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Industrial Hose & Oilfield Supply CEO Mike Wilson Navigates a Leaner Permian Market https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/industrial-hose-oilfield-supply-ceo-mike-wilson-navigates-a-leaner-permian-market-1767020183.html Mon, 29 Dec 25 09:56:23 -0500 2025-12-29 CEO Watch In the current political climate in the US, there is a general distrust of all things related to globalization. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/addressing-globalization-fears-oracle-leader-fills-in-for-ceo-and-lays-out-an-international-high-tech-corporate-perspective-1487678830.html Mon, 07 Nov 11 07:07:10 -0500 2011-11-07 CEO Watch Though largely unnoticed prior to his recent CBS "60 Minutes" story, GE CEO Jeff Immelt has been entrusted with implementing job creation strategies in the badly sagging United States economy. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/the-bright-lights-are-now-on-ge-ceo-jeff-immelt-to-spearhead-us-economic-recovery-as-job-czar-1487678379.html Tue, 11 Oct 11 06:59:39 -0400 2011-10-11 CEO Watch On October 5, recently retired Apple CEO and by all accounts mastermind, Steve Jobs passed away after years battling pancreatic cancer. He left a legacy of innovation and prosperity for Apple. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/steve-jobs-and-assessing-the-impact-of-a-media-superstar-ceo-on-a-company-1487678204.html Sun, 09 Oct 11 06:56:44 -0400 2011-10-09 CEO Watch Although the United States Postal Service is a quasi-governmental organization designed to carry out the Constitutional mail delivery mandates, its economics are subject to private sector realities. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/us-postal-service-ceo-looks-to-forge-a-new-direction-amidst-dire-budgetary-realities-1487678117.html Fri, 30 Sep 11 06:55:17 -0400 2011-09-30 CEO Watch The unfortunate reality of when the government behaves irrationally and with inarguable overwhelmingly negative results, is that it invites endless speculation about the possible reasons why. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/a-public-health-threat-the-fallacy-of-the-fdas-regulation-of-natural-nutritional-supplements-1487678023.html Mon, 26 Sep 11 06:53:43 -0400 2011-09-26 CEO Watch Earlier this week Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett publicly reaffirmed his belief that people making over $1,000,000 annually should be taxed at a minimum rate no less than middle-class taxpayers. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/the-buffett-rule-and-the-possible-impact-on-other-us-ceos-1487677943.html Thu, 22 Sep 11 06:52:23 -0400 2011-09-22 CEO Watch With the dust barely settled from Yahoo’s recent CEO upheaval, there are some interesting story lines emerging that will play themselves out publicly in the days and weeks ahead. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/yahoo-presses-forward-ceo-to-lead-an-evolution-in-philosophy-and-direction-1487677832.html Mon, 19 Sep 11 06:50:32 -0400 2011-09-19 CEO Watch Yahoo Inc. is without a doubt one of the handful of prominent companies that stands as a monument in many people’s minds for the excess of inflated values during the Internet “bubble”. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ceo-upheaval-at-yahoo-and-the-fundamentals-preventing-dominance-1487677615.html Sun, 11 Sep 11 06:46:55 -0400 2011-09-11 CEO Watch Last week Tim Cook, newly installed CEO of Apple and successor to the legendary Steve Jobs, received a pay bump. Actually it was more like a pay rocket boost in minimal gravity. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-big-raise-from-apple-and-trends-in-ceo-compensation-1487677437.html Wed, 07 Sep 11 06:43:57 -0400 2011-09-07 CEO Watch Nils Larsen will be the CEO of broadcasting operations at the Tribune media conglomerate. This is his third job at the company. Do you sense butterfly here or opportunist? https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/tribune-company-has-a-new-leader-1487677316.html Wed, 01 Jun 11 06:41:56 -0400 2011-06-01 CEO Watch Nils Larsen will be the CEO of broadcasting operations at the Tribune media conglomerate. This is his third job at the company. Do you sense butterfly here or opportunist? https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/tribune-company-has-a-new-leader-1487682614.html Wed, 01 Jun 11 08:10:14 -0400 2011-06-01 CEO Watch Profile of Laura Hylton of Tactical TeleSolutions https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/recipe-for-success-just-add-drive-1487676268.html Tue, 06 Oct 09 06:24:28 -0400 2009-10-06 CEO Watch Aeropostale’s long-time chief executive officer, Julian Geiger, will step down by the end of the fiscal year but will continue serving at the retail giant as chairman. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/aeropostale-ceo-to-step-down-1487676214.html Thu, 24 Sep 09 06:23:34 -0400 2009-09-24 CEO Watch A Wisconsin bill would tighten regulations on the fast-growing payday loan industry, which provides small, short-term loans. