HP rebuffs attempt to oust 2 directors from board
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday barely rebuffed a shareholder rebellion aimed at ousting the two longest-serving directors from personal computer ...
Liberty to buy stake in Charter Communications
Liberty Media said Tuesday that it will buy a 27.3 percent stake in the cable TV provider Charter Communications for about $2.62 billion.

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello leaving
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. The company has named Larry Probst ...
Citigroup pays new CEO Corbat $12.4M in 2012
Citigroup awarded its new CEO, Michael Corbat, a total of $12.4 million last year. That's 17 percent less than the $14.9 million his predecessor, ...

China's leaders move to fill top government posts
The Chinese Communist Party's No. 2 leader was confirmed Friday as premier, tasked with addressing a slowing economy and defusing public anger over ...

China's new leadership faces myriad challenges
China named the Communist Party's No. 2 leader, Li Keqiang, premier on Friday as a long-orchestrated leadership transition nears its end, leaving the ...
Buffett gives exec raise while his pay stays same
Warren Buffett's total compensation declined 14 percent last year to $423,923 as Berkshire Hathaway spent less on his security, but his salary ...
Philip Morris Int'l CEO Camilleri to step down
Philip Morris International Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Louis C. Camilleri will step down and be replaced by the man who led it before it became an ...
Google paying bonuses totaling $15M to 4 top execs
Google is paying nearly $15 million in bonuses to four of the Internet search company's top executives for their performances last year.
Correction: HP Shareholder Revolt story
In a story March 8 about mounting opposition to several members of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors, The Associated Press reported erroneously ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba names new CEO
Alibaba Group, one of the world's biggest e-commerce companies, said Monday its executive vice president will succeed founder Jack Ma as chief ...
Time spin-off highlights risks facing magazines
From Sports Illustrated to People to its namesake magazine, Time Inc., was always an innovator. But now when the troubled magazine industry is facing ...

Stringer leaving Sony in June, hands over to Hirai
Howard Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony Corp. together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first ...
Chairman of struggling ThyssenKrupp steps down
Steel and elevator company ThyssenKrupp AG says its board chairman is stepping down. Seventy-year-old Gerhard Cromme will leave his post at the end ...
Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down
Shares of Internet radio pioneer Pandora Media Inc. shot up on Thursday after the company said CEO Joseph Kennedy is stepping down and it reported a ...
Facebook adds University of Calif chief to board
Facebook says the chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, will join its board of directors. She will be ...
Renault CEO: Let shareholders vote on exec pay
Just days after Swiss voters struck a blow against corporate greed, Renault's CEO Carlos Ghosn gave his support to the idea of giving shareholders ...
Humana spends $323K on commuting costs for new CEO
Health insurer Humana Inc. spent about $323,000 last year letting incoming CEO Bruce Broussard use company aircraft to commute to work.

Best Buy 4th quarter loss narrows
Best Buy Co. lost less money in the fourth quarter as efforts by new CEO Hubert Joly to make the company more efficient showed glimmers of paying off.

Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali
Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the ...
AOL taps Lyne to serve as CEO of its Brand Group
AOL Inc. has hired one of its board members, former Martha Stewart Living CEO Susan Lyne, to run the AOL portfolio of brands. Its chief operating ...
Google clings to cash for acquisitions, says CFO
Google plans to cling to its bulging stash of cash to pay for potential acquisitions and other technology investments that might boost future profits, ...

Herbalife to add 2 Icahn reps to its board
Dietary supplements company Herbalife will add two new members to its board of directors at the request of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has ...

From eggs to film: A Japanese-American studio head
There isn't much "Hollywood" about Kevin Tsujihara. He spends most of his time in back-room meetings, away from the red carpets and spotlights for ...

BP exec outlines internal probe of Gulf spill
Once the object of ridicule and focus of outrage after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, former BP chief executive Tony Hayward made a cameo ...