IN BRIEF
Westinghouse Electric announced this week it appointed Ricardo G. "Ric" Pérez to the newly created position of senior vice president of Global Growth and Innovation as the company prepares for its international growth.
Pérez, who most recently was senior vice president of Westinghouse Nuclear Services, will begin his new position immediately.
He will be replaced by Nick Liparulo, a 36-year Westinghouse veteran who most recently served as vice president of Engineering Services.
Pérez joined Westinghouse in 1981 and has held a number of increasingly responsible global positions in the Nuclear Services organization. During his career, he has represented Westinghouse in the United States, United Kingdom and Belgium.He also has spent more than 20 years in direct support of operating nuclear plants, including a three-year assignment as site services manager at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California.Prior to his engineering services position, Liparulo served as vice president, U.S./Asia Fuel, and vice president of Fuel Engineering, for the Nuclear Fuel business unit.
DALLAS — J.C. Penney Co. reported a 36 percent decline in second-quarter net income and said it also expects lower profits in the third quarter as back-to-school shoppers scale back spending.Penney reported net income of $117 million, or 52 cents a share, in the period ended Aug. 2, compared with net income of $182 million, or 78 cents, a year ago.Total sales fell 2.5 percent to $4.28 billion, and same-store sales declined 4.3 percent.From staff and wire reports
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