Read more CEO stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1858/ceo.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74584/nyt-to-blankfein-your-apology-is-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLloyd Blankfein took his sweet time acknowledging his firm's role in almost toppling the financial system, and the New York Times editorial board stewed until today, when the paper's audience is largest. The Goldman Sachs CEO said in a speech this week, "We participated in things that were clearly wrong...http://www.newser.com/story/74584/nyt-to-blankfein-your-apology-is-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 16:53:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73830/aigs-benmosche-im-not-quitting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAIG CEO Robert Benmosche isn’t fed up with running a government-controlled insurance giant after all: Backing away from his threat to quit, Benmosche said today that he remains "totally committed” to the company. The CEO conceded, however, that he and the board “are indeed frustrated” with the government’s restrictions on...http://www.newser.com/story/73830/aigs-benmosche-im-not-quitting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73786/annoyed-by-feds-aig-ceo-threatens-to-quit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust 3 months after taking the job, AIG CEO Robert Benmosche is threatening to storm out in a huff. At a directors’ meeting last week the voluble Benmosche, formerly of MetLife, told colleagues he was “done” with trying to operate the 80% taxpayer-owned company under federal supervision, particularly with regard...http://www.newser.com/story/73786/annoyed-by-feds-aig-ceo-threatens-to-quit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 8:43:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72458/fox-news-ceo-rules-out-presidential-bid-in-2012.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoger Ailes won’t run for president in 2012, despite appeals from friends and associates. The Fox News CEO says he thinks he’ll serve the nation better in his current role: “This country needs fair and balanced news more now than ever before, so I’m going to decline a run for...http://www.newser.com/story/72458/fox-news-ceo-rules-out-presidential-bid-in-2012.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 17:30:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72104/bailed-out-banks-boost-ceo-perks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CEOs of bailed-out banks and financial companies saw their perks and benefits—ranging from private jet use and country club membership to free parking and bodyguards—rise even at the height of the crisis last year. On average, the CEOs of the 29 biggest companies that received federal money...http://www.newser.com/story/72104/bailed-out-banks-boost-ceo-perks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 6:32:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71861/pay-czar-blocks-salary-for-ken-lewis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's pay czar has landed his biggest punch yet: Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis will forgo any pay this year and return $1 million he's already accepted. But don't start up a collection just yet: The reason Kenneth Feinberg made the request is because Lewis will receive about...http://www.newser.com/story/71861/pay-czar-blocks-salary-for-ken-lewis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 7:42:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71175/us-olympics-chief-will-step-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the sting of Chicago's loss still fresh, the acting chief of the US Olympic Committee has decided to step down before being pushed out. Stephanie Streeter said today she will not seek the job on a permanent basis and will leave by March. The decision comes five days after...http://www.newser.com/story/71175/us-olympics-chief-will-step-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 12:15:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70677/bank-of-americas-lewis-to-resign-at-end-of-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKen Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America, is leaving the company, succumbing to nearly a year of strife that followed his company's acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The bank said in a statement that Lewis, 62, would retire as CEO and also leave the company's board by the end...http://www.newser.com/story/70677/bank-of-americas-lewis-to-resign-at-end-of-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 16:41:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70452/meg-whitman-tests-medias-celeb-ceo-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor years Meg Whitman has benefited from the sycophantic business media’s lionization of the CEO. Throughout the boom years, “CEOs were pretty much automatically rock stars,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age . “If they banked a billion or more, the thinking went, they must have been doing something right—right?”...http://www.newser.com/story/70452/meg-whitman-tests-medias-celeb-ceo-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 15:09:18 CDT