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New York Times
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Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in National Security Agency eavesdropp..
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New York Times
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The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives pleaded guilty today in federal court here to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors and patients about the drug’s risk of addiction and its..
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CNN
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A group of top former World Bank executives has urged Paul Wolfowitz to resign, as the bank's watchdog warned his actions were undermining the ability of the institution to carry out development work.
The 42 senior executives wrote a letter to the Fina..
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BusinessWeek
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Wikis and blogs may be all the rage in the business press, but a new survey indicates that companies are hedging their bets
Companies may talk about embracing Web 2.0, but they're slow to invest in blogs, wikis, and many of the other new collaborative..
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Yahoo News
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Executives from Wal-Mart and three other major U.S. employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for every American by 2012...
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New York Times
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In the hours before the hanging of Saddam Hussein television news executives were thrown into hurried consultations yesterday over how to handle any images of his execution that might be released...
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CNET
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Apple Computer's stock took a hit early Wednesday after a report that company executives had made up details on stock-option administration documents to guarantee profits for certain executives...
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BusinessWeek
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The social network provides important lessons for executives—and a key forum for innovation and experimentation
For most business executives, Facebook remains a remote, somewhat mysterious, online frontier. Many executives harbor strong doubts that F..
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BusinessWeek
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CEO Diane Greene is assembling a crack team of executives to help the virtualization-software maker tackle new economic and competitive pressures
VMware's longtime Chief Executive, Diane Greene, has a lengthy history of doing the unexpected.
After t..
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BusinessWeek
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BusinessWeek's analysis shows even the richest and savviest of top U.S. executives have been wounded by the tough stock market
Big-name U.S. CEOs have taken a bath, but not the kind that leaves you feeling warm and relaxed.
As the bears took over Wa..
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Yahoo News
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A "development council" composed of several executives will replace Cisco Systems Inc. CEO heir-apparent Charles Giancarlo, who has resigned.
Cisco Chairman and Chief Executive John Chambers announced the appointment of the group of executives to overs..
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New York Times
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In the annals of perks enjoyed by America’s corporate executives, the founders of Google may have set a new standard: an uncrowded, federally managed runway for their private jet that is only a few minutes’ drive from their offices.
For $1.3 milli..
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BusinessWeek
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Top executives get hands-on, 24/7 assistance while the rank and file have to call India
The greater visibility--and criticism--of CEO perks in recent years has caused some in the C-suite to cut back on the benefits that tend to make their minions green..
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Los Angeles Times
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A group of reporters and their family members whose private telephone records were secretly obtained as part of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom surveillance scheme sued the technology giant and two former executives Wednesday.
Five lawsuits, each alleg..
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Los Angeles Times
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Should Whole Foods unplug John Mackey's computer?
Many corporations have discovered that putting their executives in front of a keyboard can generate positive buzz for the company. But the Whole Foods Market Inc. CEO's pseudonymous Internet message boa..
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Washington Post
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Congressional investigators yesterday disclosed that Sallie Mae executives met with Bush administration budget officials in December, less than two months before the company chairman sold $18.3 million of Sallie Mae stock. Three days after the sale, Presi..
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Washington Post
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Wall Street's largest and most important trade association yesterday acknowledged for the first time that one of its co-chief executives resigned abruptly earlier this year after an internal investigation uncovered loose financial management by him.
Mi..
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BusinessWeek
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Few IT executives take the environment into account when making purchases, but their ranks are likely to swell, Forrester finds
The good news is that the vast majority of information technology executives say environmental concerns matter when it comes..
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MSNBC
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Time Warner Inc. executives are weighing whether the company should reduce its cable-TV holdings amid competition from the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
A complete exit from cable TV is the least likely course,..
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BusinessWeek
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CME executives refused to sweeten the pot in a bidding war with ICE and downplayed the likelihood of antitrust challenges to the deal
The deal to unite Chicago's futures exchanges and create the world's biggest derivatives market is looking increasingl..
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