chief
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The transaction is “part of Alibaba’s overall road map to sharpen its strategic focus,” said Zhou Bingshu, chief executive officer of Lingxi Games, without disclosing the size of the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Lancashire chief executive Daniel Gidney, also on the board of MSG, says there's no choice but to be bold in a rebrand.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya traveled late Saturday to the Egyptian Mediterranean city of El-Alamein in his first trip since taking over the Gaza-based Islamist movement last month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
But the grid is missing round-the-clock power to replace Diablo Canyon, said Conor Doyle, chief of strategic initiatives at PG&E, during a recent tour of the plant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Nina Slovokhotova, the 586th’s chief of chemical services, watched and waited tensely that night with the rest of the regiment.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Residents of Brunswick Gate, Landsgate, Ounty John Lane, Quarry Park Road and Racecourse Lane were asked to gather to speak to fire chiefs one by one.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
And the choice of CFO to step in for the chief executive’s role makes sense due in part to the operational expertise that most finance chiefs possess, as we noted in the Morning Ledger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Times leads with police chiefs writing to the prime minister over "collective concern" as thousands of offenders are set to be granted early release.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He quoted intelligence chiefs as saying they had helped to develop a "range of measures" to manage any risks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
In particular, a tribal big-man’s role in dividing the meat of pigs slaughtered for feasts points to the role of chiefs in collecting and redistributing food and goods—now reconstrued as tribute—in chiefdoms.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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