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Top executives band together to release 'commonsense' corporate guidelines

Jul 21, 2016
Bankers, business CEO’s and asset managers met secretly to come up with a set of “best principles” for running publicly owned corporations.
A boardroom meeting, circa 1960.

 
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO: let's stack the deck for companies with 'charitable intent'

May 23, 2016
Dr. Desmond-Hellmann believes big philanthropy's future incorporates the private sector .
Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 2012
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With no heir apparent for Bob Iger, who will run Disney?

Apr 5, 2016
After decades of tough successions, the company might look outside for the first time.
The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger presents at the D23 EXPO in Anaheim, California in 2015.
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There's a good chance you can't name a CEO

Jan 20, 2016
A new study showed that 53 percent of Americans can't do it.

Jack Dorsey and Dov Charney: A tale of two founders

Oct 5, 2015
Both young and charismatic CEOs were ousted from their own companies. One came back.

Jack Dorsey named permanent Twitter CEO

Now he has to figure out how to keep it interesting and bring people back.

United's CEO has stepped down amid a federal probe

Sep 8, 2015
One of the airlines routes is key to an investigation into the Port Authority.

For public good, not for profit.

The art of finding a new CEO

Sep 3, 2015
Do companies look for homegrown candidates or bet on an outsider?

Apple keeps CEO safe at $700,000 a year

Aug 7, 2015
Does his security staff take coffee breaks?

Will Twitter's midlife crisis bring a fancy new CEO?

Jul 28, 2015
More on the challenges facing Twitter ahead of its earnings report.