<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - ceo</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/ceo</link><description>Newsvine - ceo</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:53:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:10 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Judge denies $20M severance deal for AMR CEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal bankruptcy judge has at least temporarily blocked a proposed $20 million severance payment for the CEO of American Airlines as part of the company's merger with US Airways.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17717820-judge-denies-20m-severance-deal-for-amr-ceo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17717820-judge-denies-20m-severance-deal-for-amr-ceo</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>us-airways</category><category>airlines</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>ceo</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:20:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0122311d-b01b-4328-aacf-b4e24ddb0fbc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0122311d-b01b-4328-aacf-b4e24ddb0fbc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo, American Airlines CEO Tom Horton talks to a reporter in New York. A federal bankruptcy judge has denied a proposed $20 million severance payment for CEO Horton as part of the company's merger with US Airways. The judge ruled Thursday, April 11, 2013, that the proposed payment to Horton exceeded limits that Congress set for bankruptcy cases in 2005. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New owners move Burger King CEO to Heinz helm</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new owners of Heinz are tapping Burger King CEO Bernardo Hees as the company's next top executive, a move that installs one of their own at the helm of the ketchup maker.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Candice Choi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Candice Choi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17703991-new-owners-move-burger-king-ceo-to-heinz-helm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17703991-new-owners-move-burger-king-ceo-to-heinz-helm</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>berkshire-hathaway</category><category>warren-buffett</category><category>heinz</category><category>burger-king-ceo-bernardo-hees</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:28:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2123deda-4eba-4e94-b177-ea00128cc868.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="350" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2123deda-4eba-4e94-b177-ea00128cc868.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Burger King Corp. shows the company's chief executive officer, Bernardo Hees. Heinz is tapping Hees as its next top executive after its acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital. Hees remains a partner at 3G, which bought Burger King in 2010. (AP Photo/Burger King Corp.)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A look back at some major CEO flameouts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ron Johnson's short-lived tenure as J.C. Penney's CEO will go down as one of the biggest flameouts in corporate America. The former Apple executive was hailed as a big thinker when he was hired by the ailing department store chain but his radical moves ended up alienating shoppers, sent sales plunging and left the company in an even worse situation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675038-a-look-back-at-some-major-ceo-flameouts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675038-a-look-back-at-some-major-ceo-flameouts</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>us-news</category><category>ron-johnson</category><category>penney-ceo</category><category>flameouts</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0907313c-d436-42da-a9ea-2d5704beb4ba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0907313c-d436-42da-a9ea-2d5704beb4ba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, file photo, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The Internet company hired technology veteran Bartz in 2009, with the goal of bringing in a no-nonsense leader who would develop a clear vision. Bartz shook up Yahoo's management and instituted a cost-cutting program that helped boost the company's earnings. But revenue failed to grow even as the online ad market grew at a rapid clip. After more than 2 ½ years of financial lethargy, Yahoo fired Bartz in 2011.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eddb56b0-59a1-4427-a410-2f8c3c22f836.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eddb56b0-59a1-4427-a410-2f8c3c22f836.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 15, 2011 file photo, Hewlett Packard Company CEO Leo Apotheker, speaks during an interview in San Francisco. When HP hired Apotheker in November 2010, it was seen as an aggressive push by the company into the software business. But many analysts mocked the choice, considering Apotheker had just been forced out of his previous job as CEO of the German business software maker SAP AG following ill-timed price hikes and widespread employee dissatisfaction. After just 11 months, Apotheker was forced out and replaced by former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40c3369b-d193-4037-9a84-cc45628a11ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40c3369b-d193-4037-9a84-cc45628a11ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -This  May 15, 2001, file photo, shows Charles C. Conaway, former chief executive of Kmart Corp. Conaway had won many fans on Wall Street as the No. 2 executive at CVS, where he helped build the drugstore chain into an industry powerhouse. When he was hired as by Kmart in 2000, Conaway was inheriting a company with a long list of entrenched problems, including outdated technology and drab stores. But in early 2002, Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Conaway resigned soon after.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d0a40de-f9b1-4964-93f8-91d42f202214.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d0a40de-f9b1-4964-93f8-91d42f202214.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, file photo, Chrysler LLC Chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli speaks with reporters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Nardelli was hailed as an outsider who could help save the U.S. auto industry by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, which installed him as the head of Chrysler in August 2007. But Nardelli, who spent most of his career in the executive ranks at GE before leaving to run Home Depot, had no experience in the complex business of auto manufacturing, and it showed. Instead of investing to improve Chrysler's substandard lineup, Nardelli focused on cutting jobs and closing plants. He alienated suppliers and dealers, who revolted when Chrysler announced plans to close dealerships and stopped financing leases. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db311be2-1f3c-49da-abb2-0bb2126c83e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db311be2-1f3c-49da-abb2-0bb2126c83e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday April 29, 2005, file photo, Kevin Rollins CEO of Dell Inc., looks on at a press conference in Bangalore, India. Rollins joined Dell in 1996 and had a variety of roles before becoming CEO in 2004, including chief operating officer, vice chairman and president of Dell Americas. But, in addition to disappointing earnings, Dell had recalled more than 4 million potentially flammable notebook batteries made by Sony Corp. in August 2006.Rollins stepped down in early 2007. Founder Michael Dell took the CEO job back.(AP Photo/Gautam Singh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>JC Penney returns to the familiar with new CEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[J.C. Penney is bringing back Myron E. "Mike" Ullman as its CEO after Ron Johnson's risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to falling sales.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17663176-jc-penney-returns-to-the-familiar-with-new-ceo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17663176-jc-penney-returns-to-the-familiar-with-new-ceo</guid><category>us</category><category>new</category><category>glance</category><category>ceo</category><category>us-news</category><category>jc</category><category>penney</category><category>ron-johnson</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 04:04:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A look at Ron Johnson's resume</title>
<description><![CDATA[J.C. Penney ousted Ron Johnson as CEO on Monday after his turnaround strategy failed to win over shoppers. The Plano, Texas-based department store chain named predecessor Mike Ullman as Johnson's replacement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17663169-a-look-at-ron-johnsons-resume</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17663169-a-look-at-ron-johnsons-resume</guid><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>ceo</category><category>us-news</category><category>jc</category><category>penney</category><category>ron-johnson</category><category>mike-ullman</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 04:03:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>JC Penney looks to old CEO to secure its future</title>
<description><![CDATA[J.C. Penney is hoping its former CEO can revive the retailer after a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales declines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne D'Innocenzio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Anne D'Innocenzio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17659358-jc-penney-looks-to-old-ceo-to-secure-its-future</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17659358-jc-penney-looks-to-old-ceo-to-secure-its-future</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>us-news</category><category>jc</category><category>penney</category><category>penney-ceo</category><category>ceo-ron-johnson</category><category>mike-ullman</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:35:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a2f190f-65af-4693-bd14-d033545bcaa5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a2f190f-65af-4693-bd14-d033545bcaa5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, May 14, 2008, file photo, Ron Johnson, speaks to reporters in front of the central glass staircase in the Apple store  on Boylston Street in Boston. Ron Johnson was ousted as head of JC Penney on Monday, April 8, 2013, after restructuring backfired. Mike Ullman was named CEO. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, FIl1)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03493afb-7c86-4c24-ac4f-3fddc0be1ddb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03493afb-7c86-4c24-ac4f-3fddc0be1ddb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Oct. 23, 2009 photo, Mike Ullman, Chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., visits a company store in New York. Mike Ullman was named CEO of JC Penney's after Ron Johnson was ousted on Monday, April 8, 2013, after restructuring backfired.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chevron CEO gets $3.5 million cash bonus for 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chevron Corp. says Chairman and CEO John Watson will get a $3.5 million cash bonus for the oil company's big profit in 2012.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17574465-chevron-ceo-gets-35-million-cash-bonus-for-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17574465-chevron-ceo-gets-35-million-cash-bonus-for-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>chevron</category><category>ceo</category><category>pay</category><category>ceo-john-watson</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A look at RIM's much-delayed BlackBerry 10</title>
<description><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd. offered a glimpse Thursday at how its new BlackBerry 10 phones have been selling in Canada and abroad. Details on the U.S. are not expected for another three months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502205-a-look-at-rims-much-delayed-blackberry-10</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502205-a-look-at-rims-much-delayed-blackberry-10</guid><category>technology</category><category>earns</category><category>ceo</category><category>timeline</category><category>blackberry</category><category>software</category><category>research-in-motion</category><category>tec</category><category>cn</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:42:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>IndyCar courting Zak Brown as potential CEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new head of Hulman & Co. has at least two different possible routes to take in rebuilding the IndyCar Series.