In an effort to expand outside the Britain, Tesco is also creating a new management structure that will include regional chief executives in Asia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Written by Peter Philips, the chairman of Birmingham Opera Company, the report included among its recommendations that the chief executives of regional cultural organisations should take a more central role in fundraising efforts.

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In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Toyota's president said he is putting new auto plants on hold for three years and reshaping the automaker's structure to give more autonomy to regional divisions and foreign executives.

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The case centers on the alleged bribery of regional government officials by Walmart de Mexico executives to obtain permits to open stores at a much faster pace than competitors.

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It supplies data to human resource pros, to executives inside companies and to 37 regional newspapers, from the St.

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The larger group has 100, 000 employees, and Sorrell is currently thinking that by eliminating regional managers--leaving local and global executives to service clients--he could possibly save another 2% to 2.5% of the group's revenue.

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The Royal College of Nursing has presented its assessment of what would happen under regional pay and conditions to all 20 trust chief executives involved in the consortium.

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Some regional managers have more authority over hiring and business strategy than the executives they report to.

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Now, like the simultaneous air sorties of the Gulf war, a battalion of seven Bama executives fans out to meet with McDonald's franchisees, regional division heads, and buying cooperatives to discuss new products.

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