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Cigna announces retirement of CEO H. Edward Hanway

Jun. 24, 2009
Managed care company Cigna Corp. says Chairman and CEO H. Edward Hanway will retire at the end of 2009. The Philadelphia-based insurer said Wednesday the 57-year-old Hanway will be replaced as CEO by President and Chief Operating Officer David M. Cordani....
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch