Edward D. Breen: Chairman and CEO of Tyco International Ltd.

Article Abstract:

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.

Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified, Bermuda, Security systems industry, TYC, Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda), Breen, Edward

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McCracken, Craig

Article Abstract:

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.

AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES, Entertainment industry, McCracken, Craig

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Julie Louise Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Article Abstract:

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).

United States, Administration of Public Health Programs, Centers for Disease Control, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gerberding, Julie

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