Equant shares rise on resignation of chief executive
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PARIS  - The chief executive of telecom company Equant, Daniel Caclin, resigned, the company said, signalling that he would be replaced by a top Thomson executive close to the head of Equant&#39;s parent group, France Telecom.
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The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton  Ltd./Plc.  , announced the surprise resignation  of Chief Executive Chip Goodyear and set an extra $10 billion  in share buybacks, driving its shares up 5 percent.
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McDonald&#39;s investors yesterday shrugged off the resignation of Charlie Bell as chief executive, deciding the fast food giant&#39;s turnround would continue under its new leadership team, sending the shares ahead.
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eBay exceeded Wall Street&#39;s earnings and revenue expectations for its fourth quarter and,&#160;as expected, announced that Meg Whitman will step down as president and CEO at the end of March, ending a 10-year tenure at the helm of the e-commerce giant.
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The chief executive of the London Stock Exchange has shepherded the exchange through changes that have attracted two suitors, the Deutsche BÃ¶rse and Euronext.
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NEW YORK - Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials up more than 100 points, after economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction. Wall Street greeted the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive by buying up technology shares...
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France Telecom is shaking up management at its loss-making business services subsidiary Equant in a bid to revive trading. Charles Dehelly, chief operating officer of Thomson, the
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Give them credit, they&#39;re starting the CEO search with plenty of lead time. Early in the day on Aug. 18, Thomas F. Chapman, chairman and CEO of Equifax, stated his intention to retire sometime in late 2005, according to a company statement. While such an ...
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Several shareholders of Take-Two  Interactive Software Inc.  have banded together to try  to oust Chief Executive Paul Eibeler, sending the video game  maker's shares up 18 percent on Wednesday.
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Leading shares gained momentum in late afternoon deals to close higher after the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, reignited geopolitical concerns and sent oil prices to a fresh 1-month high, fuelling oil heavyweight share prices.
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Shares in Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata   climbed as much as 3.2 percent on Wednesday, as traders  cited persistent market talk of a bid from Brazilian mining  giant Vale (VALE5.SA).
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Singapore shares ended higher Wednesday led by selected blue chips, with investors expecting the market rally to continue, traders said.
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The chief executive of telecom company Equant, Daniel Caclin, resigned, the company said, signalling that he would be replaced by a top Thomson executive close to the head of Equant's parent group, France Telecom.
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Boston Scientific Corp. stock rose more than 5 per cent Wednesday after company executives called a recent recall of its Taxus heart stents a blip and said most of the lost market share has already been recovered.
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Several shareholders of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.  have banded together to try to oust Chief Executive Paul Eibeler, sending the video game maker's shares up 18 percent on Wednesday.
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Credit Suisse made the surprise appointment of investment banking head Brady Dougan as new chief executive after posting stronger-than-expected results on Thursday, sending its shares sharply higher.
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Shares in Swiss chemical groups Clariant   and Ciba  rose strongly in morning trade  after the head of U.S. peer Huntsman Corp  expressed  interest in buying the groups.