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/wisconsin-targets-payday-lenders-1487676147.html Fri, 11 Sep 09 06:22:27 -0400 2009-09-11 CEO Watch In an effort to better understand search engine users, search giant Google Tuesday announced improvements to its search-term association technology, improvements that go beyond the traditional matching of key words with words found at websites. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/google-goes-semantic-1487677167.html Wed, 01 Apr 09 06:39:27 -0400 2009-04-01 CEO Watch Deutsche Bank AG announced that compensation for chief executive officer Josef Ackermann’s fell 90 percent during 2008. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/deutsche-bank-ceo-takes-90-percent-pay-cut-1487675957.html Wed, 25 Mar 09 06:20:40 -0400 2009-03-25 CEO Watch Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally will receive a 30 percent pay cut during the next two years, the Detroit automaker announced Tuesday. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ford-cuts-ceo-pay-by-a-third-1487676076.html Wed, 25 Mar 09 06:21:16 -0400 2009-03-25 CEO Watch Intel Corp. announced plans to freeze employee pay, including the salary of chief executive officer Paul Otellini. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/intel-freezes-ceo-pay-1487675820.html Tue, 24 Mar 09 06:17:00 -0400 2009-03-24 CEO Watch Activision Blizzard Inc. has appointed former Yahoo chief operating officer Dan Rosensweig chief executive officer of RedOctane, which develops the multi-billion dollar Guitar Hero franchise. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/activision-taps-ex-yahoo-coo-to-head-guitar-hero-1487675891.html Tue, 24 Mar 09 06:18:11 -0400 2009-03-24 CEO Watch Amid increasingly challenging economic times, as business budgets continue the delicate shift from traditional marketing outlets to online venues, New York City will play host to the online marketing conference Search Engine Strategies (SES) New York, from March 23 to 27. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/search-engine-strategy-conference-ses-new-york-is-gearing-up-1487676938.html Fri, 13 Mar 09 06:35:38 -0400 2009-03-13 CEO Watch Clearwire Corp., the wireless broadband service provider, names William Morrow to replace Benjamin Wolff as CEO. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/clearwire-taps-morrow-as-ceo-1487675736.html Thu, 12 Mar 09 06:15:36 -0400 2009-03-12 CEO Watch Eight U.S. bank CEOs will appear before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday to defend their use of $176 billion in bank bailout money. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/eight-us-ceos-to-testify-before-house-committee-1487675504.html Wed, 11 Feb 09 06:11:44 -0500 2009-02-11 CEO Watch Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini offered support Tuesday for President Barack Obama’s $800 billion economic recovery package during a speech at the Economic Club of Washington D.C. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/intel-ceo-offers-support-for-economic-stimulus-1487675656.html Wed, 11 Feb 09 06:14:15 -0500 2009-02-11 CEO Watch Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman joined the race for governor of California Monday, announcing the creation of an exploratory committee to seek the Republican nomination. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/former-ebay-ceo-to-run-for-california-governor-1487675337.html Tue, 10 Feb 09 06:08:57 -0500 2009-02-10 CEO Watch Aozora Bank Ltd. chief executive and president Federico Sacasa stepped down in the wake of the Japanese bank’s estimated annual net loss of $2.1 billion. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/aozora-bank-ceo-steps-down-1487675424.html Tue, 10 Feb 09 06:10:23 -0500 2009-02-10 CEO Watch Bank of America chief executive Kenneth Lewis dismissed speculation that his bank needs more money from the federal government, adding that he does not expect BofA to be nationalized. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/bofa-ceo-talk-of-nationalization-absurd-1487597098.html Mon, 09 Feb 09 08:24:58 -0500 2009-02-09 CEO Watch New Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz stands to earn $19 million in stock and cash during her first year at the search engine giant. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/new-yahoo-ceo-to-receive-19-million-pay-package-1487596904.html Mon, 19 Jan 09 08:21:44 -0500 2009-01-19 CEO Watch Bank of America Corp.’s first quarterly loss in 17 years, coupled with the troubled purchases of Countrywide Financial Corp. and Merrill Lynch, has put the bank’s chief executive, Ken Lewis, on the hot seat. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/bank-of-america-ceo-on-the-hot-seat-1487596991.html Mon, 19 Jan 09 08:23:11 -0500 2009-01-19 CEO Watch On Sunday, a copter crash killed five people, including high-end Mexican billionaire businessman Moises Saba Masri, declared the state-run Notimex news agency. