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Joe Ayers has been elevated to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Epicor, the enterprise software vendor. Having served as interim CFO in the past quarter, Ayers played a pivotal role in shaping the company's financial strategy, operations, and execution. Officially taking on the CFO...

High Liner Foods, the North American frozen seafood manufacturer, has revealed the promotion of Paul Jewer, its Chief Financial Officer, to the position of CEO. High Liner has announced the commencement of its search for a new CFO, starting immediately. Jewer, who assumes this role, will also be joining the...

Eddie Wu, the CEO of Alibaba Group, is assuming leadership of the Taobao and Tmall e-commerce business, succeeding Trudy Dai in the latest executive change at the Chinese internet titan. Dai, a co-founder among Alibaba's 18, is set to assist in establishing an asset management company. This announcement from Alibaba...

The fleet of the U.S. Navy has 243 surface and underwater ships belonging to 19 different types. These include not only aircraft carriers but also attack ships, transport docks, and submarines, among others. Every class was designed for particular battles, observation, carrying, and various numbers of crew (from 30-man Cyclone-class...

The USA DoD defense budget for 2024 is an astonishing $842 billion, making the United States the leading country in defense spending. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's latest report confirms that the U.S. spends more on defense than the other top nine military spending nations combined.  Within the U.S....

As of December 19, 2023, Jay Y. Lee was the wealthiest person in South Korea, with an estimated net worth of 9.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Hong Ra-hee  (No. 2, $5.8 billion), Kwon Hyuk-bin (No. 3, $5.2 billion); and Kim Beom-su (No. 4, $4.7 billion). Cho Jung-ho is the fifth-richest...

As of December 19, 2023, Amancio Ortega was the wealthiest person in Spain, with an estimated net worth of 97.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Sandra Ortega Mera (No. 2, $8.6 billion), Rafael Del (No. 3, $5.4 billion); and Juan Roig (No. 4, $3.7 billion). Isak Andic is the fifth-richest person in Spain, with a...

As of December 19, 2023, Stefan Persson was the wealthiest person in Sweden, with an estimated net worth of 19.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Melker Schorling (No. 2, $10.8 billion), Antonia Ax:son Johnson (No. 3, $9.8 billion); and Finn Rausing (No. 4, $9.2 billion). Kirsten Rausing is the fifth-richest person...

As of December 19, 2023, Rafaela Aponte- Diamant  was the wealthiest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of 29.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gianluigi Aponte (No. 2, $29.3 billion), Ernesto Bertarelli (No. 3, $9.5 billion); and Ivan Glasenberg (No. 4, $9.1 billion). Guillaume Pousaz is the fifth-richest person in Switzerland,...

As of December 19, 2023, James Ratcliffe was the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of 22.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Michael Platt (No. 2, $16.0 billion), Alexander Gerko (No. 3, $11.5 billion) and James Dyson (No. 4, $9.7 billion). John Reece is the fifth-richest person...