For more than 70 years the Hawthorne name was synonymous with delicious baked goods in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Norman Hawthorne made bread, buns and cakes from old family recipes and sold them from his h

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Paula Banks Paula Banks was named senior vice president, global diversity and organization partnerships, for PepsiCo, of Purchase, N.Y. She previously served as senior vice president, social strateg

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