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/copter-crash-kills-saba-masri-a-prominent-mexican-telecom-construction-billionaire-1487676505.html Mon, 12 Jan 09 06:28:25 -0500 2009-01-12 CEO Watch Novellus Systems Inc. CEO Richard Hill announced plans Tuesday to cut 10 percent of its workforce and reduce his own salary by 50 percent due to weakening demand from Asia. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/novellus-to-cut-jobs-ceo-pay-1487584436.html Wed, 10 Dec 08 04:53:56 -0500 2008-12-10 CEO Watch The median pay raise for the nations top CEOs rose 7.5 percent in 2007, representing the lowest rate of increase in six years https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ceo-compensation-up-in-2007.html Wed, 10 Dec 08 07:13:42 -0500 2008-12-10 CEO Watch Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner will step down next year after two decades at the helm of the magazine company her father founded. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/playboy-ceo-to-resign-1487584073.html Tue, 09 Dec 08 04:47:53 -0500 2008-12-09 CEO Watch Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce warned investors its merger plan with British Airways could fall apart because of the British airline's potential deal with Spanish carrier Iberia. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/qantas-chief-british-airways-deal-in-doubt-1487584227.html Tue, 09 Dec 08 04:50:27 -0500 2008-12-09 CEO Watch The chief executives of Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, along with top company officials, will not receive pay bonuses for 2008. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/merrill-morgan-ceos-wont-receive-bonuses-1487584366.html Tue, 09 Dec 08 04:52:46 -0500 2008-12-09 CEO Watch After hours of testimony before Congressional leaders Friday, the chief executives of Detroit’s “big Three” automakers left Washington D.C. empty handed, uncertain if they will secure the $34 billion rescue package they requested for their struggling companies. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/big-three-ceos-leave-dc-empty-handed-1487583789.html Sat, 06 Dec 08 04:43:09 -0500 2008-12-06 CEO Watch Former WorldCom chief executive Barnard Ebbers has submitted a request to have his 25-year sentence commuted https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ex-worldcom-ceo-seeks-presidential-pardon-1487583697.html Fri, 05 Dec 08 04:41:37 -0500 2008-12-05 CEO Watch The chief executives of the Big Three U.S. automakers returned to Washington D.C. Thursday to plead Congress for a $34 billion bailout. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/big-three-ceos-go-to-washington-again-1487583608.html Thu, 04 Dec 08 04:40:07 -0500 2008-12-04 CEO Watch Jerry Yang’s decision to resign as chief executive officer of Yahoo has not only set off a frenzied search for his successor – it has also increased the likelihood that the search engine giant will be acquired by Microsoft. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/yahoos-next-moves-1487583525.html Wed, 19 Nov 08 04:38:45 -0500 2008-11-19 CEO Watch Despite mounting job losses and widespread economic gloom, a third of Wall Street professionals expect a higher end-of-year bonus in 2008. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/some-on-wall-street-expect-bigger-2008-bonuses-1487583183.html Thu, 13 Nov 08 04:33:03 -0500 2008-11-13 CEO Watch The nation's nine largest banks benefiting from $125 billion in government emergency aid were asked to justify executive bonuses. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/congressman-eyes-ceo-pay-1487582456.html Wed, 29 Oct 08 04:20:56 -0400 2008-10-29 CEO Watch The rates of increase in CEO pay at large S&P index firms were up to four times higher than those at small S&P index firms, according to a recently released report. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ceo-pay-increases-vary-widely-1487582361.html Tue, 28 Oct 08 04:19:21 -0400 2008-10-28 CEO Watch Troubled insurance giant American International Group will freeze compensation payments to former CEO Martin Sullivan. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/aig-freezes-former-ceos-compensation-1487582232.html Thu, 23 Oct 08 04:17:12 -0400 2008-10-23 CEO Watch Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, third largest French consumer banking network has ousted its chairman and CEO after suffering a nearly €695 million ($931 million) trading loss on Oct 6. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/top-ceos-of-french-bank-caisse-depargne-resign-1487582005.html Tue, 21 Oct 08 04:13:25 -0400 2008-10-21 CEO Watch After a $85 billion federal bailout, you might be tempted to hold a retreat in an exclusive California resort, and that’s what American International Group executives did. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/bailed-out-aig-executives-blow-442000-in-california-retreat-1487581912.html Fri, 17 Oct 08 04:11:52 -0400 2008-10-17 CEO Watch Axel Miller, the leaving CEO of Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank rescued from final collapse earlier this month, guaranteed he will not ask for a pay-off when he quits the company. