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Steve Ballmer called 'Worst CEO' by Forbes

Posted May 17, 2012 - 11:25 am

Forbes says Ballmer wins "Worst CEO" award. True, or did Bill Gates hand over the keys at the right time?
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Why is Scott Thompson still CEO of Yahoo?

Posted May 9, 2012 - 12:17 pm

If any other Yahoo employee were confronted with a bogus credential on their resume, that person would be fired on the spot. So why does Scott Thompson still have his CEO job?
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Scott Thompson is toast

Posted May 4, 2012 - 9:10 am

Yahoo is trying its best to brush off the controversy over CEO Scott Thompson's biography, which inaccurately credits him with earning a B.S. in computer science from Stonehill College. It won't work.
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Failed T-Mobile buyout costs AT&T's CEO $2.1 million

Posted February 22, 2012 - 2:58 pm

AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson lost more than $2 million in compensation in 2011 because the telco's bid to buy T-Mobile USA failed in the face of antitrust concerns.
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Everyone is the new CEO of RIM!

Posted January 23, 2012 - 11:33 am

Lots of people have been talking for months about what a new CEO for the maker of BlackBerry should do. Now's as good a time as any to compile that advice into one handy guide.
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This Steve Jobs memorial website can be yours today for only $10 million

Posted December 21, 2011 - 5:31 pm

Looking to find the perfect "Steve Jobs" gift for a loved one or even yourself. Try eBay, where nearly 7,500 "Steve Jobs" items are on auction.
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Mark Zuckerberg's emotional roller-coaster

Posted October 24, 2011 - 2:41 pm

The Facebook founder hears a great tribute from a deceased mentor and suffers a social networking humiliation.
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Can Apple be great without Steve Jobs?

Posted August 25, 2011 - 11:45 am

Despite months of semi-Jobs-lessness at Apple, it's still not clear it its success comes only from Jobs' brilliance or whether Apple is able to be brilliant on its own.
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IBM's Palmisano mulls CEO successor

Posted June 13, 2011 - 9:09 am

Big Blue's chief executive is reportedly seeking advice on a plan to choose the next CEO
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Eric Schmidt's salary goes from $1 to $1.25 million

Posted April 20, 2011 - 8:57 am

Google executive chairman also in line for annual bonuses of up to $6 million.
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Google shares down on missed Q1 earnings, payroll concerns

Posted April 14, 2011 - 5:09 pm

Google reported first-quarter results after Thursday's market close that showed a 27 percent increase in revenue over the year-ago quarter and a 17 percent increase in net income.
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What to expect from Google's Q1 earnings

Posted April 13, 2011 - 2:20 pm

The first thing you shouldn't expect from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) when it releases first-quarter results following Thursday's market close is the announcement of a new CEO. It's not like they can do that every quarter.
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7 Things CEOs want in a CIO

Posted February 23, 2011 - 2:02 pm

CEOs know IT can be a rocket boosting a good business, or a rock holding it down. They know what they want in a CIO, but you probably don't.
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Tearing down the house that Jobs ~~built~~ bought

Posted February 8, 2011 - 7:42 pm

Who among us hasn't purchased a 17,000-square-foot mansion, lived in it for awhile, and then, disgusted by its ramshackle condition, abandoned it like a vagabond barn swallow? I did it twice last year alone.
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Forget about Google succession story

Posted January 21, 2011 - 12:18 pm

The shakeup at Google looks more like a mutual-promotion deal for Schmidt and Page, not a fundamental change in direction for the company.
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Google shares up a day after CEO bombshell, Q4 earnings

Posted January 21, 2011 - 12:13 pm

Shares of online search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) rose in early trading Friday as Wall Street continued to digest the company's blowout fourth-quarter results and totally unexpected top-management change. By mid-morning, shares were up 7.62 to 634.39, or 1.2 percent above Thursday's market close of 626.77.
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Apple shares down sharply in early trading

Posted January 18, 2011 - 12:07 pm

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plunged on Wall Street's opening trading bell Tuesday, one day after co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs announced he was taking an indefinite leave of absence to focus on his health.
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Can Apple thrive without Steve Jobs at the helm?

Posted January 17, 2011 - 12:30 pm

Following news that Steve Jobs will be taking a medical leave from his duties as Apple's CEO, the question of whether the company can succeed without him raises its head again.
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While Jobs focuses on his health, Apple board must focus on its responsibility

Posted January 17, 2011 - 11:49 am

If two medical leaves of absence in two years hasn't prompted Apple's board of directors to get serious about a succession plan, then the board is being incredibly irresponsible to shareholders.
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See, this is why you need a CEO succession plan

Posted January 10, 2011 - 8:13 pm

Earlier on Monday I wrote about Apple advising shareholders to reject a proposal to begin the process of finding and/or grooming a replacement for chief executive Steve Jobs. After all, it only makes sense to be prepared.
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Apple don't need no stinking CEO succession plan

Posted January 10, 2011 - 1:35 pm

Does Apple think co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs will be around forever? Probably not, but the company certainly is in no hurry to establish a formal -- or at least public -- CEO succession plan.
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Steve Jobs still pulling down the big buck from Apple

Posted January 7, 2011 - 1:09 pm

A recent filing by Apple with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that the parsimonious company still refuses to fairly compensate co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs with a livable salary.
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Defiant (yet respectful) Netflix CEO challenges shorts

Posted December 20, 2010 - 11:23 pm

Seemingly tired of hearing that shares of video-on-demand market leader Netflix are wildly overvalued, chief executive Reed Hastings on Monday publicly took on an investor "shorting" his company's stock.
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Hurley stepping down as YouTube CEO won't matter (and that's a good thing)

Posted November 1, 2010 - 1:08 pm

Friday morning I blogged about YouTube's Promoted Videos service for advertisers hitting 500 million page views. Later that same day YouTube CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley announced he was stepping down as chief executive.
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Former Oracle co-president lands top job at software firm

Posted October 25, 2010 - 4:18 pm

Former Oracle Corp. co-President Charles Phillips will be the new chief executive of Infor, a privately held maker of business software for mid-sized companies.
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