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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 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boss steps down from post  The chief executive of internet search firm, Terry Semel, has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang Buffett gives $30 billion Gates Foundation  Buffett, 75, plans to commit 10 million class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway, to Bill and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   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 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 Wolfowitz to run World Bank

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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 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 World's biggest bank's boss quits

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Nov.4   New York
  Charles Prince, the chairman and chief executive of the Citigroup, will be replaced as chairman by former US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
Jul.20   New York
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Jun.25   USA

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Oct.24   Washington
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Mar.16   Washington
  President Bush has nominated US Deputy Defense Secretary as the next head of the World Bank
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 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 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
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 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 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 Jul.9   Washington   Bush called for integrity in corporations  The President called for longer prison sentences for corporate fraudsters and more money for SEC 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
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 Feb.4   Texas   Former Enron chief quits board  Congress was considering whether to force Kenneth Lay to appear before inquiry panels 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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