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/dexias-ceo-axel-miller-will-not-seek-golden-parachute-1487581839.html Fri, 10 Oct 08 04:10:39 -0400 2008-10-10 CEO Watch Software Giant is to open three Internet search technology centers, in Paris, London and Munich. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/steve-ballmer-and-microsoft-bet-on-paris-to-reinforce-research-department-1487351330.html Thu, 09 Oct 08 12:08:50 -0400 2008-10-09 CEO Watch The debate did not take more than twenty-four hours before hitting the fan. According to his contract, the Franco-Belgian Bank Dexia’s CEO, Axel Miller, who resigned while the bank was being bailed out by French and Belgian’s government, is said to be leaving the company with a €3.7 million ($5.2 million) golden handshake. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/dexia-ceos-golden-parachute-is-sparking-off-fierce-debate-1487351265.html Thu, 02 Oct 08 12:07:45 -0400 2008-10-02 CEO Watch Between 2003 and 2007, five high profile US fund banks' CEOs (Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley's John Mack, Lehman Brothers' Richard Fudd, Merrill Lynch's Stanley O'Neal, Bear Stearns' James Cayne) received record breaking pays that are sparking off fierce debate. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/3-billion-shared-in-between-five-wall-street-bosses-1487351165.html Tue, 30 Sep 08 12:06:05 -0400 2008-09-30 CEO Watch The bailed out lender's new CEO, David Moffett, is to receive base pay that is 25% lower than his predecessor. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/david-moffett-new-freddie-mac-ceo-to-be-paid-900000-salary-1487350937.html Wed, 24 Sep 08 12:02:17 -0400 2008-09-24 CEO Watch Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agreed to accept executive pay limits for the C.E.O.s of Wall Street firms slated to benefit from the $700 billion bailout initiative winding through Congress. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/paulson-accepts-limits-on-ceo-pay-report-1487351004.html Wed, 24 Sep 08 12:03:24 -0400 2008-09-24 CEO Watch Dupont Co. announced that Ellen Kullman will take over as chief executive officer from Charles Holliday starting January 1, 2009 https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/dupont-names-kullman-ceo-1487349841.html Tue, 23 Sep 08 11:44:01 -0400 2008-09-23 CEO Watch Republicans and Democrats say the federal government's $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street should include limits on compensation packages for the chief executives of financial institutions rescued by Washington. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/washington-slash-ceo-pay-with-bailout-bill-1487346014.html Mon, 22 Sep 08 10:40:14 -0400 2008-09-22 CEO Watch According to the Associated Press, Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson showed an interest in acquiring Gatwick Airport. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/virgin-ceo-richard-branson-ready-to-buy-gatwick-airport-in-london-1487345653.html Fri, 19 Sep 08 10:34:13 -0400 2008-09-19 CEO Watch The chief executives of three U.S. auto giants asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday to fund a $25 billion loan program. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/auto-industry-ceos-lobby-for-loans-1487345562.html Thu, 18 Sep 08 10:32:42 -0400 2008-09-18 CEO Watch The Federal Reserve tapped former Allstate Corp. CEO Edward Liddy to take charge of American International Group. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/fed-taps-liddy-to-head-aig-1487342564.html Wed, 17 Sep 08 09:42:44 -0400 2008-09-17 CEO Watch Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain stands to receive $11 million from restricted stock options when the sale of his bank to Bank of America is completed. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/merrill-ceo-stands-to-collect-big-payout-1487342451.html Tue, 16 Sep 08 09:40:51 -0400 2008-09-16 CEO Watch American Apparel CEO announced the achievement of economic milestones during a recent press conference in Los Angeles. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/american-apparel-ceo-praises-economic-milestones-1487341135.html Mon, 15 Sep 08 09:18:55 -0400 2008-09-15 CEO Watch Bank of America CEO touted the bank’s deal to acquire storied Merrill Lynch, despite a financial system he described as “under almost unprecedented stress.” https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ceo-lewis-touts-merrill-move-1487342288.html Mon, 15 Sep 08 09:38:08 -0400 2008-09-15 CEO Watch Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and his family became yesterday one of the biggest shareholders of the American New York Times group, when they took a 6.4% stake in the company worth $127 million https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/mexican-billionaire-carlos-slim-acquires-64-stake-in-new-york-times-1487341052.html Fri, 12 Sep 08 09:17:32 -0400 2008-09-12 CEO Watch On Sunday, the U.S. government took control of major mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, embarking on what could be it’s largest federal bailout ever, in an effort to support the sinking national housing market and avoid more global financial market turmoil. The companies’ top executives were ousted. Fannie Mae’s CEO Daniel Mudd and Freddie Mac chief executive Richard Syron, were replaced in the process by Herb Allison, formerly with Merrill Lynch and pension fund TIAA-CREF and David Moffett, a former top official at US Bancorp. