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| Sep. 24 |
Sun |
Sun CEO gets $11M 2008 pay package Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz received an $11.1 million, 44% bump over the previous year's $7.7 million
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| Aug.14 |
Yahoo |
Biondi, Chapple new board members Yahoo will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal
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| Aug.5 |
Yahoo |
Revised vote reveals disdain for board Yahoo has revised the results of a closely watched shareholder vote on its much-maligned board after discovering an error by a tabulation fi...
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| Aug.1 |
Yahoo |
Board Re-Elected Leadership faced only a smattering of criticism at the annual meeting today over their handling of a failed Microsoft takeover bid
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| Jul.29 |
Yahoo |
Pickens Rips Yahoo Honchos Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens excoriated Yahoo's management for failing to reach an agreement with Microsoft
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| Jul.21 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Icahn End Proxy Fight Yahoo is giving billionaire investor and 2 of his nominees seats on an expanded board, ending a high profile-fight for control of the Web portal
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| Jul.19 |
Yahoo |
Board won support of major shareholder The board won the support of Legg Mason Inc.'s Capital Management unit, providing a much-needed boost to fend off shakeup by Icahn
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| Jul.17 |
AMD |
CEO Changed as Results Fall Short| Hector Ruiz was pushed aside after six tumultuous years as CEO, as the chip maker tries to pull itself out of a deep financial hole | |
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| Jun.26 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo shakes up management Executive VPs Schneider and Patel are being given expanded responsibilities over the company's products and sales teams
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| Jun.17 |
Yahoo |
Shareholder wants to oust 4 from board
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| Jun.4 |
Yahoo |
Icahn tells board to scrap severance plan
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Yahoo |
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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| May.21 |
Yahoo |
T. Boone Pickens joins proxy contest Pickens had bought 10 million Yahoo shares over the past 2 weeks and planned to support Icahn's ticket
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| May.15 |
Yahoo |
Icahn Picks 10 Directors| Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft | |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft Analysts believe stock price, which had climbed 50% since Microsoft's initial offer, will surrender most, if not all, of that gain
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| Apr.11 |
AMD |
Chief Technology Officer Resigns
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| Apr.2 |
Intel |
CEO's pay package jumps to $12.3 million
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| Jan.23 |
eBay |
Whitman resigns as CEO Meg Whitman, CEO for nearly 10 years, plans to resign March 31, capping a tenure marked by the online flea market's rise coupled with recent troubles
| John Donahoe, 47, who oversees auction business, was named as her replacement. Meg Whitman had brought in the former Bain & Co. consultant 3 years ago
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| Jan.22 |
eBay |
CEO Preparing to Retire
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| Jan.3 |
SJ Mercury News |
MediaNews VP David Butler named editor
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| Dec.4 |
Cisco |
Cisco Systems Names New CTO
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm CEO Bruce Chizen said he would step down, and President and Chief Operating Officer Shantanu Narayen will replace him on Dec. 1
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post The chief executive of internet search firm has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang
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| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee fires president; CEO retires Antivirus software provider fired Kevin Weiss, and announced that George Samenuk will retire after options probe
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| Jul.30 |
Cisco |
British prime minister visits with execs
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| Apr.24 |
Sun |
McNealy steps down as CEO| Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy replaced by Jonathan Schwartz, who had served as COO and president. Scott McNealy, 51, is ending a long career as one of Silicon Valley's most colorful and controversial CEOs. McNealy will rem... | |
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| Nov.29 |
San Jose |
CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine CEO Peter Cartwright, CFO obert D. Kelly have left the company in moves that will help financial challenges
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| Sep.27 |
Palm |
Bill Gates visits
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| May.18 |
Intel |
Otellini succeeding Barrett as CEO
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| Apr.9 |
Google |
Execs paid $1 a year Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, CEO Eric Schmidt, asked that their annual pay be cut to $1
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| Dec.28 |
Apple |
S. Jobs highest paid Bay Area executive
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| Nov.11 |
Intel |
Otellini to succeed Barrett as CEO The 30-year Intel veteran oversaw the launch of the Pentium processor in the 1990s. He was president and CFO fom 2002
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| Aug.1 |
Apple |
CEO Jobs Says Has Cancer Surgery Chief Executive Steve has had successful surgery for a pancreatic cancer, the company's co-founder told employees
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| Mar.19 |
Apple |
Gore joins board of Apple
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| Aug.30 |
Google |
Google Hires CFO
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| Aug.8 |
Santa Clara |
SONICblue fires chief executive
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| Aug.1 |
Milpitas |
Microsoft ex-president named CEO
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| May.1 |
Sun |
Sun president stepping down
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| Apr.25 |
San Jose |
Gates addresses minorities conference
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| Nov.8 |
Palm |
CEO Yankowski resigns
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| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
BEA CEO steps down
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| Aug.6 |
Google |
Google names E. Schmidt new CEO
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| May.24 |
Intel |
G. Moore steps down from board
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| Apr.17 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo! names CEO
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| Mar.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo! CEO to step down
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| Jan.6 |
Apple |
Jobs drops 'interim' from title| After 2 1/2 years as Apple's interim CEO Steve Jobs becomes 'iCEO' at Macworld Expo at the Moscone Center | |
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