BRIEFCASE ACTORS GUILD TAPS NEW CZAR FOR PR.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services The Screen Actors Guild announced Monday that Illyane Moden Kichaven has been named associate director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. , responsible for the guild's media relations and strategy. Kichaven's appointment comes on the heels of the resignation Friday of Greg Krizman, SAG's director of communications. Krizman said he left the job in order to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. . Kichaven had been consulting for the guild's communication's department since March 2000. ``The past 18 months have been very rewarding and I am excited about working closely with the new leadership as we continue to advance the Screen Actors Guild as the industry's most influential and respected Union.'' She assumes the post as members of SAG's newly elected Board of Directors take office amid numerous challenges to their election by some defeated candidates and even a few successful ones. Partners release WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation. video game CALABASAS - THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters Inc. and Jakks Pacific JAKKS Pacific, Inc. NASDAQ: JAKK is is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and consumer products and is based in Malibu, California. Its product categories include action figures, art activity kits, stationery, writing instruments, performance have joined forces once again, announcing on Monday the release of WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It ( Exciting Pro Wrestling 3 in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ and developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators. . The PlayStation 2 video game is the third in the series for the two local firms, and will hit stores in time for the 2001 holiday season. The title will feature more than 40 World Wrestling Federation performers in 70 different matches, along with color commentary. The retail price is set at $49.99 and the game will be available at all traditional retailers. Treasury bill rates climb in auction WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in Monday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $16 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.900 percent, up from 1.815 percent last week. An additional $16 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 1.960 percent, up from 1.820 percent. The three-month rate was the highest since Nov. 5, when the bills sold for 1.975 percent. The six-month rate was the highest since Oct. 29, when the rate was 2.005 percent. The new discount rates understate un·der·state v. un·der·stat·ed, un·der·stat·ing, un·der·states v.tr. 1. To state with less completeness or truth than seems warranted by the facts. 2. the actual return to investors - 1.936 percent for three-month bills with a $10,000 bill selling for $9,952.50 and 2.006 percent for a six-month bill selling for $9,901.50. In a separate report, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year constant maturity Treasury bills, the most popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages This article is about the US mortgage type. For an international perspective, see Variable rate mortgage. An adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) is a mortgage loan where the interest rate on the note is periodically adjusted based on an index. , rose to 2.24 percent last week from 1.99 percent the previous week. Alcoa to eliminate 6,500 positions PITTSBURGH - Alcoa Inc. will slash 6,500 jobs and close one plant in Pennsylvania and five others in Europe as part of a restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). intended to make the world's largest aluminum company operate more efficiently. The cuts announced Monday represent about 4.6 percent of Alcoa's worldwide work force of 140,000 employees and will be made at 40 locations. Alcoa said the restructuring will result in an after-tax charge of as much as $250 million in the fourth quarter. Company spokesman Jake Siewert said some 1,100 workers at facilities in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom would receive their notices Monday and the rest of the terminations would be completed by the end of 2002. |
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