Edward D. Breen: Chairman and CEO of Tyco International Ltd.
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Edward D. Breen accepted the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of the troubled Tyco International Ltd., which is a Bermuda-based conglomerate whose products and services range form home-security systems to medical equipment, in 2002. Breen is credited for increasing Tyco's share price triple times and focuses on refurbishing the existing divisions of the company and believes that Tyco's core competence is to do acquisitions.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2004
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McCracken, Craig
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The life and work of Craig McCracken, the creator of the 'The Powerpuff Girls', the popular animated show on Cartoon Network cable channel is discussed. The show finds adult appreciation due to its pop-culture reference & sly humors and also appeals to children there by maintaining infusion of feminism without deliberations due to his principle of gender equality.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2004
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Julie Louise Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Julie Louise Gerberding is the first female director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an arm of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She is a tenured associate professor of medicine, epidemiology, and biostatistics at UCSF (University of California at San Francisco).
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2004
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