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-ceos-ousted-1487340866.html Mon, 08 Sep 08 09:14:26 -0400 2008-09-08 CEO Watch Both top executives ousted from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in the major federal bailout ever of the troubled mortgage lenders, will receive a combined payoff exceeding $23 million. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-ousted-ceos-to-share-23-million-1487340989.html Mon, 08 Sep 08 09:16:29 -0400 2008-09-08 CEO Watch It is a hard blow to the Nano. The manufacturing of the tiny "revolutionary," less expensive car in the world ($2,500) is being stopped. "Tata motors has been constrained to suspend the construction and commissioning work at the Nano plant in Singur in view of the continued confrontation and agitation at the site," declared Ratan Tata’s spokesman yesterday in the Hindustan Times. The company also declared that it was looking at alternative sites. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/indian-farmers-drive-tata-motors-nano-project-to-a-halt-1487339924.html Thu, 04 Sep 08 08:58:44 -0400 2008-09-04 CEO Watch Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the largest luxury-goods maker, said on September the 2nd that he had agreed to buy Royal van Lent, a 160-year-old maker of custom-designed yachts from the Dutch investment company Egeria. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/lvmh-bernard-arnaults-first-foray-into-luxury-yachts-1487339671.html Tue, 02 Sep 08 08:54:31 -0400 2008-09-02 CEO Watch Oracle Corp.'s Larry Ellison topped the list of the 10 highest-paid CEOs at Standard & Poor's 500 companies, with a fiscal 2008 pay package of $84.6 million. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/oracles-ellison-is-highest-paid-ceo-1487339269.html Fri, 22 Aug 08 08:47:49 -0400 2008-08-22 CEO Watch General Electric will dive into the turbulent financial services industry, said chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt during a wide ranging interview from the Beijing Games. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ges-immelt-on-financial-deals-china-investments-1487332652.html Tue, 19 Aug 08 06:57:32 -0400 2008-08-19 CEO Watch A growing number of chief executives are exiting their positions prematurely, according to a new study. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ceos-exiting-position-prematurely-study-1487332778.html Tue, 19 Aug 08 06:59:38 -0400 2008-08-19 CEO Watch Shareholder support for advisory votes on executive compensation is growing, albeit modestly, at U.S. corporations. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/shareholder-support-of-say-on-pay-growing-1487332901.html Tue, 19 Aug 08 07:01:41 -0400 2008-08-19 CEO Watch The student finance firm First Marblehead Corp. saw its stock skyrocket Monday after it announced that Daniel Myers, the company's co-founder and former chief executive, would return to the CEO post. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/first-marblehead-replaces-ceo-1487339168.html Tue, 19 Aug 08 08:46:08 -0400 2008-08-19 CEO Watch Calpine Corp. named former Texas Genco chief executive Jack Fusco its new president and CEO, replacing Robert May. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/calpine-corp-names-new-ceo-1487332502.html Wed, 13 Aug 08 06:56:35 -0400 2008-08-13 CEO Watch The United Airlines pilots union called for the resignation of UAL chairman and chief executive Glenn Tilton, underlining the airline's poor on-time performance and financial losses. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/united-pilots-call-for-ceos-resignation-1487331793.html Tue, 12 Aug 08 06:43:13 -0400 2008-08-12 CEO Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs said users downloaded 60 million programs from the newly launched online software clearinghouse. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/jobs-iphone-software-booming-1487331429.html Mon, 11 Aug 08 06:37:33 -0400 2008-08-11 CEO Watch Despite increasing public scrutiny of exorbitant CEO salaries, 2007 saw an increase in CEO pay at S&P 500 companies. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/large-gap-in-ceo-pay-1486982658.html Sat, 09 Aug 08 05:44:18 -0400 2008-08-09 CEO Watch Chief executives hired outside a company are paid significantly more than chief executives hired in-house, according to a new study. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/firms-pay-more-for-external-ceos-1487331241.html Sat, 09 Aug 08 06:36:07 -0400 2008-08-09 CEO Watch Despite a lagging economy, Cisco Systems profits rose 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, as CEO John Chambers announced he was "very comfortable" with the company's long-term growth target. