BRIEFCASE TEKELEC REPLACES SALES EXECUTIVE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services CALABASAS - Telephone network systems maker Tekelec announced Tuesday that the vice president of global marketing and sales at its Network Systems Division resigned from the company to pursue other interests. Lori Craven, vice president and general manager of the Network Systems Division, has assumed Dan Walters' responsibilities. Craven came to Tekelec in January from Lucent Technologies, where she was vice president for mobility solutions development. Tekelec, with corporate headquarters in Calabasas, has research and development facilities and sales offices throughout the world. Sony forms group on digital policy CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. - Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Tuesday it formed a corporate-level organization to address challenges and opportunities arising with the digital distribution of entertainment product. The Digital Policy Group will develop and implement policies that promote the protection of Sony Pictures content in a digital world. It will be led by Beth Berke, chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive and executive vice president of Sony Pictures. ``We're quickly moving to a world where content is distributed over a network of devices and through new technologies, some of which are being created as we speak,'' Berke said. The group will facilitate corporate Sony Pictures' migration to a world of secure digital formats, delivery systems and networked devices, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sony Pictures Vice Chairman Yair Landau lan·dau n. 1. A four-wheeled carriage with front and back passenger seats that face each other and a roof in two sections that can be lowered or detached. 2. A style of automobile with a similar roof. . Black workers' lawsuit reopened SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden - A federal appeals court Tuesday threw out a $15 million settlement in a class-action case accusing Boeing Co. of discriminating against about 15,000 black employees. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals objected to the $4 million in attorneys' fees under the 1999 settlement and to the large disparity in the payments provided to the employees. The settlement covered two class-action lawsuits brought on behalf of former and current Boeing employees. The lawsuits accused the world's No. 1 maker of passenger jets of discriminating against blacks in promotions, harassing them and retaliating against them when they complained. Frontier, Xterra recalls planned WASHINGTON - Nissan North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. has issued three recalls of the Frontier and Xterra vehicles. The largest recall involves 143,000 vehicles built from July 2000 to September 2002 for the 2001-2003 model years. A bad seal on the antilock an·ti·lock adj. Of or being a motor vehicle braking system that electronically monitors and adjusts individual wheel speeds during braking to prevent the wheels from locking. brake system can allow water to get in, corrode cor·rode v. cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing, cor·rodes v.tr. 1. To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action: acid corroding metal. the wheel bearing and eventually cause the wheel to come off. The second recall involves 2001 model vehicles. It covers 44,000 vehicles built from October 2000 to January 2001. Under certain conditions, gasoline can spill during refueling. The third recall involves 5,000 supercharger supercharger Air compressor or blower used in piston-type internal-combustion engines to increase the amount of air drawn into the cylinders by the movement of the pistons during each intake stroke. vehicles from the 2002 model year built from July 2001 to January 2002. Under some conditions, the amount of air going to into the engine may exceed its limit. If that happens, the engine will go into fail-safe mode and not exceed 2400 rpm. Nissan said it plans to begin notifying owners in January and will provide free repairs at dealers. |
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