Dollar Thrifty shareholders voted against a proposed acquisition from larger car-rental competitor Hertz, likely ending Hertz’s five-month-long effort to acquire the company and indicating that a competing bid from Avis Budget …
In a somewhat surprising move, HP went outside its walls — and all the way to Germany — to find the chief executive to replace the ousted Mark Hurd. Apotheker had stepped down as CEO of German software giant SAP in 2010.
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Chrysler Group is likely to pursue an initial public offering of stock in “chunks” rather than one big offering and not until the second half of 2011, the company’s chief executive said Thursday.
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In testimony before Congress Thursday, Johnson & Johnson’s CEO apologized for the problems that have beset his company, including the quality issues with its children’s medicines and the “phantom recall” of a batch of Motrin. …
Given the latest production delay at Boeing, this time on the 747-8, the board should finally slide CEO Jim McNerney out the emergency exit. Ford CEO Alan Mulally looks like the perfect fit, especially because of his successful…