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Sam Altman returns as CEO of American artificial intelligence company OpenAI, only days after being dismissed by the company's Board of Directors on November 17. The surprise dismissal had resulted in major pushback, with 95% of company workers saying that they would quit if Altman was not brought back as CEO.
2023-11-22

Two United States citizens are convicted and sentenced in Japan for aiding former CEO of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, in his escape from Japan to Lebanon in December 2019. Former U.S. Special Forces Michael Taylor is sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment while his son receives a 20 months' sentence.
2021-07-19

Alphabet Inc. agrees to begin paying News Corp for news content. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson credits the ACCC's proposed legislation with making the deal possible.
2021-02-18

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces that he will step down as CEO during the third quarter. Current Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy is expected to replace him.
2021-02-2

AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot says that the vaccine results could be ready by the end of the year if trials resume. Clinical trials were temporarily suspended after a participant in the trials began to develop symptoms associated with transverse myelitis.
2020-09-10

Boeing announces the resignation of its CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, amidst ongoing controversy over the crashes and subsequent groundings of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet.
2019-12-23

First-person shooter video game "Battlefield 3", developed by Electronic Arts, is released in North America.
2011-10-25

CEOs of Iranian Melli Bank and Saderat Bank resign from their positions as a result of $2.6 billion bank fraud.
2011-09-27

Hewlett-Packard fires CEO Léo Apotheker, replacing him with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman.
2011-09-22

Les Hinton, who ran News International from 1997 to 2005 during which the hacking took place, resigns as CEO of News Corp's Dow Jones entity.
2011-07-15