George Robert Gissing was a thoroughly earnest and amazingly prolific writer, producing twenty-two novels, many works of nonfiction, and more than a hundred sketches and tales during his twenty-six-year career (the exact number of his stories is still un...
Although he was once best known as the author of a volume of essays, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903), George Gissing is now recognized as one of the important novelists of the late Victorian period. His reputation rests on the long series of...
Although George Gissing would have denied being a book collector and obliquely did so in his semiautobiographical The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903), the last book he published in his lifetime, evidence that he had the turn of mind and habits of...
BRIAN WESLEY * Company: Whirlpool * Education: Tennessee State University / Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Majored in Accounting (BBA) and General Management/ Strategy (MBA). * Landed the job through: Executive Recruiter at Whirlpool * My...
Leaders, pay attention! When Brian Wesley and his colleagues from Whirlpool look for future coworkers they keep their eyes open for bright, intelligent, and motivated individuals. They put a strong focus on candidates with leadership potential. Ability to bring in new ideas is also...
(Reuters) - Hershey Co replaced eight members of its board of directors, the latest in a string of management shake-ups at the U.S. chocolate maker. Following are highlights from the new directors' biographies: CHARLES A. DAVIS: Davis was head of Investment Banking Services and...
Dec 30 (Reuters) - The 19-year-old son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is now heir to the country's most powerful political dynasty. University student Bilawal Zardari, Bhutto's only son and eldest child, stepped forward to receive the family's inheritance on Sunday, accepting...