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/cisco-sales-rise-beat-forecasts-1486982497.html Thu, 07 Aug 08 05:41:37 -0400 2008-08-07 CEO Watch The social networking site plans to name Richard Kimber its new chief executive. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/friendster-to-name-new-ceo-1486982055.html Tue, 05 Aug 08 05:34:15 -0400 2008-08-05 CEO Watch Motorola Inc. names Sanjay Jha co-Chief Executive Officer, tapping him to run the company's ailing wireless handset division. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/motorola-names-jha-co-ceo-1486981965.html Mon, 04 Aug 08 05:32:45 -0400 2008-08-04 CEO Watch Morgan Stanley chief executive John Mack readies to recruit top executives. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/morgan-stanley-invests-in-new-hires-1486727386.html Thu, 31 Jul 08 06:49:46 -0400 2008-07-31 CEO Watch Former Bear Stearns chief executive Alan Schwartz will leave J.P. Morgan Chase at the end of August. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/former-bear-stearns-ceo-to-exit-jp-morgan-chase-1486727480.html Thu, 31 Jul 08 04:56:52 -0400 2008-07-31 CEO Watch Merrill Lynch shores up capital with a fire sale of its mortgage securities and analysts wonder, who's next? https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/first-merrill-whos-next-1486727290.html Wed, 30 Jul 08 06:48:10 -0400 2008-07-30 CEO Watch Patricia Russo and Serge Tchuruk, the two architects who orchestrated the merger of the telecommunications equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent two years ago, will step down at the end of the year. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/alcatel-lucent-ceo-and-chairman-to-quit-1486726969.html Tue, 29 Jul 08 06:42:49 -0400 2008-07-29 CEO Watch Buyout king Henry Kravis announced late Sunday that he will take his private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. public... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/kravis-to-take-kkr-public-1486726872.html Mon, 28 Jul 08 06:41:12 -0400 2008-07-28 CEO Watch Slumping sales and skyrocketing gasoline prices have derailed C.E.O. Alan Mulally's turnaround plans for Ford Motor Co. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ford-posts-largest-quarterly-loss-1486725841.html Fri, 25 Jul 08 06:24:01 -0400 2008-07-25 CEO Watch Charles Schwab Corp. Tuesday named Walter Bettinger II as chief executive and announced it had boosted its quarterly dividend by 20 percent. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/charles-schwab-names-new-ceo-1486725948.html Fri, 25 Jul 08 06:25:48 -0400 2008-07-25 CEO Watch The nation's fourth largest bank reported a staggering $8.9 billion loss during the second quarter, adding that it will cut its dividend again and slash 6,350 jobs. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/wachovia-loses-89-billion-1486725732.html Tue, 22 Jul 08 06:22:12 -0400 2008-07-22 CEO Watch Jerry Yang can breathe easy, for now. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/icahn-on-board-1486725630.html Mon, 21 Jul 08 06:20:30 -0400 2008-07-21 CEO Watch Merrill Lynch & Co., weighed down by $9.4 billion in write-downs, posted a second-quarter loss of $4.89 billion Thursday and unveiled plans to sell billions of dollars of assets. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/merrill-reports-49-billion-loss-1486723911.html Fri, 18 Jul 08 05:51:51 -0400 2008-07-18 CEO Watch Schwartz, who headed Bear Stearns before its epic collapse in March, asked Blankfein whether Goldman Sachs traders in London manipulated the firm's stocks. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/goldman-questioned-about-bears-collapse-1486723707.html Thu, 17 Jul 08 05:48:27 -0400 2008-07-17 CEO Watch Jamie Dimon, chief executive of J.P. Morgan Chase, announced Thursday that the bank's second-quarter net income fell 53 percent as a result of the continued credit crunch and $540 million in costs for the acquisition of Bear Stearns. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/jp-morgan-beats-forecasts-1486723814.html Thu, 17 Jul 08 05:50:14 -0400 2008-07-17 CEO Watch Battered by slumping sales and a sagging economy, General Motors C.E.O. Rick Wagoner announced plans Tuesday to eliminate its quarterly dividend, slash... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/gm-to-cut-jobs-sell-assets-1486723548.html Wed, 16 Jul 08 05:47:06 -0400 2008-07-16 CEO Watch John Thain is contemplating selling other investments in order to raise capital, including its stake in Bloomberg LP, according to a report by CNBC.com... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/merrill-eyeing-sale-of-stake-in-bloomberg-1486723334.html Tue, 15 Jul 08 05:42:14 -0400 2008-07-15 CEO Watch Daniel Lyons, the former Forbes magazine journalist who wrote the immensely popular blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, has decided to pen his last entry. