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| Jun.4 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Investor steps up Yahoo campaign Outraged by new details about Yahoo efforts to complicate Microsoft takeover bid, Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be fired
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| Mar.6 |
USA |
Buffett named world's richest man Forbes' list of the world's wealthy has named Warren Buffett the richest person on the planet, surpassing his friend Bill Gates
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| Nov.4 |
New York |
World's biggest bank's boss quits  | Charles Prince, the chairman and chief executive of the Citigroup, will be replaced as chairman by former US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin | |
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| Jul.20 |
New York |
DJ director quits to protest sale A director on the board of Dow Jones & Co has resigned because he could not support its endorsement of a $5 billion takeover
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| Jun.18 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo boss steps down from post The chief executive of internet search firm, Terry Semel, has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang
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| Jun.25 |
USA |
Buffett gives $30 billion Gates Foundation Buffett, 75, plans to commit 10 million class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway, to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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| Oct.24 |
Washington |
Bush Selects Bernanke as New Fed Chief President named top White House economic adviser as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in place of Greenspan
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| Jun.27 |
USA |
Crash kills Wal-Mart billionaire John Walton, 58, son of the founder of the retail chain, has died when his light aircraft crashed in Wyoming
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| Mar.16 |
Washington |
Wolfowitz to run World Bank| President Bush has nominated US Deputy Defense Secretary as the next head of the World Bank | |
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| Mar.13 |
Southern California |
Disney names Iger as Eisner replacement Walt Disney Co.'s board has named company president to succeed Michael Eisner as CEO
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| Mar.7 |
Seattle |
Boeing fires CEO over relationship Boeing has ordered Harry Stonecipher to step down because of an improper relationship with a female executive
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| Feb.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Fiorina forced out at HP CEO who engineered Hewlett-Packard merger with Compaq leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m
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| Sep.17 |
New York |
$140m NYSE chief Grasso resigns| A special board meeting called to address the furor over CEO's pay and retirement package | |
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| Jan.12 |
New York |
Case resigns as AOL chairman The embattled co-founder America Online, surrendered to critics, announcing he would give up the post in May
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| Dec.9 |
Washington |
Bush taps Snow for Treasury John W. Snow, CEO of CSX Corp., is the president's choice to replace Paul H. O'Neill as treasury secretary
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| Dec.6 |
Washington |
Treasury chief O'Neill, Lindsey resigned Both men were asked to resign by the White House, continuing the house cleaning of the Bush's economic team
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| Jul.16 |
New York |
Greenspan wants crackdown on CEOs Central bank chairman expressed optimism about the U.S. economy, but said scandals dragging down stocks
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| Jul.9 |
Washington |
Bush called for integrity in corporations The President called for longer prison sentences for corporate fraudsters and more money for SEC
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| Jul.8 |
U.S. Congress |
Bush wants new laws on corporate abuse| Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and ex-CFO Scott Sullivan take Fifth on Capitol Hill | |
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| Mar.26 |
USA |
Andersen chief steps down Joseph Berardino was with Andersen for 30 years. He is leaving in bid to prevent the firm's collapse
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| Feb.4 |
Texas |
Former Enron chief quits board Congress was considering whether to force Kenneth Lay to appear before inquiry panels
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| Jan.25 |
Texas |
Former Enron VP commits suicide John C. Baxter discovered inside a vehicle. A suicide note was found at the scene
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| Jan.14 |
Seattle |
Microsoft CEO Gates Steps Down| Bill Gates is handing the reins to his former Harvard classmate, Steve Ballmer, the company's president | |
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