International Business News - President http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Avon Products Inc President Elizabeth Smith is leaving the company to pursue her ambition of being a chief executive, the world's leading direct seller of cosmetics said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220654-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/avon-president-smith-leaves-pursue-ceo-goal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/avon-president-smith-leaves-pursue-ceo-goal.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:52:16 EDT The doctor responsible for carrying out the post mortem on the body of assassinated Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira said the head of state had been savagely beaten before being shot several times, the AFP reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090303/guinea-bissau-president-killed-joao-bernado-quot-nino-quot-vieira-beaten-gunned-down.htm Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:48:20 EST On March 2, African Union top executive, Jean Ping, condemned the assassination of Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo Vieira by soldiers as a "criminal act" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090302/guinea-bissau-president-murder-condemned-african-union.htm Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:43:11 EST Soldiers killed Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernado "Nino" Vieira on Monday, hours after the tiny West African state's army chief was killed in an attack, residents of the capital said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210100-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090302/guinea-bissau-president-killed-joao-bernado-quot-nino-quot-vieira.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090302/guinea-bissau-president-killed-joao-bernado-quot-nino-quot-vieira.htm Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:01:06 EST Today President Barak Obama set out his ethics and salary rules. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090122/president-obama-rules.htm Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:44:48 EST As the clock hit noon, history was made as the presidential seat was occupied by the nation's first African American president, Barak Hussien Obama. In his inaugural speech, he reminded the nation to choose "hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord" to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208882-ap-photo-jaehong.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090120/obama-sworn-president.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090120/obama-sworn-president.htm Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:29:54 EST On Monday a decision was taken to uphold the National Prosecuting Authority's appeal against a High Court ruling halting the prosecution of the African National Congress president, Jacob Zuma. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208632-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090112/242758-zuma-anc-president.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090112/242758-zuma-anc-president.htm Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:00:59 EST