Posted on 18 September 2013. Tags: Azorean, Azores, California, CEO, Chief Executive Officer, Coach Inc., College of the Holy Cross, Durham University, Portuguese, Rhode Island, UK, University College, Victor Luís
Victor Luís, 46, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Coach, Inc., the largest U.S. luxury handbag maker. Luís, who also serves on Coach’s Board of Directors, will replace current CEO Lew Frankfort next year. Born in Vila Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel, Azores, at the age of six Victor Luís emigrated with his family to […]
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Posted on 16 September 2013. Tags: Amboina Massacre, Britsh traders, Macau, Opium Wars, Rogério Miguel Puga, Rogerio Puga
By Angelo Paratico (*) One of the most famous incidents—and there were indeed many—caused by British traders in the South China sea was that of the ship Lady Hughes in 1784. When entering Whampoa, a cannon’s salute was fired, an old European habit that greatly annoyed the Chinese. That particular cannon, unfortunately, was loaded with […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, World
Posted on 16 September 2013.
William Starck Architects, Inc has pointed David J. Andrade as Senior Project Manager. Mr. Andrade will be responsible for overseeing project development from initial conceptual design through construction, as well as general management responsibilities. Mr. Andrade has over 10 years of experience in design and project management for commercial, pharma/biotech, industrial and residential projects. He […]
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Posted on 12 September 2013. Tags: drop in births in Portugal, Portugal’s birth rate, Portuguese population trends
The number of births in Portugal dipped again in the first half of this year according to statistics released by the National Program on Early Diagnosis, the newborn vaccination national program. The 40,008 children born in this period represented a year-on-year fall of 3,830 births even. The total of births in 2012 came in at […]
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Posted on 12 September 2013. Tags: al-Qaeda groups, Dialogue 5+5, jihadist groups, Maghreb refugees
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal’s nearest Arab neighbor, Morocco, is increasingly feeling repercussions from the crises in North Africa, as are Portugal’s EU partners along the shores of the Mediterranean. Morocco is a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, the same as Syria, but like many other Sunni states it has little sympathy for the regime […]
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Posted on 10 September 2013. Tags: Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, Fall River, Joseph A. Conforti, Tagus Press, UMass Dartmouth, University of Southern Maine
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), have launched the publication of Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir by Joseph A. Conforti, a searching portrait of a city battered by the collapse of the textile industry woven into a spirited coming of age story. […]
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