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'RBS Boss To Be Offered 12 Million Shares'

Topix - Business News  Sun, 01/29/2012 - 01:45

RBS chief executive Stephen Hester is likely to be offered a potential bonus of 12 million shares for 2012, according to Sky News sources.


 

G.M.’s Chief, Daniel Akerson, Shakes Up Automaker’s Staid Tr...

NYT > Business  Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:48

After 15 months in the position, the chief executive, Daniel Akerson, has aggressively confronted the U.S. inquiry on the hybrid Volt and other issues.


 

New NPR Chief Faces Challenges on All Sides

NYT > Business  Sun, 12/04/2011 - 20:16

The last 14 months have been bruising for NPR, but Gary Knell, the former chief executive at Sesame Workshop, is hoping to restore order and revitalize the public radio network.


 

Sacked Boss Fights To Save Olympus In Scandal

Topix - Business News  Fri, 11/25/2011 - 08:35

The Briton sacked as chief executive of Olympus has confronted the men who fired him in a showdown over the Japanese camera firm's accounting scandal.


 

Groupon Plans Layoff For Worst 10 Percent Of Sales Staff

Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 10/27/2011 - 08:10

Daily deals site Groupon is replacing the worst 10 percent of its sales staff as it pushes to win stronger deals from merchants and ensure it can keep growing, the company's chief executive told potential IPO investors on Wednesday.


 

I.B.M. Names Virginia Rometty as New Chief Executive

NYT > Business  Tue, 10/25/2011 - 15:17

Ms. Rometty’s selection will make her one of the highest-profile women executives in corporate America.


 

Fired Olympus CEO Dismisses Probe

Topix - Business News  Sun, 10/23/2011 - 12:12

The ousted chief executive of Japan's Olympus Corp. says the company isn't doing enough to investigate a massive $687 million payment to mysterious financial advisers as part of a takeover.


 

Common Sense: Voting to Hire a Chief Without Meeting Him

NYT > Business  Thu, 09/22/2011 - 06:26

Hewlett-Packard’s trouble with its chief executive lies with its board, which is rife with animosities, suspicion, distrust and personal ambition.


 

Foster's boss says takeover could expand market

Newsvine - business  Wed, 09/21/2011 - 18:30

London-based SABMiller's takeover of iconic brewer Foster's Group creates an opportunity for Australian beers to more effectively travel the world, Foster's chief executive John Pollaers said Thursday.


 

Carol Bartz’s Blunt E-Mail on Firing Raises Issues

NYT > Business  Wed, 09/07/2011 - 19:23

With the words “I’ve just been fired,” Yahoo’s chief executive, Carol A. Bartz, did something that dismissed managers almost never do.