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/farewell-fake-steve-1486723439.html Tue, 15 Jul 08 05:43:59 -0400 2008-07-15 CEO Watch Wachovia Corp., the nation's fourth largest bank, has named former Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel chief executive. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/wachovia-names-steel-chief-executive-1486723133.html Fri, 11 Jul 08 05:38:53 -0400 2008-07-11 CEO Watch "I do think we have some very serious issues to face," said Dimon, according to Reuters. "Things could actually get worse." https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/dimon-credit-crisis-could-worsen-1486722139.html Thu, 10 Jul 08 05:22:19 -0400 2008-07-10 CEO Watch Stanley Ho, 85, can now move ahead with the $493 million initial public offering, scheduled for mid-July. He has said that most of the money raised will be spent on new casino projects. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/casino-tycoon-cleared-for-sjm-listing-1486722858.html Thu, 10 Jul 08 05:34:18 -0400 2008-07-10 CEO Watch Microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer is still interested in buying Yahoo, but only of the entire Yahoo board of directors is replaced, according to reports. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ballmer-open-to-restarting-yahoo-talks-1486721912.html Wed, 09 Jul 08 05:18:32 -0400 2008-07-09 CEO Watch Reeling from slumping sales amid a stalling U.S. economy, General Motors C.E.O. Rick Wagoner is considering cutting thousands of jobs at the Detroit automaker, while also contemplating whether to stop production on some G.M. brands, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/gm-ponders-job-cuts-downsizing-1486722049.html Wed, 09 Jul 08 05:20:49 -0400 2008-07-09 CEO Watch The long legal battle former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso's compensation package ended when a New York court ruled Grasso could keep the $187.5 million he was paid. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/grasso-to-keep-pay-package-1486720795.html Thu, 03 Jul 08 04:59:55 -0400 2008-07-03 CEO Watch The steel magnate CEO of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal, joined the board of American business bank Goldman Sachs as an independent director, the company announced Sunday. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/lakshmi-mittal-joins-goldman-sachs-board-1486721800.html Thu, 03 Jul 08 05:16:40 -0400 2008-07-03 CEO Watch "The record casts doubt on whether Microsoft was ever committed to a whole company acquisition," said Yahoo during its shareholder meetings, according to AP. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/yang-attempts-to-sway-shareholders-1486720693.html Wed, 02 Jul 08 04:58:13 -0400 2008-07-02 CEO Watch Lehman, the nation’s fourth-largest investment bank, lost almost $3 billion in the second quarter, according bank insiders who wished not to be identified, reports the Associated Press. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/lehman-boss-to-give-up-bonus-1486720603.html Tue, 01 Jul 08 04:56:43 -0400 2008-07-01 CEO Watch Countrywide Financial C.E.O. Angelo Mozilo is under fire for providing two U.S. senators and former cabinet members special home loans... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/mozilo-countrywide-under-fire-1486720513.html Fri, 27 Jun 08 04:55:13 -0400 2008-06-27 CEO Watch Areva, the French engineering and nuclear technology group, harvested a total $11.8 billion worth of contracts this spring in the United States... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/anne-lauvergeon-mcmurphy-and-arevas-triple-play-in-the-united-states-1486720424.html Thu, 12 Jun 08 04:53:44 -0400 2008-06-12 CEO Watch The streaming service is crucial to Netflix's future prosperity... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/thinking-inside-the-box-1486720257.html Sun, 08 Jun 08 04:52:26 -0400 2008-06-08 CEO Watch With consistently rising gas prices, General Motors' CEO, Rick Wagoner, announced drastic cuts in production of S.U.V.'s and pickups on June 3, and geared up plans for smaller cars and engines. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/rick-wagoner-and-general-motors-get-ready-for-the-post-suvs-era-1486720107.html Thu, 05 Jun 08 04:48:27 -0400 2008-06-05 CEO Watch Ken Thompson, CEO of United States’ fourth largest bank, Wachovia, has been asked to quit by the board of directors of the company. He is temporarily replaced by Lanty Smith, present chairman of the board. This decision came to sanction the turbulences that the bank encountered since the beginning of the sub-prime crisis. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ceo-ken-thompson-disembarked-by-wachovia-bank-1486719949.html Wed, 04 Jun 08 04:45:49 -0400 2008-06-04 CEO Watch Two media titans, Rupert Murdoch News Corp's CEO and Tom Glocer, the head of Thompson Reuters, said they support a partnership between computer giant Microsoft and Internet giant Yahoo!, after a deal between the two companies fell through in April. