Pentax scraps merger with Hoya, picks new president

Pentax scraps merger with Hoya, picks new president

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Watanuki, 54, a former corporate vice president who was appointed president of camera maker Pentax Corp. on April 10 following a boardroom power struggle that ended with the ouster of Fumio Urano as company president. Urano had pushed for a merger with Hoya Corp. Pentax says it has given up on a planned merger with Hoya, following opposition from some of its major shareholders and discord within its management team.

Pentax scraps merger with Hoya, picks new president

Pentax scraps merger with Hoya, picks new president

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Watanuki, 54, a former corporate vice president who was appointed president of camera maker Pentax Corp. on April 10 following a boardroom power struggle that ended with the ouster of Fumio Urano as company president. Urano had pushed for a merger with Hoya Corp. Pentax says it has given up on a planned merger with Hoya, following opposition from some of its major shareholders and discord within its management team. (Kyodo)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

Wanda Sykes, Anna Faris & Luke Wilson Characters: Carla Dunkirk, Hannah Lewis, Matt Saunders Film: My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) Director: Ivan Reitman 21 July 2006 Date: 21 July 2006

Promoting boardroom diversity key to surviving crisis: advocate

Promoting boardroom diversity key to surviving crisis: advocate

TOKYO, Japan - TOKYO, Japan - Beth Brooke, global vice chair of accounting giant Ernst & Young, poses for a photo at a Tokyo hotel on March 17, 2010, after talking about the importance of promoting diversity at corporate boardrooms to generate innovative ideas and gain a competitive edge in business. (Kyodo)

Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

Prague to have memorial to ROA on 75th anniversary of WW2 end

A memorial to the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died when they helped liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Reporyje assembly decided on December 10, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague-Reporyje Mayor Pavel Novotny (opposition Civic Democrats, ODS) said Reporyje should a have a site commemorating some 300 fallen ROA soldiers. Members of the ROA were Soviet citizens who, after being taken prisoners by the Nazis, joined the ROA, which fought alongside Nazi Germany close to the end of the war. In May 1945, however, the ROA helped liberate Prague. It was headed by former Red Army general Andrei Vlasov who was executed by the Soviet regime after WW2. The ROA is known as the Vlasov Army in the Czech environment. On the photo is seen boardroom before the meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)