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Fryer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jenna Fryer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17432201-indycar-courting-zak-brown-as-potential-ceo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17432201-indycar-courting-zak-brown-as-potential-ceo</guid><category>sports</category><category>ceo</category><category>brown</category><category>indycar-series</category><category>indycar-ceo</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:03:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BlackBerry CEO says iPhone is outdated</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple's iPhone is outdated, according to the chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Gillies]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rob Gillies]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17404939-blackberry-ceo-says-iphone-is-outdated</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17404939-blackberry-ceo-says-iphone-is-outdated</guid><category>technology</category><category>ceo</category><category>blackberry</category><category>tec</category><category>cn</category><category>blackberry-maker-research-in-motion</category><category>blackberry-maker-research-in-motion-ltd</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:45:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=921e30e5-edbb-497e-b5c4-d972d61a6493.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=921e30e5-edbb-497e-b5c4-d972d61a6493.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is displayed in New York. Apple's iPhone is outdated, according to Research In Motion Ltd. chief executive Thorsten Heins. Heins made the comment Thursday, March 21, 2013, on the eve of the much-delayed launch of the new touchscreen BlackBerry in the United States. AT&amp;T begins selling the Z10 on Friday, more than six weeks after RIM launched the devices elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cb6d6c69-fe36-4731-9454-61e5e7986166.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cb6d6c69-fe36-4731-9454-61e5e7986166.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research In Motion Ltd., introduces the BlackBerry Z10, in New York. Apple's iPhone is outdated,  Heins said Thursday, March 21, 2013, on the eve of the much-delayed launch of the new touchscreen BlackBerry in the United States. AT&amp;T begins selling the Z10 on Friday, more than six weeks after RIM launched the devices elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-CalPERS CEO, board member charged with fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal officials on Monday charged the former head of the nation's largest pension fund and one of his business associates with falsifying documents and other charges in a long-running influence peddling and bribery investigation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361131-ex-calpers-ceo-board-member-charged-with-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361131-ex-calpers-ceo-board-member-charged-with-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>ex</category><category>ceo</category><category>indicted</category><category>us-news</category><category>calpers</category><category>calpers-ceo</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:46:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello leaving</title>
<description><![CDATA[Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360967-electronic-arts-ceo-john-riccitiello-leaving</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360967-electronic-arts-ceo-john-riccitiello-leaving</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>electronic-arts</category><category>ceo</category><category>tec</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:23:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=130d90c3-a7a1-40b6-8625-324945ea5ed9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=130d90c3-a7a1-40b6-8625-324945ea5ed9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 2005 photo released by Electronic Arts shows John Riccitiello in Menlo Park, Calif. Video game publisher Electronic Arts says its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday, march 18, 2013 that it has named Larry Probst as executive chairman while it searches for a replacement.  (AP Photo/Electronic Arts, Mast Photography)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5a18e741-f5cb-43bd-97bd-79a76142a6f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5a18e741-f5cb-43bd-97bd-79a76142a6f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 2008 photo released by Electronic Arts shows Larry Probst in Redwood Shores, Calif. Video game publisher Electronic Arts says its CEO, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that it has named Larry Probst as executive chairman while it searches for a replacement. Probst has been chairman since 1994 and served as CEO from 1991 to 2007, when Riccitiello took over.   (AP Photo/Electronic Arts, Najib Joe Hakim)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wells Fargo awards CEO Stumpf $19.3M last year</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf got a pay package worth $19.3 million last year, 8 percent more than he received in 2011, when his compensation deal made him one of the highest paid CEOs in the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328920-wells-fargo-awards-ceo-stumpf-193m-last-year</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328920-wells-fargo-awards-ceo-stumpf-193m-last-year</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>compensation</category><category>wells-fargo-ceo-john-stumpf</category><category>wells-fargo-ceo</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:10:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Citigroup pays new CEO Corbat $12.4M in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[Citigroup awarded its new CEO, Michael Corbat, a total of $12.4 million last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327911-citigroup-pays-new-ceo-corbat-124m-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327911-citigroup-pays-new-ceo-corbat-124m-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>citigroup</category><category>ceo</category><category>compensation</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US CEOs optimistic about economy, wary of hiring</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chief executives at the largest U.S. companies are much more optimistic about their sales prospects than they were three months ago, though many remain cautious about hiring.