High Hopes for U.S./Vatican Diplomacy VATICAN CITY--While registering its disappointment over an early presidential decision to restore funding to programs that offer abortions overseas, the Vatican has struck a predominantly positive tone as it opens relations with the administration of President B

Gail A. Gerono holds an MBA from the Donahue Graduate School of Business at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a BA in French from Mercyhurst College. Gerono is the vice president of investor relations, communications, and human resources at Calgon Carbon, a company that removes conta

Lowell McAdam, who holds an MBA from the School of Business Administration at the University of San Diego, is the president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, where he began as executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2000. McAdam, who spent six years in the U.S. Navy’s Engineer Corps

Barack Obama, FOCA & Catholic attitudes about abortion

Obama Era Begins With Prayers WASHINGTON--The inauguration of President Barack Obama began and closed in the traditional way: with prayers. The Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, delivered the invocation at the pre-inaugural celebration on Jan. 19, reminding thousands ga

The chairman of TD Ameritrade, the world’s largest online brokerage firm, Joe Moglia holds a BA in economics from Fordham University. Prior to joining TD in 2008, Moglia was a vice president at Merrill Lynch. Before his venture into the financial world, Moglia earned a master’s degree in

Stephen McGowan, who holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Loyola Chicago University, was the chief financial officer of Sun Microsystems from 2002 until 2006, when he then became the executive vice president for finance of the Santa Clara, CA-based technology company. McGowan has wor

Ronald E. Logue holds a BS and an MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, and he is currently chair and chief executive officer at State Street Corporation in Boston, MA, where he began in 1990 as senior vice president and head of investment servicing for US mutual funds. One of

Various luminaries appear on the jumbotron Colin Powell gets cheers George H W Bush looks old John McCain talks to a very tall man Joe Lieberman is heartily jeered and at some length There is clearly no love lost for Joe Michelle Obama looks amazing The girls are beautiful Dick Cheney is

What the online press is offering this morning nbsp Slate has the president s speech as written by various readers nbsp The New York Times online nbsp has a similar feature offering readers hope for the Obama administration as well as readers photos of the events nbsp The New Republ