 Toshiba appoints veteran manager Hisao Tanaka as chief executive February 26, 2013 - 11:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Toshiba Corp will promote Hisao Tanaka, a long-time manager of procurement and manufacturing at its consumer electronics division, to chief executive at the end of June, the company said on Tuesday, Feb 26, Reuters reported. Tanaka, a 40-year veteran of Toshiba and currently a corporate senior executive vice president, will take over from Norio Sasaki, who will move to a newly created role of vice chairman after completing a regular four-year term as CEO. The appointments are expected to be officially approved by the board in June. Toshiba, Japan's leading chipmaker and international nuclear plant builder, employs more than 200,000 people worldwide and vies for infrastructure projects against rivals like Hitachi Ltd, France's Areva SA and Siemens AG of Germany. Partner news  Top stories The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers. The validity period of BIT service is 30 days; the service cost is AMD 2500, with the maximum Internet speed of 384 kbps. The next generation iPad will keep its 2048 x 1536 Retina display by using a thinner 0.2mm piece of glass. Apple uses two conventional offshore tax practices typical of multinational companies' tax-avoidance strategies, the report said.   Partner news |  Latest news RWB says Nişanyan jail sentence unacceptable  Nişayan's sentence cannot be converted to a financial penalty because of a previous trial, but the writer has the right to appeal.Obama nominates Victoria Nuland for assistant secretary of state Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post.Australian politician slams Turkey’s Gallipoli ban threat “I do not have respect for such excessive comments and actions,” Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council said.Huge quake hits Russia's Far East off Kamchatka Peninsula The epicenter of the quake was located 244 miles west north west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles. |
