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| May. 9 |
 Northern England |
Man United moves swiftly, hires Everton's Moyes 
Manchester United is moving swiftly to appoint David Moyes manager, a day after Alex Ferguson said he was retiring after more than 27 years
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| May. 8 |
 Houston |
Enron boss Skilling set to have sentence reduced The former chief executive of Enron could be released from prison nearly a decade earlier than expected
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Man Utd's Sir Alex Ferguson to retire Map of Manchester England| Sir Alex Ferguson will step down as Manchester United manager at the end of the season after 26 years in charge | |
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| Apr. 21 |
London |
Russian Alisher Usmanov tops British rich list After eight years at the top of an annual survey of the wealthiest people in Britain, steel magnate Mittal has conceded his place
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| Feb.28 |
Chicago |
Groupon founder fired as shares dive
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| Feb.27 |
European Union |
EU agrees to cap bankers' bonuses 
European Union officials have struck a provisional deal on new financial rules, including capping bank bonuses
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San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple boss laments share price fall
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| Feb.18 |
Los Angeles |
Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies at 80 |
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| Feb.5 |
Texas |
Dell to be bought back by founder Michael Dell has said that he will buy back the world's number three PC manufacturer that he founded and that carries his name for $24
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| Jan.5 |
 Venezuela |
Italian fashion boss Missoni missing off Venezuela Map of Los Roques Venezuela| A small plane carrying six people, one of them Vittorio Missoni, a director of Italy's Missoni fashion house, is missing off the coast of Venezuela | |
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| Jan.3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google chairman Schmidt to visit N. Korea
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| Dec.12 |
Miami |
Deported McAfee lands back in US
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| Nov.9 |
London |
Ex-oil executive named archbishop of Canterbury
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| Oct.24 |
New Zealand |
NZ mine boss pleads not guilty
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New York |
Ex-Goldman Sachs board member jailed for 2 years
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| Oct.16 |
Manhattan |
Citigroup's boss Pandit resigns
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| Oct.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo appoints Google executive
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| Sep.25 |
Brazil |
Brazil Google boss arrest ordered
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| Sep.13 |
Karachi |
Factory owner investigated after fire kills 250
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| Sep.4 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Facebook boss to hold on to stock |
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| Aug.31 |
London |
Russian oligarchs end $4.75bn UK court battle
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| Aug.15 |
Microsoft |
Bill Gates backs 'future' toilet |
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| Aug.14 |
London |
BBC boss to head New York Times |
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| Jul.27 |
Seattle |
Tech titan backs gay marriage law |
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| Jul.21 |
London |
Murdoch resigns as News International director |
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| Jul.16 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo names Google exec as new boss Technology firm Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next chief executive
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| Jul.4 |
France |
Ex-France Telecom CEO probed over suicides |
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| Jul.3 |
London |
Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns| Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates | |
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| Jul.1 |
London |
Barclays chairman to quit over rate fix
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| Jun.28 |
London |
Barclays boss: I will not resign |
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| May.19 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart |
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| May.13 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post The chief executive of computer firm Yahoo has stepped down, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV
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| May.2 |
New York |
News Corp. board backs Murdoch
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| Apr.29 |
Australia |
Billionaire to build Titanic II |
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| Feb.15 |
Japan |
Former Olympus chairman arrested
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| Jan.26 |
 Southern France |
PIP breast implant boss charged Jean-Claude Mas, 72, the owner of a French breast implant maker that sparked a safety scare, has been charged with 'involuntary injury'
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| Jan.23 |
 Canada |
Blackberry-maker CEOs step down Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up
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| Jan.22 |
New Zealand |
Megaupload boss seeks bail in NZ
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| Dec.7 |
Japan |
Panel: Olympus management 'rotten'
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| Oct.5 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies Former chief executive and co-founder of US technology giant Apple Steve Jobs has died, the company says. He was 56
| Jobs announced he was suffering from pancreatic cancer in 2004. Jobs introduced the colourful iMac computer, the iPod and the iPhone to the world. He was indistinguishable from his company, which he co-founded in the 1970s
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| Aug.24 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Steve Jobs quits as Apple chief Apple founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of the technology giant and will be replaced by its chief operating officer Tim Cook
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| Jul.15 |
London |
Murdoch apologizes as deputies resign Two key executives in the media empire resigned, and their former boss began a series of apologies in the phone-hacking scandal
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| Feb.6 |
Cairo |
Missing Google exec to be released
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| Jan.20 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Schmidt to step down as Google CEO Eric Schmidt will step down from his role as CEO in April and be replaced by co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will stay on as executive chairm...
