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Learning CEO-speak at Rosetta Stone…

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Mortgage company un-retires former exec…

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Plenty of fizz behind National Beverage pay…

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EXCO execs fly high on the Chairman’s jets…

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Piecing together a revolving door at Red Robin…

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Putting on a little rouge for Avon’s new CFO…

The last couple years have almost been enough to give a management frown lines at Avon Products (AVP), the global marketer of eyeshadow, concealer and other cosmetics. An internal probe into bribery allegations in China and elsewhere has been running since 2008, racking up more than $100 million in costs. Four senior managers in Asia...

Sirius XM updates its CFO’s earnings…

It’s officially earnings season, and in Sirius XM Radio’s (SIRI) case, a second-quarter release is due in no more than a week. Meanwhile, as a footnoted reader and tipster pointed out, the satellite radio broadcaster seemed eager to give us some preliminary reading with a sort of earnings statement for its CFO, packaged neatly in...

Hertz’s high-end property rental…

Leave pretty much any airport, and your exit will be lined with signs for a Hertz (HTZ) car-rental outlet. By contrast, the brief 8-K that Hertz filed in its trip to the Friday-night dump last week was about as quiet as could be — despite hiding a lofty perk, for Michel Taride, president of Hertz...

Hertz’s high-end property rental…

Leave pretty much any airport, and your exit will be lined with signs for a Hertz (HTZ) car-rental outlet. By contrast, the brief 8-K that Hertz filed in its trip to the Friday-night dump last week was about as quiet as could be — despite hiding a lofty perk, for Michel Taride, president of Hertz...