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher S. Rugaber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher S. Rugaber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297120-us-ceos-optimistic-about-economy-wary-of-hiring</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297120-us-ceos-optimistic-about-economy-wary-of-hiring</guid><category>us</category><category>outlook</category><category>politics</category><category>ceo</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:13:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Philip Morris Int'l CEO Camilleri to step down</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 independent company.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Felberbaum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Felberbaum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17296342-philip-morris-intl-ceo-camilleri-to-step-down</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17296342-philip-morris-intl-ceo-camilleri-to-step-down</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>international</category><category>ceo</category><category>philip-morris-international</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:48:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 narrower loss and higher revenue in the fourth quarter than analysts expected.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227527-pandora-ceo-kennedy-to-step-down</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227527-pandora-ceo-kennedy-to-step-down</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>pandora</category><category>pandora-media</category><category>chief-executive-joseph-kennedy</category><category>ceo-joseph-kennedy</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:42:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yahoo pays CEO $1.1M bonus for  5 months of work</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer received a $1.1 million bonus for her first five-and-half months running the Internet company.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213477-yahoo-pays-ceo-11m-bonus-for-5-months-of-work</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213477-yahoo-pays-ceo-11m-bonus-for-5-months-of-work</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>bonus</category><category>yahoo-ceo</category><category>yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 23:13:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CEO: Risks key for Merck to succeed, help patients</title>
<description><![CDATA[Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth C. Frazier is convinced nearly everyone, from patients to long-term investors, wants the world's third-largest drugmaker to take big risks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17147775-ceo-risks-key-for-merck-to-succeed-help-patients</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17147775-ceo-risks-key-for-merck-to-succeed-help-patients</guid><category>health</category><category>ceo</category><category>interview</category><category>merck</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=590f1b40-27bc-4103-b497-e4a857445393.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=590f1b40-27bc-4103-b497-e4a857445393.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, July 13, 2012 file photo, Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier speaks at a news conference after a meeting at Penn State University's Worthington Scranton campus in Dunmore, Pa. Frazier is convinced nearly everyone, from patients to long-term investors, wants the world's third-largest drugmaker to take big risks. One of Merck's biggest gambles is the tens of millions it's pouring into an experimental treatment for a new type of Alzheimer's drug. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ousted Groupon CEO: Firing gives staff 2nd chance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Groupon Inc. founder Andrew Mason sent a memo to employees after he was fired Thursday. Here's the text of his letter:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17136091-ousted-groupon-ceo-firing-gives-staff-2nd-chance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17136091-ousted-groupon-ceo-firing-gives-staff-2nd-chance</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>letter</category><category>tec</category><category>andrew-mason</category><category>groupon</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:46:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d016a20-a134-4d45-90f6-154f293adf0b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d016a20-a134-4d45-90f6-154f293adf0b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Andrew Mason, the CEO of Groupon, poses for a photo in Chicago. The struggling online deals company said Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, after the market closed that it ousted Mason as CEO and will look for a new chief. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Greenm, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Groupon fires CEO, still faces underlying problems</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that Groupon has gotten rid of its quirky founder and CEO, the chief question is whether the company's underlying online deals business is promising enough to reverse its falling stock price, declining revenue growth and waning consumer interest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135552-groupon-fires-ceo-still-faces-underlying-problems</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135552-groupon-fires-ceo-still-faces-underlying-problems</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>ceo</category><category>tec</category><category>groupon</category><category>groupon-ceo</category><category>ceo-andrew-mason</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:27:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d016a20-a134-4d45-90f6-154f293adf0b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d016a20-a134-4d45-90f6-154f293adf0b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Andrew Mason, the CEO of Groupon, poses for a photo in Chicago. The struggling online deals company said Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, after the market closed that it ousted Mason as CEO and will look for a new chief. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Greenm, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>From eggs to film: A Japanese-American studio head</title>