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| Jan.17 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple boss takes 'medical leave'
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| Dec.30 |
Moscow |
Khodorkovsky jail term increased Imprisoned former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, has been sentenced to six more years in jail for fraud
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| Dec.11 |
Manhattan |
Madoff's son found hanged in NY Mark Madoff, 46, one of convicted US fraudster Bernard Madoff's sons has committed suicide in his apartment
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| Aug.4 |
USA |
US billionaires in charity pledge |
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| Jul.27 |
United Kingdom |
BP ousts CEO Hayward| Tony Hayward will step down amid ongoing outrage over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and will be replaced by American Robert Dudley. Hayward will receive a year's salary amounting to $1.6 million. Dudley... | |
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| Jul.26 |
London |
BP boss set for £600,000 pension |
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| Jul.25 |
United Kingdom |
BP boss Hayward 'negotiates exit' |
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| Jun.19 |
Washington |
BP CEO Hayward criticised for yacht trip |
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| Jun.17 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress tells BP ignored oil well dangers |
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| May.17 |
 China |
Tycoon Huang Guangyu jailed for bribery Huang Guangyu has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of bribery, insider trading and illegal business practices
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| Apr.24 |
New York |
Goldman executives in crash profit boasts |
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| Mar.29 |
China |
Rio sacks staff jailed by China for bribery |
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| Mar.10 |
Mexico |
Mogul Slim is world's richest person
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| Dec.1 |
New York |
General Motors chief Henderson resigns |
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| Oct.21 |
Washington |
Plans bailout firm bonus cut |
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| Sep.17 |
European Union |
EU agrees on bonus claw-back call
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| Sep.4 |
London |
Bonus row opens up G20 divisions |
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| Jun.4 |
New York |
Fraud charge for Countrywide boss |
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| Apr.24 |
Washington |
G7 offers hope crisis is easing |
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| Apr.22 |
Washington |
Freddie Mac chief found dead |
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| Mar.29 |
Detroit |
GM chairman to leave car maker The chief executive of struggling General Motors - Rick Wagoner - has agreed to step down immediately at the request of the White House
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| Mar.24 |
Washington |
Fed wanted to block AIG bonuses |
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| Mar.23 |
New York |
Top AIG bosses 'to repay bonuses' |
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| Mar.16 |
Washington |
Obama anger at AIG bonus payouts |
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| Jan.6 |
West Germany |
Billionaire Adolf Merckle kills self
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| Dec.17 |
New York |
Madoff under curfew on $10m bail |
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| Nov.17 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss |
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| Jul.15 |
South Korea |
Ex-Samsung boss convicted
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| Jan.30 |
Paris |
Societe Generale CEO keep jobs |
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| Nov.4 |
New York |
World's biggest bank's boss quits |
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| Jun.18 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo boss steps down from post |
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| Oct.14 |
Sweden |
Trade minister to quit |
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| Jun.25 |
USA |
Buffett gives $30 billion Gates Foundation |
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| Jun.15 |
Microsoft |
Gates to end daily Microsoft role |
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| Mar.16 |
Washington |
Wolfowitz to run World Bank
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| Apr.16 |
Germany |
Bundesbank boss resigns |
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| Nov.3 |
Moscow |
Khodorkovsky resigns |
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| Sep.17 |
New York |
$140m NYSE chief Grasso resigns
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| Apr.17 |
England |
Billionaire Getty dies |
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| Dec.6 |
Washington |
Treasury chief O'Neill, Lindsey resigned
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| Jul.9 |
Washington |
Bush called for integrity in corporations |
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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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| Feb.4 |
Texas |
Former Enron chief quits board |
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| Jan.25 |
Texas |
Former Enron VP commits suicide |
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| Jan.23 |
Texas |
Enron chairman resigns |
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| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV
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| Jan.4 |
Portugal |
Gunman-businessman surrenders |
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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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