DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING.WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--At the annual meeting of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation today, shareholders approved the election of four Class III directors to three-year terms: Robert J. Lanigan, chairman emeritus and former chairman and chief executive officer of Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Vernon R. Loucks, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Baxter International Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), is a global healthcare company with 48,000 employees and 2006 sales of US$10.4 billion. Its headquarters is in Deerfield, Illinois. Inc.; M. Bernard Puckett, former president and chief executive officer of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.; and Volney Taylor, executive vice president of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Shareholders approved the appointment of Coopers & Lybrand as independent public accountants for 1996. Shareholders rejected a proposal to implement the MacBride Principles The MacBride Principles — consisting of nine fair employment principles — are a corporate code of conduct for companies doing business in Northern Ireland and have become the Congressional standard for all US aid to, or for economic dealings with, Northern Ireland. in the company's business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. , which currently consist of 18 people in branch offices of D&B subsidiaries. D&B has a long-standing commitment to be an equal opportunity employer equal opportunity employer An employer or enterprise that does not discriminate against a job candidate, or subject him/her to adverse exclusionary criteria, based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. See Equal employment opportunity. worldwide, and adheres to the standards of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act of 1989. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation is the world's largest marketer of information, software and services for business decision making, with worldwide revenue of $5.4 billion in 1995. CONTACT: Reid H. Gearhart (203) 834-4275 |
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