<description><![CDATA[There isn't much "Hollywood" about Kevin Tsujihara.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Nakashima]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ryan Nakashima]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17134468-from-eggs-to-film-a-japanese-american-studio-head</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17134468-from-eggs-to-film-a-japanese-american-studio-head</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>ceo</category><category>warner-bros</category><category>kevin-tsujihara</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:55:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27c0f861-4256-4d38-9856-9f6ca352265a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27c0f861-4256-4d38-9856-9f6ca352265a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, photo, Kevin Tsujihara, poses for photos in a screening room at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif.  On Friday, Feb. 28, 2013, Tsujihara, 48, who grew up making deliveries as the son of egg distributors, will become the CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The third-generation Japanese-American will be the first Asian-American to head a Hollywood studio.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fd3903f-5508-4f50-877c-695a487cd3ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fd3903f-5508-4f50-877c-695a487cd3ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, photo, Kevin Tsujihara, poses for photos in a screening room at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif.  On Friday, Feb. 28, 2013, Tsujihara, 48, who grew up making deliveries as the son of egg distributors, will become the CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The third-generation Japanese-American will be the first Asian-American to head a Hollywood studio.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf3c6881-62e1-4075-b16e-e8009f0a0565.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf3c6881-62e1-4075-b16e-e8009f0a0565.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, photo, Kevin Tsujihara, CEO of the Warner Bros., talks to an Associated Press reporter during an interview at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. On Friday, Feb. 28, 2013, Tsujihara, 48, who grew up making deliveries as the son of egg distributors, will become the CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The third-generation Japanese-American will be the first Asian-American to head a Hollywood studio. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>News Summary: Chesapeake CEO cleared</title>
<description><![CDATA[CEO CLEARED: An investigation by Chesapeake Energy's board into CEO Aubrey McClendon's personal deals with company partners found McClendon didn't benefit improperly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17031939-news-summary-chesapeake-ceo-cleared</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17031939-news-summary-chesapeake-ceo-cleared</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>investigation</category><category>ceo</category><category>chesapeake-energy</category><category>chesapeake-energy-corp</category><category>ceo-aubrey-mcclendon</category><category>ceo-cleared</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:38:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c5fb744-57a8-4afb-a850-a8d3f0509c60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c5fb744-57a8-4afb-a850-a8d3f0509c60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Wednesday, June 6, 2012 file photo, Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., is pictured during the second half of Game 6 in the NBA basketball Western Conference finals, in Oklahoma City. An investigation by Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s board of directors into outgoing CEO Aubrey McClendon's personal financing deals with company partners has found the deals did not benefit McClendon improperly or cost the company more. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AMR CEO Horton in line for $20 million severance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Horton won't get to lead the new American Airlines after it merges with US Airways, but he'll get a going-away prize of nearly $20 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975125-amr-ceo-horton-in-line-for-20-million-severance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975125-amr-ceo-horton-in-line-for-20-million-severance</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>amr</category><category>american-airlines</category><category>ceo</category><category>pay</category><category>tom-horton</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:17:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa76cf4a-5026-4e21-9204-d002db6126b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa76cf4a-5026-4e21-9204-d002db6126b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - American Airlines CEO Tom Horton, right, and  U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker, left, visit with employees after a news conference at DFW International Airport in a Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, in Grapevine, Texas. The two airlines will merge forming the world's largest airlines. Horton won't get to lead the new American Airlines after it merges with US Airways, but he'll get a going-away prize of nearly $20 million. American's parent company, AMR Corp., disclosed the CEO's severance package in a regulatory filing. Horton will get $9.94 million in cash and an equal amount in stock in the new company after the merger.  (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coach's longtime CEO Frankfort to give up title</title>
<description><![CDATA[Coach's longtime CEO Lew Frankfort, who transformed what had been a small leather goods business into a global luxury brand, will step aside next year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne D'Innocenzio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Anne D'Innocenzio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16960938-coachs-longtime-ceo-frankfort-to-give-up-title</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16960938-coachs-longtime-ceo-frankfort-to-give-up-title</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>coach</category><category>ceo</category><category>ceo-lew-frankfort</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:58:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf22d952-1035-4112-bb59-9b31112f273e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf22d952-1035-4112-bb59-9b31112f273e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Coach's longtime CEO Lew Frankfort is seen in an undated photo provided by Coach. The company said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 that Frankfort,, who transformed what had been a small leather goods business into a global luxury brand, will step aside next year. The upscale purse and accessories seller said Thursday that Victor Luis will succeed him as CEO in January. Frankfort, who will remain as chairman and CEO until January, will then become executive chairman. (AP Photo/Coach)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>