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NEWS ABOUT: COO

COO stories: 3 news summaries

 29-Year-Old SEC Honcho 
 Came From Goldman 

New COO Adam Storch did 'business intelligence' at connected Wall Street bank

Oct 16, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first person named to the new chief operating officer position in the SEC’s enforcement division is a 29-year-old whiz kid who previously worked at uber-connected Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg reports. "Adam’s skill in technology systems, workflow process, and project management will greatly benefit the division," his... More »

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fraud • Goldman Sachs • Bill Clinton • SEC • Federal government • COO • regulator • Securities and Exchange Commission • Adam Storch • chief operating officer • enforcement • Robert Khuzami

 Cost-Cutting Companies 
 Target No. 2  Execs 

Corporations eliminate second-in-command roles to save on costs

Sep 21, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cost-cutting at American's largest corporations is hitting the executive suite, with CEOs rolling up their sleeves to take on more day-to-day responsibilities and laying off their No. 2s. In the 18 months leading up to June 2009, 40 major companies eliminated COOs or presidents, the Wall Street Journal notes, while... More »

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AOL • executive compensation • CEO • recession • corporations • corporate governance • Chief Executive • management • COO • financial crisis

Facebook Poaches COO From Google

Social networking site recruits big gun
to stem growing pains

Mar 4, 08 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Facebook has hired the Google VP who handles virtually all advertising sales in a bid to ease the hiccups the rapidly expanding networking site is encountering. New COO Sheryl Sandberg, one of Silicon Valley's top female execs, denied that Google's plummeting stock price motivated the move, the Wall Street Journal... More »

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Google • Silicon Valley • online advertising • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • Sheryl Sandberg • advertising sales • COO • Owen Van Natta

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