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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.29 |
San Ramon |
Chevron CEO slams critics at meeting
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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.28 |
SF Chronicle |
New chief at SFGate
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| Apr.11 |
AMD |
Chief Technology Officer Resigns
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| Apr.10 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image chairman resigns
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads
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| Apr.2 |
Intel |
CEO's pay package jumps to $12.3 million
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| Mar.15 |
San Francisco |
Second Life creator steps down
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| Mar.7 |
Palo Alto |
Facebook Founder Makes Forbes List
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| Mar.6 |
San Francisco |
47 Bay Area billionaires on Forbes list The Bay Area's biggest billionaire is Oracle founder Larry Ellison, worth $25 billion
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| Mar.5 |
San Francisco |
Allegations swirl around Wikipedia's Wales
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Golden Gate Park |
Nonprofit fires CFO over missing $3.6m
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| Mar.4 |
Palo Alto |
Facebook Hires Top Google Exec As COO
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| Feb.19 |
Stanford |
Bill Gates Talks Charity, Innovation
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Gap |
Old Navy's top exec steps down |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image replaces CEO Lightman
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid
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| Jan.25 |
SF Chronicle |
Bushee New Chronicle Editor Ward H. Bushee has been named executive vice president and editor of The SF Chronicle, the Hearst Corp. said
| Bushee, 58, a second-generation journalist, is editor and vice president of the Arizona Republic in Phoenix since 2002
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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 replaceme... | |
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SF Chronicle |
New job for editor Bronstein| Chronicle Editor is leaving his post to assume a broader role in the newspaper division of the Hearst Corp., which owns The Chronicle | |
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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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Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
Levi's Chairman To Retire Robert Haas is stepping down from the position early next year. He will be replaced as by T. Gary Rogers, a Levi's director since 1998
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San Francisco |
CTO At Second Life Resigns |
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| Dec.4 |
Cisco |
Cisco Systems Names New CTO |
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Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill
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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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49ers to buy Great America for stadium
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HP |
Fiorina Joins New Fox Business Channel |
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| Aug.30 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo Inc. to Reorganize Management |
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| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down Chairman Richard Kovacevich has turned over the reins to his top lieutenant, John Stumpf
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| Jun.24 |
Yahoo |
Chief Domestic Sales Officer Resigns |
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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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| Jun.12 |
Yahoo |
CEO Upbeat Despite Shareholders |
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| May.16 |
San Francisco |
Visa names industry veteran to head firm |
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| May.10 |
Palo Alto |
Palo Alto Man Has Lunch With Buffett |
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Teacher Strike Over
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| Mar.26 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image hires Lightman as CEO
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| Mar.16 |
Wells Fargo |
CEO's 2006 Compensation Nears $89M |
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| Feb.23 |
Schwab |
Investor services chief elevated to No. 2 |
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| Feb.6 |
San Francisco |
Gates speaks at cyber security conference
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| Jan.23 |
Adobe |
Mark Garrett becomes Executive VP & CFO |
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits Gap Inc. dumped Paul Pressler after a year of broken promises that culminated in a dismal holiday shopping season
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| Jan.20 |
HP |
CEO replies to House probe |
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| Dec.29 |
Apple |
Probe Clears Executives |
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| Dec.18 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo exec, to lead ONE Campaign |
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| Dec.13 |
HP |
Congress Asks CEO To Explain Cashout |
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| Dec.11 |
HP |
CFO Bob Wayman to retire
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| Nov.3 |
San Francisco |
McKesson execs acquitted of fraud |
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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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San Francisco |
CNet Chairman Steps Down Over Probe |
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| Sep.28 |
HP |
General counsel resigns from company |
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| Sep.26 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image CEO Steps Down |
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| Sep.22 |
HP |
CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now Mark Hurd announced that the fallout over the scandal also appeared to take down 2 senior HP employees
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| Sep.12 |
HP |
Dunn to Step Down Patricia Dunn will step down as chairwoman amid a widening scandal. She will be succeeded by CEO Hurd
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| Sep.8 |
HP |
Chairwoman Tries To Save Her Job |
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| Aug.31 |
Oakland |
Coke exec to become Clorox CEO |
