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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Moskovitz joins the Facebook exodus

Business | By Jessica Guynn | October 4, 2008
Facebook Inc. Read more
 

Friday, October 3, 2008

6 execs of failed WaMu to depart

Business | October 3, 2008
The chief executive of failed Washington Mutual Inc. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Chinese official in milk crisis resigns

World | By Mark Magnier and Don Lee | September 23, 2008
China’s product-quality chief resigned Monday as the government sought to contain a national crisis over tainted baby formula that has sickened 53,000 children and implicated the biggest dairy producers in the country. Read more
 

Circuit City’s CEO is replaced

Business | September 23, 2008
Philip J. Schoonover, chief executive at Circuit City Stores Inc., stepped down Monday and was replaced by a board member appointed to defuse a fierce proxy battle as the struggling electronics retailer continues its turnaround effort. Read more
 

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Israel’s Olmert hands in formal resignation

World | By Ap | September 21, 2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has formally resigned. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Effort to rebuild trust backfires

California | Local | By Carol J. Williams and Louis Sahagun | September 16, 2008
Before facing reporters the day after the catastrophic train collision in Chatsworth, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell called the agency’s chief executive to make an unusual request. Read more
 

Friday, September 12, 2008

BET entertainment chief is stepping down

Business | By Greg Braxton | September 12, 2008
After three years as president of entertainment at Black Entertainment Television, Reginald Hudlin is leaving his post at the Viacom Inc.-owned cable network, the company announced Thursday. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

IHOP parent loses key exec

Business | By Jerry Hirsch | September 10, 2008
The sudden departure of the chief financial officer and key strategist of the Glendale company that owns the Applebee’s and IHOP restaurant chains sent shares of DineEquity Inc. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Japan adrift as another premier resigns

World | By Bruce Wallace and Hisako Ueno | September 2, 2008
For the second time in a year, a struggling Japanese prime minister has unexpectedly quit, leaving the country politically adrift as it struggles to deal with a deadlocked parliament and worsening economy. Read more
 

Women’s slayings to be investigated

World | September 2, 2008
Pakistan opened an investigation into the killings of five women who tried to choose their own husbands after a Baluchistan province lawmaker defended what he called “centuries-old traditions.” Read more
 

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Rubin to step down at Citibank

Business | By M Bloomberg News | August 26, 2008
Citigroup Inc. Read more
 

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Chief of state Charter Schools Assn. to leave

California | Local | By Howard Blume | August 21, 2008
Caprice Young, who developed the state’s charter schools association into a powerful advocacy and support group, is leaving for an education-related firm. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Pakistanis celebrate after Musharraf news

World | By Laura King | August 19, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – In Wasif Khan’s cramped grocery store, the perspiring crowd gathered around the little television set behind the counter erupted in wild cheers when it heard President Pervez Musharraf utter the word “resignation.” Read more
 

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Ex-Taiwan chief quits his party

World | By Mark Magnier | August 16, 2008
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian resigned from the opposition party Friday after Swiss authorities requested help in an investigation of suspected money laundering involving his family members. Read more
 

Thursday, August 7, 2008

A fourth community colleges board member vacates post

California | Local | By Patrick Mcgreevy | August 7, 2008
Long Beach businessman Randal Hernandez has become the fourth member of the state community colleges board to step down in the year since the panel angered Republican lawmakers by endorsing legislation giving illegal immigrants access to student financial aid. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

2 Charlotte Russe execs quit

Business | August 5, 2008
Shares of Charlotte Russe Holding Inc., the San Diego-based clothing retailer with 469 namesake stores, fell 18.9% after the chief financial officer and general merchandise manager resigned less than two weeks after the chief executive left the company. Read more
 

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Publisher of Times resigns amid cuts

Business | By Michael A. Hiltzik | July 15, 2008
Los Angeles Times Publisher David D. Hiller resigned Monday after a 21-month tenure that encompassed the departures of two Times editors and plans for the sharpest staff and production cuts in the newspaper’s history amid a continuing slide in advertising revenue. Read more
 

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Grubb & Ellis chief quits

Business | By Roger Vincent | July 12, 2008
Commercial real estate brokerage giant Grubb & Ellis Co., with its stock getting battered in a softening market, announced Friday that its chief executive had resigned and that it would repurchase as much as $25 million worth of its own stock. Read more
 

Saturday, June 21, 2008

12 killed in stampede at night club

World | June 21, 2008
At least 12 people died as hundreds of young party-goers rushed to get out of a crowded nightclub in Mexico City during a raid on under-age drinkers, police said. Read more
 

Monday, May 19, 2008

McCain advisor quits over lobbying role

National | By Dan Morain | May 19, 2008
A top fundraiser and advisor in Sen. Read more
 
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