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Mozilo, Countrywide Under Fire

Countrywide Financial C.E.O. Angelo Mozilo is under fire for providing two U.S. senators and former cabinet members special home loans...

Anne Lauvergeon, McMurphy and Areva's triple play in the United States

Areva, the French engineering and nuclear technology group, harvested a total $11.8 billion worth of contracts this spring in the United States...

Thinking Inside the Box

The streaming service is crucial to Netflix's future prosperity...

Rick Wagoner and General Motors get ready for the post S.U.V.'s era

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.

CEO Ken Thompson disembarked by Wachovia Bank

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.

Rupert Murdoch and Tom Glocer support Microsoft-Yahoo merger

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.

Jeffrey Immelt's GE Energy signs $500 million turbine contracts with Saudi Electricity Co

GE Energy, a division of General Electric Co., has signed, with Saudi Electricity Company, contracts worth over $500 million...

Exxon Chief Keeps Both Roles

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.

Sears Posts Dismal Earnings

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.

Microsoft Demos Windows 7

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer unveiled a few details of the software giant's upcoming operating system, tentatively titles Windows 7...

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