ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY.Microsoft Corp. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. is the keynote speaker as the weeklong Comdex computer show opens in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . TUESDAY Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working releases October consumer prices; Commerce Department releases September inventories; Commerce Department releases October housing starts. BIZ BYTES Stamp collectors are scrambling to obtain a scarce printing of one version of the Bugs Bunny stamp issued this year by the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. . The Postal Service withdrew the die-cut version in October after only 118,000 copies were sold. When word filtered through the stamp community that so small a quantity had been printed, prices soared. At one point, $210 was paid for a Bugs sheet at a stamp auction on the Internet. SITE OF THE WEEK VIRTUAL VEGAS: For the 99 percent of the world's techno-junkies who won't be attending Comdex this week in Las Vegas, Toshiba America Inc. has set up a virtual Comdex World Wide Web site at www.toshiba.com/events/comdex. The site includes a digital view of the conference's main floors, features on new products (with lots of Toshiba goods) and information on Sin City itself, with data on Vegas hotels, restaurants and entertainment. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) no caption (Bugs Bunny stamp) |
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