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  • October 2007
    • Sprint CEO Gets the Sack

      Sprint CEO Gets the Sack

      (Newser) - Sprint CEO Gary Forsee is getting canned, the Wall Street Journal reports, as America’s number three carrier struggles to find an identity. Earlier this week activist investor Ralph Whitworth called for Forsee’s head, but it had been on the chopping block since August, Journal sources say. Sprint's net income dropped to $19m this quarter, from to $370m last year. More »

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      wireless   Sprint Nextel   Sprint   Gary Forsee   Ralph Whitworth

    • Activist Investor Amps Up for Sprint Fight

      Activist Investor Amps Up for Sprint Fight

      (Newser) - Ralph Whitworth isn’t happy with Sprint’s priorities or its management, and he’s one shareholder the wireless carrier can’t just laugh off. The principal of Relational Investors has parlayed small shares in Home Depot and Sovereign into the sacking of those corporations’ CEOs; now he says he’s “lost confidence in [Sprint honcho] Gary Forsee,” the Journal reports. More »

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      Sprint Nextel   Sprint   CEO   Home Depot   WiMax   Gary Forsee   Ralph Whitworth

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