A weekly collection of new hires, transitions, promotions and award winners in Oregon and southwest Washington: MOVES/HIRES: Digital Trends, a Portland-based technology news, lifestyle, and information website that publishes news, reviews, how-to articles, descriptive videos and podcasts about technology and consumer electronics products, has hired Facebook executive Bob Gruters as chief revenue officer. In addition to Facebook, Gruters has worked with media companies including Viacom, Conde Nast, Univision and REVOLT Media. He has more than 25 years in the technology industry. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions, has announced the hire of Steve Douglass as the company's corporate vice president. Douglass brings extensive experience building and leading global engineering and customer-facing teams. Prior to Lattice, Douglass was a corporate vice president at Xilinx, Inc. He began his career as a circuit design engineer at Intel … [Read more...] about Business Movers: Digital Trends hires Bob Gruters as chief revenue officer
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TRUMP on Twitter: I’ll punish companies that ship jobs overseas — PENCE’S POWER PLAY — Trump’s tax nightmare — SPOTTED at ERIC WILSON and RACHAEL DEAN wedding — B’DAY: Al Hunt
Driving the Day Good Sunday morning. 47 days until Donald Trump becomes president of the United States. Kellyanne Conway spoke to reporters this morning at Trump Tower and said the search for a secretary of state search has expanded beyond the four previously known candidates: presumably Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, David Petraeus and Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). Trump will interview more people this week, she said. THE PRESIDENT ELECT is tweeting this morning. 6:41 a.m.: “The U.S. is going to substantialy [sic] reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but any business that leaves our country for another country, … fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the other country, and then thinks it will sell its product back into the U.S. ...... without retribution or consequence, is WRONG! There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies ...... wanting to sell their product, cars, A.C. units etc., back across the border. This tax will … [Read more...] about TRUMP on Twitter: I’ll punish companies that ship jobs overseas — PENCE’S POWER PLAY — Trump’s tax nightmare — SPOTTED at ERIC WILSON and RACHAEL DEAN wedding — B’DAY: Al Hunt
TRUMP goes to the Hill — GOP using ‘sweeteners’ to get health care passed — TILLERSON ramps up NATO meetings — IVANKA to get West Wing office — AMY SWONGER to Trump White House — B’DAY: Ken Spain
Driving the Day Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2nNN951 ... Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay... Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51Jnf Good Tuesday morning. Story Continued Below THE WEST-WING MOMENT -- TRUMP goes to Capitol Hill for a 9:15 a.m. meeting with House Republicans. Trump is expected to talk health care reform. It’s unclear if he will address FBI Director James Comey’s testimony yesterday refuting Trump’s claims that President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Or, if he will discuss Comey confirming that there is indeed an investigation into collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. WE’RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER … When House Republicans were against loading legislation with goodies at the last minute to smooth passage. -- “GOP leaders pile on sweeteners to sell Obamacare repeal: The revisions are part of a last-ditch effort to get the measure passed,” by Jen Haberkorn, Rachael … [Read more...] about TRUMP goes to the Hill — GOP using ‘sweeteners’ to get health care passed — TILLERSON ramps up NATO meetings — IVANKA to get West Wing office — AMY SWONGER to Trump White House — B’DAY: Ken Spain
Use of force key issue in St. Paul police chief search
Public unrest across the country and locally about police use of force is leaving a stamp on St. Paul's search for a new police chief. A job posting that went live online Tuesday for St. Paul's next police chief listed a host of criteria and then asked candidates to write essays about three topics, starting first with this one: "There have been a number of recently highly publicized issues involving use of force by police officers around the nation. Please discuss your philosophy regarding use of force by the police and investigations regarding police use of force (appropriate investigative body, transparency, timing, independence of investigators versus internal department investigations, etc.)." The last two times the city looked for a new chief -- 2004 and 2010 -- use of force by officers didn't come up once in the essay questions, which instead focused on candidates' leadership experience, fiscal responsibility, collective bargaining skills and work to increase … [Read more...] about Use of force key issue in St. Paul police chief search
Agency where patronage is job one
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page May 23, 2010 This story was reported by The Globe Spotlight Team, reporters Scott Allen, Marcella Bombardieri, Andrea Estes, and editor Thomas Farragher. It was written by Allen. By any measure, Deirdre I. Kennedy was an outstanding candidate for chief probation officer at West Roxbury District Court. A Wellesley College graduate with two master’s degrees, Kennedy was a streetwise veteran of the Dorchester courthouse who spoke fluent Spanish. She was also a proven leader who had run an antidomestic violence program that won nearly $8 million in federal grants.But, in the closed world of the Massachusetts Probation Department, dazzling credentials scarcely matter. Probation Commissioner John J. “Jack’’ O’Brien chose the 73-year-old father of a state legislator instead, doing a favor for then-House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, one of … [Read more...] about Agency where patronage is job one