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David Zucker resigns from Midway Games

Midway Games (NYSE: MWY), an American video game publisher, released its CEO David Zucker.

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Midway Games discharges CEO David Zucker

Midway Games Inc said on Thursday Chief Executive David Zucker is leaving the company as it searches for a new leader to improve the loss-making video game maker's performance.

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Office Depot Inc. disagrees with Woodbridge Group on candidates

Office Depot Inc. on Tuesday induced shareholders to reject one shareowner's bid to nominate two directors in an attempt to remove its current and former chief executives from the board.

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Marks & Spencer appoints Rose executive chairman in summer

Marks & Spencer Group Plc announced Chief Executive Officer Stuart Rose will become executive chairman in June, taking over from Terry Burns when he steps down from his non-executive role.

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NPR bids farewell to Ken Stern

National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday.

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Motorola Inc is searching for new head

An American multinational communications company, Motorola Inc, is in need of a full-time head for its mobile devices unit.

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Tom Gerke is new CEO of Embarq

Telephone service provider Embarq Corp on Monday named Tom Gerke as chief executive after Gerke served as interim CEO since Dec. 18 when Dan Hesse left to head Sprint Nextel.

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Does the face of a CEO determine a successful company?

It certainly takes more than a pretty face to run a leading national corporation. But according to a recent Tufts University study, the performance levels of America’s top companies could be related to the first impressions made by their chief executive officers (CEOs).

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Citigroup Names Vikram Pandit As CEO

Citi's board of directors today announced that it has appointed Vikram Pandit as the company's new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Sir Win Bischoff, who has been acting Chief Executive Officer since November 4, 2007, will succeed Chairman Robert E. Rubin, who will return to his previous duties as a member of the Citigroup Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board.

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Option-loaded CEOs swing for fences, but strike out more often

A new study co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business finds that CEOs with stock option-heavy compensation packages tend to lead their companies to a more extreme performance, with more big losses than big gains.

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Purple Labs Names Simon Wilkinson CEO

Wilkinson will recruit a number of proven individuals to round out the existing Purple Labs team, creating a formidable team with the collective experience and expertise necessary to accomplish the company’s aggressive growth plans.

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Trolltech’s Haavard Nord assumes sole CEO position

Trolltech today announced that Haavard Nord, one of Trolltech's two co-CEOs will assume the role of sole CEO as effective of November 1, 2007.

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