BRIEFLY FAIR NAMED POLICY DIRECTOR FOR SAG.Byline: - From Staff and Wire Reports The Screen Actors Guild announced Monday that Pamm Fair has been hired as the guild's new national director for policy, planning and external affairs. She will oversee SAG's communications, special projects, research and internal governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. departments. Fair has worked for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty for 20 years. She spent the last four as AFTRA's associate executive director in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. where, among other things, she served as press spokeswoman and oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. administration and management of the affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. , legislation and communications departments. Valley Cash opens on Sherman Way NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Wholesale grocer Valley Cash and Carry has set up shop at 12323 Sherman Way. The newly formed supermarket, which targets midsized retail grocery stores, will lease the property for five years, paying $1.7 million for its occupancy. In addition to providing space for approximately 20 employees, the warehouse building offers 3,600 square feet of office area. Thermador brand ovens recalled WASHINGTON - A Huntington Beach-based company is recalling about 2,460 Thermador brand gas ranges because the oven door can get too hot, causing burns. The recalled ovens are 48-inch All-Gas Professional Ranges sold under the Thermador brand name. The ranges are stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. with small and large side-by-side ovens. Consumers should stop using the small ovens immediately and contact their local Thermador service center to arrange a free repair. For information, consumers can call (800) 735-4328. Interest rates are mixed for T-bills WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities were mixed in Monday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $16 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.735 percent, up from 1.715 percent last week. An additional $14 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 1.830 percent, unchanged from last week. The three-month rate was the highest since Nov. 26 when the bills sold for 1.920 percent. 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 2.25 percent last week from 2.18 percent the previous week. Online book seller names new chief NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - Barnes & Noble.com named Marie J. Toulantis, who had been president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. since May 2001, as chief executive of the online book seller. Toulantis fills a void that had been temporarily filled by Steve Riggio, vice chairman and the brother of Chairman Leonard Riggio, for two years. The last permanent chief executive was Jonathan Bulkeley, who resigned from the company in January 2000. Barnes & Noble.com said that Toulantis played a central role in the company's success. She oversaw the company's initial public offering in May 1999, the largest Internet offering at the time, and has since been involved in every aspect of the company's online business. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $115 million, up from $114 million a year ago. |
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