...
...each other on extremely short notice. “It is a great way to meet people in general,” he said of the site, which caters to surfers seeking everything from long-term relationships to a one-night stand. Students said the site may provide a boost to the lackluster campus dating scene. “I think this applies to Harvard people because they can’t get a date regularly,” said Edward C. Robinson ’09. But others feel that being paired with a stranger is a gamble...