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| Jul.30 |
Cisco |
British prime minister visits with execs |
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| Jul.17 |
San Francisco |
Levi Strauss Names New CEO |
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49ers |
49ers Announce New Stadium Design |
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| Jul.12 |
San Francisco |
Williams-Sonoma CEO to leave post |
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| Jul.7 |
eBay |
Top management shakeup |
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| Jul.6 |
San Francisco |
Levi's CEO to step down by end of year |
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| Jun.8 |
Cisco |
CEO To Take Over Duties Of Chairman |
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| May.21 |
Yahoo |
Top 5 executives raked in $135 million |
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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
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Chertoff Concerned About Bay Area Ports
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| Feb.16 |
Stanford |
Commerce secretary speaking to students |
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| Jan.18 |
San Rafael |
Bartz stepping down as Autodesk CEO |
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| Jan.15 |
South SF |
CEO at See's retires after 55-year career |
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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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School strike averted
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| Nov.4 |
Oracle |
CFO Maffei leaving |
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| Sep.27 |
Palm |
Bill Gates visits |
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| Sep.23 |
San Francisco |
PG&E shuffles top executives |
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| Sep.22 |
Larry Ellison |
Ellison is 5th richest American |
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| Jun.24 |
Oracle |
Maffei named as new president, CFO |
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| May.18 |
Intel |
Otellini succeeding Barrett as CEO |
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| Apr.13 |
Siebel |
Shaheen replaced Lawrie as CEO
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| Apr.9 |
Google |
Execs paid $1 a year
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| Mar.29 |
HP |
Mark Hurd named as new CEO
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Teachers Slash Homework in Labor Dispute
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| Feb.9 |
HP |
CEO Fiorina out| Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m | |
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| Jan.24 |
HP |
Board considers shifting Fiorina duties |
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Filmmaker recorded suicides
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| Dec.28 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover |
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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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| Oct.14 |
Palo Alto |
Steve Jobs first appears after surgery |
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| Oct.1 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million
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| Aug.1 |
Apple |
CEO Jobs Says Has Cancer Surgery
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| Jul.20 |
Schwab |
Charles Schwab recalled as CEO
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| Jun.24 |
San Francisco |
Opera's director won't renew contract |
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| May.20 |
Pleasanton |
Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics |
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| May.3 |
Siebel |
Tom Siebel steps down as CEO
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| Jan.13 |
Woodside |
CEO Larry Ellison marries for fourth time
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| Jan.12 |
Oracle |
CFO Henley named as new chairman
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| Nov.3 |
Emeryville |
Ask Jeeves Names New CEO
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor
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| May.7 |
Schwab |
Pottruck becomes sole CEO |
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| Mar.19 |
Apple |
Gore joins board of Apple |
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District to layoff hundreds of teachers
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| Oct.3 |
Gap |
Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
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| Sep.26 |
Gap |
Gap picks Disney exec as new CEO
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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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Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25
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| May.21 |
Gap |
CEO announces retirement plans |
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| May.14 |
Napster |
Founder and CEO both step down |
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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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| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Permanente names new CEO |
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John Madden Moves to ABC
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| Nov.26 |
San Francisco |
Providian hires new CEO |
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| Nov.8 |
Palm |
CEO Yankowski resigns |
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| Nov.2 |
Redwood City |
Hearst leaves ExciteAtHome |
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| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
Chairman resigns at Providian |
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| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
BEA CEO steps down |
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Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet
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| Aug.6 |
Google |
Google names E. Schmidt new CEO |
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| Jul.23 |
Napster |
Napster drops interim 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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| Nov.16 |
SF Chronicle |
Chronicle leaders named |
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| Jul.3 |
Oracle |
President resign |
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Bay Area News Atlas started
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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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Y2K bug fails to bite
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