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/rupert-murdoch-and-tom-glocer-support-microsoft-yahoo-merger-1486719850.html Tue, 03 Jun 08 04:44:10 -0400 2008-06-03 CEO Watch GE Energy, a division of General Electric Co., has signed, with Saudi Electricity Company, contracts worth over $500 million... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/jeffrey-immelts-ge-energy-signs-500-million-turbine-contracts-with-saudi-electricity-co-1486719779.html Sat, 31 May 08 04:42:59 -0400 2008-05-31 CEO Watch Saying customers were forced to spend more of their money on the soaring cost of gas and food, Sears Holdings Chairman Eddie Lampert announced a quarterly loss of $56 million. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/sears-posts-dismal-earnings-1486719119.html Fri, 30 May 08 04:31:59 -0400 2008-05-30 CEO Watch Exxon Mobil C.E.O. and Chairman Rex W. Tillerson defeated an attempt to displace him from one of his jobs during an annual shareholders meeting. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/exxon-chief-keeps-both-roles-1486719226.html Fri, 30 May 08 04:33:46 -0400 2008-05-30 CEO Watch Ghosn confirmed a long term participation of the French motor team in the competition, despite a year and a half of mediocre results. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/carlos-ghosn-renault-shall-be-a-long-term-resident-in-formula-one-1486639471.html Thu, 29 May 08 06:24:31 -0400 2008-05-29 CEO Watch Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer unveiled a few details of the software giant's upcoming operating system, tentatively titles Windows 7... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/microsoft-demos-windows-7-1486639535.html Thu, 29 May 08 06:25:35 -0400 2008-05-29 CEO Watch Honda plans a gas-electric version of its popular subcompact model, Fit, with rollout projected for early next decade... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/honda-announces-new-hybrid-schedule-1486718792.html Thu, 29 May 08 04:26:32 -0400 2008-05-29 CEO Watch HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan says the British-based bank might see further losses stemming from the U.S. subprime mortgage debacle, and he suggested banks worldwide hike interest rates to combat inflation. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/hsbc-chief-mortgage-crisis-could-worsen-1486639267.html Wed, 28 May 08 06:21:07 -0400 2008-05-28 CEO Watch Vodafone Group's Arun Sarin will step down as chief executive officer of the world's largest cell phone operator https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/sarin-to-step-down-at-vodafone-1486639372.html Wed, 28 May 08 06:22:52 -0400 2008-05-28 CEO Watch Mateschitz's energy drink pioneer company, Red Bull, hopes its new Red Bull Cola, which debuts in Las Vegas in June, will grab a larger share of the mainstream crowd. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/red-bull-fuels-the-fire-of-the-cola-war-1486639111.html Mon, 26 May 08 06:18:31 -0400 2008-05-26 CEO Watch Cablevision Systems Corp., led by C.E.O. James Dolan, reached a $650 million deal to buy the Long Island daily Newsday from Tribune Co. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/cablevision-acquires-newsday-1486638230.html Sat, 24 May 08 06:03:50 -0400 2008-05-24 CEO Watch American Apparel C.E.O. Dov Charney was named Retailer of the Year at 15th Annual Michael Awards, a fashion industry ceremony held at New York City’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/dov-charney-named-retailer-of-the-year-1486639025.html Sat, 24 May 08 06:17:05 -0400 2008-05-24 CEO Watch The median C.E.O. pay increased just 1.3 percent from 2006 to 2007, according to a recent study by the executive compensation research firm Equilar... https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/big-bosses-take-moderate-pay-hit-1486637177.html Wed, 21 May 08 05:46:17 -0400 2008-05-21 CEO Watch C.E.O. Les Moonves announced CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., the online news provider for $1.8 billion. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/cbss-big-bet-1486636680.html Fri, 16 May 08 05:38:00 -0400 2008-05-16 CEO Watch Within the next three years, Pandit announced, Citigroup will shed $400 billion in assets, all in an effort to streamline the bank and appeased worried shareholders. Vikram Pandit has lots of spring cleaning to do. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/cleanup-at-citigroup-1486636929.html Fri, 16 May 08 05:42:09 -0400 2008-05-16 CEO Watch Carlos Ghosn and Renault-Nissan to launch an electric car in the U.S. in 2010 https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/carlos-ghosn-and-renault-nissan-to-go-electric-1486637058.html Fri, 16 May 08 05:44:18 -0400 2008-05-16 CEO Watch Ghosn and Renault-Nissan Alliance have announced on May 13, the launching of the manufacturing of their own ultra-budget car. https://www.ceo-watch.com/CEO-profiles-and-news/ghosns-renault-nissan-alliance-and-bajaj-to-give-tatas-nano-a-race-1486636538.html Thu, 15 May 08 05:37:04 -0400 2008-05-15 CEO Watch