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Best Buy brings in a new CEO
Scott Tong Aug 20, 2012
Struggling electronics retailer Best Buy has named a new chief executive: Frenchman Hubert Joly will likely take the helm in early September.
CEOs face shorter tenures and tougher critics
Jeremy Hobson Aug 10, 2012
For shareholders and corporate boards in various industries, patience with CEOs might be wearing thinner. Data show that the average tenure of a CEO has dropped from 10 years to 8.4 years since 2000.
What reality TV can do for a CEO
Stacey Vanek Smith Aug 8, 2012
Coincidence? The head of Chiquita is the third ousted CEO since 2011 to have appeared on “Undercover Boss.” Is the show a curse or a bonus?
Volkswagen sets out to double U.S. sales
Jeff Horwich Jun 19, 2012
Volkswagen wants to sell 800,000 cars and trucks a year in the U.S. by 2018. That's an ambitious goal: it's more than twice what German automaker sells here today.
Latest airline fee: $35 per carry-on?
Tess Vigeland Jun 7, 2012
Ahead of the summer travel season, some airlines are charging for carry-on bags. Industry expert David Parker Brown is defending the new fee.
Apple CEO's public relations dividend
Adriene Hill May 25, 2012
Apple head Tim Cook says he will forgo the $75 million dividend from his company stock. It's a shrewd move at a time when corporate chiefs are under pressure for being over paid.
The fight over international flights from Houston
Gail Delaughter May 22, 2012
United Airlines hopes to reroute plans by Southwest, and stop a new international terminal from being built at Hobby Airport.
U.S. fliers spent $3.36 billion in baggage fees in 2011
Kai Ryssdal May 21, 2012
And that's down from 2010.
Spirit Airlines to charge $100 for late carry-on bags
Kai Ryssdal May 4, 2012
Spirit's new fee made us dig into the archives to see what else airlines can charge us for.
CEOs get a raise; average pay up 15 percent
Heidi N. Moore May 3, 2012
CEOs in the U.S. earned nearly $6 million on average, up 15 percent over last year and 28 percent the year before that.
