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BUSINESS / OPINION Fri Apr 13, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Alter Net -- The CEOs who sit on the powerful Business Roundtable are working to stop Congress from moving ahead with executive pay reform. The reason? It's all personal. Does CEO pay in the United States need anymore fixing? The 160 corporate CEOs who make up t.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Jan 3, 2007 @ 7:26pm neoform

New York Times -- Robert L. Nardelli, the chief executive of Home Depot, who came under heavy criticism for his pay package and failure to lift the chain’s stagnant stock price, has abruptly resigned, the company said today... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Dec 29, 2006 @ 2:05pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Apple Computer Inc. cleared Chief Executive Steve Jobs and the rest of its current management of misconduct involving stock option grants, despite Jobs' awareness of favorable grant dates... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- American International Group Inc., which has lost billions on bad bets on the mortgage market, on Sunday named former Citigroup Inc. executive Robert Willumstad to replace the insurer’s besieged chief executive. Willumstad, 62, will take over from Ma.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The GOP candidate's call to allow shareholders to vote on executive compensation is seen as an appeal to middle-class voters and the unions John McCain threw a dash of populist pepper into an otherwise fairly traditional Republican stew of economic pol.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- Here's a question for Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer: Is Yahoo really worth all this hassle? After more than two months of waiting to negotiate with Jerry Yang and company, you finally got frustrated over the weekend and sent a strident letter.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 10, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Melanie Holmes is an executive for a Fortune 500 employment services firm and two years ago, at age 55, she decided to go back to school and get her MBA. Why? It’s not what you think. “It was a personal thing. I just wanted to achieve it,” say.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Jan 30, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- The board of French bank Societe Generale met Wednesday with its top executive under intense pressure over the loss of €4.82 billion ($7.09 billion) blamed on a single trader. Bank employees were also to convene later in the day, amid fears about the fu.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Dec 10, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- The board of Citigroup Inc. is scheduled to hold a two-day meeting this week as it weighs candidates, including Citi executive Vikram Pandit, to become chief executive of the largest U.S. bank, a source familiar with situation said on Sunday. The regul.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Nov 6, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Not everyone has a year or two to devote to a full-time MBA program. Here's the best in part-time MBA, executive MBA, and executive education programs Anyone who has considered a full-time MBA program already knows about the ugly economics. Tuition and.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 12:21am neoform

MSN Money Central -- Executive compensation continues to soar, even for many CEOs whose job performance has been terrible. These five companies paid the most to CEOS while their stocks did little for shareholders. I have a friend living in Harlem who works at a clothing sh.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Washington Post -- Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, the chief executive of Sallie Mae, abruptly resigned yesterday in what sources said was part of a campaign by the Reston-based student loan company to improve its tattered image on Capitol Hill. Fitzpatrick, 58, has been the comp.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 9:15am neoform

Washington Post -- Gary M. Beer, the founding chief executive of the Smithsonian's business unit and architect of a controversial deal with Showtime Networks Inc., has announced plans to leave amid internal and congressional inquiries into his management, expense account an.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Apr 11, 2007 @ 11:35am neoform

Denver Post -- In a phone conversation with his financial adviser, David Weinstein, on Nov. 3, 2000, former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio never said he was ordering a stock sale, Weinstein testified Tuesday. The date is important in the prosecution's illegal insi.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 26, 2007 @ 8:36am neoform

Denver Post -- Denver International Airport has not yet become a big transfer spot for cross-country travel on Southwest Airlines, but it will eventually, predicted Southwest chief executive Gary Kelly. "There's not enough flight activity yet to really envision it th.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

Forbes -- Quitting isn't always as easy as you expect. Say you've decided to accept a job offer. But when you attempt to resign, the boss throws out numbers instead of a farewell handshake. "Will you stay for $5,000 more?" "What if we give you more money plus an.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 6:12pm neoform

Washington Post -- An Alexandria jury today acquitted two former America Online Inc. executives of conspiracy and securities fraud, bringing a decisive conclusion to a government probe that fell far short of its mark... Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Thu Nov 9, 2006 @ 9:38am mrmdc

Forbes -- Imagine that Company A wanted to have a business relationship with Company B, and that it took the step of having the chief executive of Company B come onto its board. Imagine further that the CEO of Company A sits on the board of a third company, and now.. Read More