BUSINESS NOTES DIODES, FABTECH ACQUISITION DONE.WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Diodes Incorporated, which manufacturers discrete semiconductors, announced Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of FabTech, Inc., a 5-inch wafer foundry in Lee's Summit Lee's Summit, city (1990 pop. 46,418), Jackson co., W Mo., in the Kansas City metropolitan area; inc. 1868. The city is an important trucking center and manufactures communications equipment, appliances, pharmaceuticals, and plastic and metal products. , Mo. The acquisition of FabTech helps Diodes' strategy of becoming a total solution provider for the discrete semiconductor industry. - Daily News VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of America VICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK) VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of America VICA Vision Counsel of America names new officers for 2001 UNIVERSAL CITY - The Valley Industry and Commerce Association met Tuesday to name its new officers. They are: Chairman of the Board Cathy MaGuire; Executive Vice Chairman Fred Gaines; Vice Chairman Advocacy Robert L. Scott; Vice Chairman Marketing and Communications Martin M. Cooper; Vice Chairman Leadership Bob Pearlman; Vice Chairman Committee Liaison Dorena Knepper; Vice Chairman Membership Pegi Matsuda; Vice Chairman Programs Sandy Goldman; Vice Chairman Strategic Plan Jacque McMillian; Treasurer Peter Satuloff; Secretary Eric Tharp; Immediate Past Chairman Steve Lew; President/CEO Bonny L. Herman. - Daily News Losers for GE post find other top jobs MAPLEWOOD, Minn - The losers in the sweepstakes to succeed General Electric's Jack Welch For the illustrator named Jack Welch, see Jack Welch (illustrator) John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born on November 19 1935 as chairman received their consolation prizes Tuesday: top spots at 3M and Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Inc. 3M said Tuesday that W. James McNerney Jr. will become the company's next chairman and chief executive. McNerney, 51, will succeed L.D. DeSimone on Jan. 1; DeSimone, who is reaching the company's mandatory retirement age of 65, will remain with the company until April 1. - Associated Press Delta sues pilots union, cuts flights ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines sued its pilots union and 49 pilots Tuesday, and said it will trim 100 to 125 flights from its schedule as it tries to manage mounting cancellations caused by pilots refusing to work overtime. Delta chairman and chief executive Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Mullin said the airline was forced to seek a temporary restraining order temporary restraining order: see injunction. against the pilots in federal court after it canceled 386 flights between Friday and Sunday. Those cancellations affected 43,000 travelers, Mullin said in a conference call with reporters. - Associated Press More study urged on biotech corn WASHINGTON - A variety of gene-altered corn shows a ``medium likelihood'' of causing allergic reactions, but so little is in the food supply that consumers are unlikely to have developed sensitivities to it, a panel of scientists told the government Tuesday. The panel that advises the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and said more research on the biotech corn is needed and urged the government to find out whether the corn was the cause of allergic reactions that have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration. - Associated Press Iraq, U.N. dicker dick·er intr.v. dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers To bargain; barter. n. The act or process of bargaining. on oil price pact LONDON - Iraq has engaged in ``urgent negotiations'' with the United Nations on a pricing formula that would enable it to resume its shipments of crude oil, OPEC OPEC: see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Multinational organization established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, crude prices continued to drop as traders bet that any prolonged stoppage would be made up for by other oil producers. - Associated Press |
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