* Pieter VanBennekom announced his resignation as...
* Pieter VanBennekom announced his resignation as president and chief executive of United Press International to become senior vice president and managing editor of EastNet, a new business news service.
The announcement was the first change in UPI’s top management to be announced since the 85-year-old news service was sold last month to the Middle East Broadcasting Centre of London, a Saudi-owned Middle East television network based in London.
EastNet plans to provide comprehensive financial and business coverage of Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union, as well as Central and Eastern Europe and China.
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