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Feb. 19, 2021 The Middleby Corp., a foodservice equipment manufacturer, has expanded its executive team with the following appointments, according to a press release:. James K. Pool III has been named to chief technology and operations officer. Steve Spittle has been appointed to chief commercial officer. Korey Kohl has been appointed to lead the Middleby beverage group. Najib Maalouf will lead the Middleby residential kitchen equipment group. Group presidents John Perruccio and Jeremy Dobrowol...

The Bretton Woods plan for monetary reconstruction did not go as far as Keynes would have liked. He proposed a full-scale world central bank and a single paper currency for all nations, which he wanted to be called the "bancor," so there could be no escaping inflation. That plan is still awaiting implementation. As it was, the Bretton Woods conferees, under pressure from the United States—which wanted the dollar to be the bancor—took a compromise position. They would create not a gold stand...