"Mad Men," about the world of advertising on Madison Avenue set in New York in the early 1960s, languished for years after being rejected by HBO and Showtime before the unlikely AMC (formerly known as American Movie Classics) picked it up, making for its first scripted drama series.
With the help of Nelson Mandela, the groups came together for a ceasefire in 2001 and the conflict officially ended in 2005, when the newly elected parliament picked Nkurunziza, formerly a Hutu militia leader, as the country's first post-war president.
General Electric's technology centre in Bengalooru (formerly Bangalore), to pick one, is working on advanced propulsion systems for jet engines.
They also picked up a formerly Democratic seat outside Rochester.
The duc de Choiseul, formerly French ambassador in Constantinople, picked up a piece of the frieze and two metopes.
Mr. Pilati, formerly with Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, picked up on a theme that is already having traction for the Milan summer 2014 season: the post-Marilyn glamour, out in the fresh air in the late 1950s and '60s.
The company, formerly known as Bezahlt, has picked up €18 million of financing of its own, and already claims 5,000 customers.
TappIn, formerly known as HomePipe Networks, was picked up for $9 million in cash, though shareholders stand to receive another $8 million if certain performance-based milestones are met over the next three years.
(Apple's iAd has Apple has also made some key hires as well: it picked up Todd Teresi, formerly of Adobe, to replace Miller at the top. A former Yahoo, Jessica Jensen, has also gone to iAd).
CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) picked a sample of more than 1,800 of the biggest, highest-emitting companies from different sectors and across different countries, including car maker Nissan and consumer goods company Unilever, owner of the brands Ben & Jerry's and Dove.
