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A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators in charge of total management. An individual selected as president and CEO of a corporation, company, organization, or agency, reports to the board of directors. In internal communication and press releases, many companies capitalize the term and those of other high positions, even when they are not proper nouns.

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DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO (AP)

DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive.


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MySpace in talks to buy imeem

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.


GE to sell security unit to United Technologies

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US conglomerate General Electric on Thursday announced it would sell its security unit to United Technologies Corp. for 1.82 billion dollars.


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'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.


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Fortune crowns Steve Jobs 'CEO of Decade'

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fortune Magazine crowned Apple top dog Steve Jobs "CEO of the Decade" in its newest edition.


Philip's net profit of 176 mln euros ($259 million) was nearly triple the year-earlier result

Philips posts surprise profit as cost cuts help

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch electronics giant Philips reported on Monday a surprise profit for the third quarter as a series of cost cutting measures to cope with the global slump helped the bottomline.


Yahoo! buys jordan-based portal Maktoob

Yahoo! extends reach into Arab world with Maktoob buy

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US Internet giant Yahoo! said Tuesday it had signed a deal to purchase popular Jordan-based web portal Maktoob, expanding its reach to millions of consumers across the Arab world.


Sprint Nextel posts wider 2Q loss, shares skid (AP)

Sprint Nextel posts wider 2Q loss, shares skid

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless provider, on Wednesday said its loss widened in the second quarter as revenue and subscribers continued to decline. Its shares skidded 10 percent ...


Jobs has been recovering well and was expected to return to work on schedule later this month

Apple CEO gets liver transplant: report

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created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, on medical leave since January for treatment of an undisclosed condition, received a liver transplant about two months ago in Tennessee, The Wall Street Journal reported ...


Sprint CEO: Palm Pre is 'coming out party'

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created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint's chief executive says the release of Palm's Pre smart phone represents a "coming out party" for Sprint.


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Color Kindle 'multiple' years away: Amazon CEO

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said Thursday that the online retail giant may never reveal sales figures for the Kindle and a color version of the electronic reader is "multiple" years away.


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Twitter co-founders are mum on revenue plans

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services, but it's unclear which ones and what will drive revenue.


IBM backs full-year profit forecast

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is again backing its forecast for profit of $9.20 per share this year.


Ask.com CEO leaving, president to take over role

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created May 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The chief executive of Internet search engine Ask.com, Jim Safka, is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post.


Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors of a takeover bid

Microsoft bond issue sparks takeover rumors

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid.