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Mark Cuban - Dallas Mavericks

celeb-cubanMark Cuban Sounds Off - Mark Cuban, the billionaire bon vivant, founder of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is not... full interview »

Bob Greifeld - Nasdaq

Screen Shot 2012-02-02 at 12.33.26 PMFacebook To List On Nasdaq? - “Obviously, we're well represented in the technology sphere..." full interview »

Meg Whitman - HP

Screen Shot 2012-02-01 at 2.52.34 PMHer First Four Months As HP CEO - Whitman discusses the rationale behind the decisions she's made so far, as well as HP's tablet... full interview »

Ron Johnson - JCPenney

Screen Shot 2012-01-30 at 2.14.50 PMLessons From Apple - Everyone wants to see what Ron Johnson will do next. full interview »

Jim Haworth - Professional Bull Riders

Screen Shot 2012-01-30 at 10.05.10 AMThis Ain't A One-Time Rodeo - Professional Bull Riders CEO Jim Haworth aims to turn what most people think of as one event at the... full interview »

David Cote - Honeywell

Screen Shot 2012-01-25 at 10.29.56 AMHow I'd Fix The Economy - Honeywell CEO David Cote got an inside look into Capitol Hill's machinations when he served on... full interview »

Andrew Mason - Groupon

Screen Shot 2012-01-23 at 8.29.16 AM70% Of Groupon's Employees Are Outside U.S. - Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason was interviewed by Techonomy’s David Kirkpatrick on stage at... full interview »

Larry Page - Google

Screen Shot 2012-01-19 at 6.43.17 AMGoogle Should Be Like A Family - In an exclusive Q&A, Google's co-founder and CEO explains how he built a No. 1 workplace -- and why... full interview »

Stephen Elop - Nokia

Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.comQ&A: Nokia’s CEO Plan for Smartphone Dominance - At Nokia’s CES keynote address last Monday, Elop launched into a spirited oration on his... full interview »

Andrew Mason - Groupon

Screen Shot 2012-01-17 at 10.06.58 AMThe Real Deal With Groupon - Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is in the business of bargains, and business is very good. But is... full interview »

Bill Kling - American Public Media Group

Screen Shot 2012-01-17 at 7.47.41 AMSometimes, You Need To Blow The Fuses - "I think every C.E.O. needs an executive team to be balanced to fit their strengths. The key... full interview »

Stephen Elop - Nokia

Screen Shot 2012-01-11 at 3.33.19 PMMS Purchase Rumors Bogus - Rumors that Microsoft is about to buy Nokia's smartphone division are "baseless," Nokia CEO Stephen... full interview »

Richard Gelfond - IMAX

Screen Shot 2012-01-09 at 10.49.36 AMIMAX CEO On 'Ghost Protocol' - IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond talks about the strategy to preview Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol... full interview »

Alan Mulally - Ford

Screen Shot 2012-01-06 at 11.05.02 AMWhat Lies In India... - "India is very competitive and as you pointed out it is a tremendous market for our customers." full interview »

Mark Pincus - Zynga

Screen Shot 2011-12-19 at 8.02.40 AMZynga’s New Game Will Appeal To Women - In his first interview since the IPO, Zynga CEO and Chicago native Mark Pincus talked about the... full interview »

David Karp - Tumblr

Screen Shot 2012-01-05 at 1.10.27 PMAll Quiet On The Tumblr Front, But Not The Back End - We met with its founder and CEO, David Karp to find out what he's been doing. He told us what made... full interview »

Scott Thompson - Yahoo!

Screen Shot 2012-01-04 at 2.45.53 PMIt’s Still “Early Innings” - In an interview, the man who is leaving a job running eBay’s large and lucrative PayPal online... full interview »

Walter Isaacson - Steve Jobs Biographer

issacsonInsights On The Writing Of Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson shares new information on his best-selling biography of the Apple founder. full interview »

Dan Akerson - GM

Dan-AkersonIn Person: GM CEO Akerson - Dan Akerson is hardly a corporate diplomat. The chairman and chief executive at General Motors says... full interview »

Kenneth Davis - Mt. Sinai Hospital

Screen Shot 2011-12-22 at 8.25.12 AMHow To Keep A Hospital Afloat - Mt. Sinai Hospital CEO Kenneth Davis discusses the science of being a CEO and how to manage a... full interview »

CEO Changessee all

Micron Appoints New CEO After Friday Death

Micron Technology said yesterday it has appointed D. Mark Durcan to replace chief executive Steve Appleton, who died Friday when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport.

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Sony Names Chief Gamer As New CEO...

Kazuo Hirai is Sony‘s new CEO and President, replacing Howard Stringer, the company has announced.

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Stringer To Step Down As Sony CEO...

Sir Howard Stringer will step down as Sony CEO and president on April 1, the Japanese electronics giant announced Wednesday.

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Apple Just Kidnapped A CEO From Britain...

Apple Inc. is reaching over the Atlantic to snatch a British electronics-chain CEO as the head of its own retail operation. Apple said Tuesday that Dixons Retail PLC’s John Browett will become its top retail executive on April 20. He will report directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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France’s Carrefour CEO Is Out After Share Tumble

The chief executive of Carrefour SA is to be replaced by a veteran French clothing retailer after a string of profit warnings sent the French retail giant’s share price tumbling.

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Tilera Names New CEO...

Tilera is announcing today it has launched new cloud computing processors with either 16 or 36 computing brains, or cores. The company is also announcing that its founding chief executive, Devesh Garg, has rejoined the company as CEO.

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American Eagle CEO To Step Down Saturday

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. CEO James O'Donnell will step down Saturday in a move that was expected and be replaced by former Levi's executive Robert Hanson.

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RIM's CEOs Are Out!

Research In Motions's co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepping down as CEOs, and COO Thorsten Heins will take over.

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WalMart: Sam’s Club CEO Is Leaving

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says Sam’s Club President and CEO Brian Cornell is leaving the company so he can return to the Northeast for family reasons.

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Martin Luther King III Steps Down As CEO

The day after the national holiday in recognition of his father, Martin Luther King III announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. He has held the position since 2011.

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NYT Publisher Might Name His Cousin CEO...

Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., publisher of the New York Times, is no stranger to nepotism — he did succeed his father, after all.

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Fannie Mae CEO Quits - Company Scrambling

Fannie Mae Chief Executive Michael J. Williams resigned Tuesday, saying he will depart as soon as the mortgage-finance giant's board names a successor.

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CEO Of Urban Outfitters Resigns - Red Flag?

The sudden resignation of Urban Outfitters’ chief executive sent shares in the youth fashion retailer plunging as several analysts asked whether it signalled deeper problems at the company.

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Fannie Mae CEO Steps Down!

CNBC is reporting that Mike Williams, CEO of Fannie Mae, is stepping down from the GSE. Whether he was forced out or not is not known, but let’s just say that the public is no longer in support of Fannie Mae in the same manner in which it was in the years earlier.

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WebMD CEO Resigns, Shares Plunge

WebMD Health Corp. shares plunged Tuesday morning after the healthcare information website said CEO Wayne T. Gattinella has resigned, and it expects earnings to drop this year.

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Billionaire CEO Says Goodbye To His Yoga Balls

Canadian surfer-dude-turned-billionaire Chip Wilson is stepping down from his executive role at Lululemon, the hugely successful purveyor of pricey yoga gear he founded 12 years ago.

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Claire's CEO Kahn Resigns

Claire's Stores Inc. said Chief Executive Eugene S. Kahn has resigned from the women's accessories and jewelry retailer, and two other executives were named to take over his responsibilities on a temporary basis.

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Yahoo Names PayPal Boss As CEO

It’s official. As Kara Swisher reported earlier, Yahoo just named Scott Thompson, the president of eBay’s PayPal business, as CEO. Thompson also will be named to the Yahoo board, which has been weighing for months a sale or other possible strategic options for the company.

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Teva Taps Bristol-Myers Exec As New CEO

Teva Pharmaceuticals has tapped a former Bristol-Myers Squibb senior executive to replace CEO Shlomo Yanai when he retires in May.

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CSC Narrows Search For Replacement CEO

Computer Sciences Corp., potentially facing a big financial hit from a troubled U.K. contract, has assembled a list of front-runners to succeed its current chief executive, and hopes to pick an outsider for the job early in 2012, people familiar with the matter said. The progress in choosing a successor to CEO Michael W. Laphen, who plans to retire, comes amid mounting difficulties for the technology-services company.

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CEO Buzz & Gossipsee all

Lots Of People Want To Sleep With Mark Zuckerberg

Unsurprisingly Ryan Gosling and Rihanna top the list for "most desirable celebrity affairs" but what did shock us, is that they were joined by Mark Zuckerberg and Sarah Palin.

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Mark Cuban's Insane Super Bowl Party

Mark Cuban capped off a wild week of Super Bowl parties with a blowout DirecTV-HDNet party last night. The invite-only shindig featured a performance by Katy Perry, and was touted as the weekend's most exclusive party.

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Microsoft Builds Megastore In Steve Jobs' Town

Microsoft are to open a megastore in the home town of rival company Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs.

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Buffett Won't Joke About Being Gay

"These people have come a long way, and I'd do anything they want, though I draw the line at proposing to a man," he says.

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NBA Fines Mark Cuban $75,000...

Mark Cuban is $75,000 lighter in the wallet after being fined for his criticisms of the crew that officiated the Dallas Mavericks' Wednesday night loss to Oklahoma City.

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Some Seriously Strange Photos Of Warren Buffett

Several times a year, Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett invites business students from around the U.S. to Berkshire's headquarters in Omaha, Neb., for a daylong visit. The ritual ends with a photo shoot.

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This Is Zuck's Favorite Board Game - Surprised?

A source told us that Facebook used to set Tuesday night as Risk night, where people could play Mark Zuckerberg at the board game. The fact that Risk is Zuckerberg's favorite game shouldn't be overlooked. It's a very strategic game about world domination.

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The Economist Has A Hilarious Cover On Zuck...

The most recent cover of The Economist features a spoof of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile following the social network's recent S1 filing to indicate its intentions for a $5 billion initial public offering. In it, Zuckerberg channels Julius Caesar in his status update of "VENI, VIDI, VICI!!! Am I richer than Bill yet? lol." The comments by Bill Gates, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Mitt Romney are pretty priceless too.

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Mark Cuban Capitalizes On Stick Drawings Of Cats

Mark Cuban really does have the Midas touch -- his $25,000 investment into an online business that produces stick figure drawings of cats (yes, really) is actually proving to be a moneymaker ... and the guy behind it can't keep up with the demand!

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Jobs Liked Vinyl Records More Than His iPod

Legendary singer Neil Young has claimed that late Apple's visionary-co-founder Steve Jobs, who was credited with delivering the iPod, preferred listening to vinyl records rather than modern gadgets.

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Buffett Will Match Teenager's Debt Donation

Warren Buffett isn't limiting himself to matching deficit-reducing donations by Washington lawmakers. A 16-year-old girl who lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago tells WLS-TV that Buffett will match her own $300 contribution toward trimming the U.S. national debt. Katie Murphy says she wrote Buffett asking if he would match her donation and he sent a note back saying yes.

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How Steve Jobs Ripped Apart A Girl Scout...

Once, Lashinsky says, a neighbor's daughter came to Steve's house selling girl-scout cookies. Instead of buying a few boxes and tossing them in the trash--the more-typical neighborly response from a non-sugar fan--Steve apparently ripped her a new one.

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Steve Jobs Is Back From The Dead, And He's In Taiwan

A new television advertisement airing in Taiwan has an actor with angel wings and a halo doing a thinly-veiled imitation of Steve Jobs, to promote a tablet called the "Action Pad."

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Larry Ellison...House...Fire

The large Japanese pagoda-style home in Atherton where firefighters quickly extinguished an attic fire Sunday was the former home of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

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OUCH: Former RBS CEO Stripped Of Knighthood

Sir Fred Goodwin, the former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland, is to be stripped of his knighthood, in a move David Cameron hopes will deflect ongoing anger over high bonuses at the state-controlled bank.

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I Wouldn't Trust Murdoch's FB Tweets...

Why would anybody trust Murdoch’s opinion on Facebook given his spectacular failure with Myspace?

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Jon Corzine Will Sell You His Penthouse For $2.9M

Nearly three months after MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection, many questions still surround the failed brokerage firm. Not among them, however, is what it will cost to live in the penthouse of its former chief executive.

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Zuck's Roommate Said No To Fb And Lost $400M

As Facebook is finally set to go public and sell shares that are expected to mean for billions of dollars for the company's founders, one man in Mark Zuckerberg's social network won't be celebrating to the same extent. Joe Green is the former college roommate of Mr Zuckerberg who, unlike his famous friend, opted to stay enrolled in Harvard instead of dropping out to make Facebook.

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Dying Steve Jobs Kept Bill Gates Letter By His Bed

People’s plutocrat Bill Gates talks about friendly rivalry, and how to get bankers to part with their money.

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