Threatened with the collapse of his government, Pedro Passos Coelho, Portugal's prime minister, promoted on Saturday the head of the junior coalition party to be his deputy.
Randy Falco, the chief operating officer of Univision Communications, was promoted on Wednesday to be the president and chief executive of the fast-growing Spanish language media company.
The commander of the Beijing Military Region, Gen. Fang Fenghui, was promoted on Thursday to chief of the general staff, the Defense Ministry said.
Sajid Javid, the son of a Pakistani-born bus driver, was promoted on Monday from his post of culture secretary to succeed Vince Cable as business secretary.
"At some point, I don't know when, she should have a show," said Phil Griffin, hours before he was promoted on Wednesday to president of MSNBC.
Daniel L. Doctoroff, a former deputy to Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York who became president of Bloomberg L.P. three and a half years ago, was promoted on Tuesday to be the company's chief executive.
Mr. Hawass, whose previous title was chairman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Culture, was promoted on Monday to a position in the cabinet of President Hosni Mubarak as minister of antiquities.
The win saw Paul Cook's side leapfrog Scunthorpe and Rochdale – both of whom were promoted on Saturday – and ensures they will go up as champions if they beat Fleetwood at home on Saturday.
Technology industry analysts said the delay also cast doubt on plans by the company, Webvan Group Inc., for the Bronx warehouse, which was supposed to provide more than 900 jobs, a project that New York City officials promoted on Thursday.
