Chairman \Chair"man\, n.; pl. {Chairmen}. 1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.
Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. --Prior.
"This isn't a hostile offer," said Stuart A. Rose, chairman and chief executive officer of Audio/Video, a Dayton, Ohio-based electronics parts distibutor.
In interviews from jail, the former chairman of the Bank of Crete has claimed Papandreou and other high government officials received millions of dollars in payoffs and authorized the looting of his bank.
Ramadan is in competition with another oldtimer, deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (the highest decision-making body) Izzat Ibrahim.
The new company's chairman would be Craig Wiggins, currently chairman of Foote Cone's European operations, and its vice chairman would be Gerard Pedraglio, a top Publicis executive.
The new company's chairman would be Craig Wiggins, currently chairman of Foote Cone's European operations, and its vice chairman would be Gerard Pedraglio, a top Publicis executive.
The new company's chairman would be Craig Wiggins, currently chairman of Foote Cone's European operations, and its vice chairman would be Gerard Pedraglio, a top Publicis executive.
But the liberalization of the local market will proceed gradually to allow local firms time to adjust to foreign competition, said Lu Dauny Yen, vice chairman of Taiwan's Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Keep your eye on the state finances," says John Marino, New York's Democratic chairman and a close Cuomo adviser.
David V. Wachs, chairman, was named chief executive of this maker of women's clothing.
Government party chairman Park Tae-jun told a news conference today that the issue of adopting a parliamentary system would be discussed by a 15-member working committee to be formed Wednesday.
He became president of Nynex Mobile in 1986, and has briefly been chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the main trade group for the cellular industry.
Alton Slay, chairman of the National Research Council committee, told reporters.
Orange County's loss on its investment portfolio now stands at Dollars 2.02bn, Mr Tom Hayes, the newly appointed chairman of the restructuring team said yesterday, Tony Jackson reports from New York.
Bob Daly, chairman of Warner Bros. studio, a Time Warner Inc. unit, and the leader of the Hollywood negotiating team, said some progress is being made and asked for a deadline extension.
Genoese said he sent a telegram to Steven G. Rothmeier, chairman and chief executive officer of NWA Inc., the parent company of Northwest, requesting a meeting.
But such hopes seemed to get no support from comments Wednesday morning by Alan Greenspan, the Fed's chairman, before a congressional committee.
It "is having a negative impact on the efficiency and morale of remaining employees who must take on extra work when positions become vacant." Rep. Neal Smith, D-Iowa, the subcommittee chairman, said, "You shouldn't have to put up with it.
Annunzio of Illinois is the second-ranking Democrat on the House Banking Committee and chairman of its financial institutions subcommittee.
He is a senior partner in the London brokerage firm Capel-Cure Myers and deputy chairman of ANZ Merchant Bank Ltd.
I don't think it makes a lot of sense in the U.S.," says Bruce Crawford, chairman.
Brazil drew down $4 billion of $5.2 billion in a new-loan facility from commercial banks, Brazil's Finance Minister Mailson Ferreira da Nobrega and William R. Rhodes, chairman of the Bank Advisory Committee for Brazil, said.
Individual stories played a major part in trading yesterday, writes Our Markets Staff. Alcatel was the main story in PARIS as investors reacted nervously to comments by Mr Pierre Suard, the chairman, that turnover and profits would fall this year.
"If anything, they're jumping up and down with joy," said Howard Stein, chairman of Dreyfus Corp.
However, Jim R. Porter, First Options' chairman, does say another 500-point drop in the industrial average wouldn't cost his firm money because its traders are operating under stricter trading standards and are putting up more margin cash.
The aide to Mr. Rostenkowski said it was a coincidence that the Ways and Means chairman's change of heart came in the same week that President Bush reversed his position on tax increases.
"This incident has brought incredible devastation to regions of this state and will have long-lasting consequences," wrote Oral E. Freeman, chairman of the Permanent Fund board.
He also is chairman of Fitzwilton PLC, a holding company with interests that range from a retail chain to a sign maker.
He was appointed chairman of the Texas Department of Human Services in 1987 and the agency's financial difficulties hang like an albatross around his neck.
Annunzio is chairman of the House Banking subcommittee on financial institutions.
"I have personally suggested to Mrs. Hollander that I thought it would be appropriate for the chairman of the board and me to meet with her and her husband and we have had no reponse, despite following up by phone," Mr. Jenkins said.