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Meg Whitman new HP CEO. What firm has more CEO change?

Fortune 500 companies are supposed to be stable, rock-solid institutions, where CEO change rarely happens. But it doesn't always happen that way. Just ask Hewlett-Packard, which announced Thursday that Meg Whitman would be the company's new chief executive officer, the fourth HP CEO in six years. In the past six years, only 16 companies on the Fortune 500 or S&P 500 have had three CEOs, according to executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates in Hinsdale, Ill. Besides HP, only two have had four or more. Can you guess who these CEO change champions are? [Editor's note: This story was updated 9/23/2011.]

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New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson cuts 2,000 jobs

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson announced the company would be laying off 2,000 employees on Wednesday in order to take the "next step toward a bold, new Yahoo."
New Yahoo CEO arrives: why his company isn't dead yet

As former eBay executive, Scott Thompson takes the helm at Yahoo the company confronts some big strategic hurdles, but it hasn't been wiped off the Internet map just yet.
Stocks quiet, but gain for second straight day

The Dow inched up 21.04 points to close at 12418 on a quiet day for the markets
Stocks sink; S&P at lowest level of the year

The latest setback in Greece's financial crisis sent bumped the Standard and Poor's 500 index 32 points to 1099, its lowest level of the year. The Dow fell 258 points to 10655.
Meg Whitman new HP CEO. What firm has more CEO change?

Fortune 500 companies are supposed to be stable, rock-solid institutions, where CEO change rarely happens. But it doesn't always happen that way. Just ask Hewlett-Packard, which announced Thursday that Meg Whitman would be the company's new chief executive officer, the fourth HP CEO in six years. In the past six years, only 16 companies on the Fortune 500 or S&P 500 have had three CEOs, according to executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates in Hinsdale, Ill. Besides HP, only two have had four or more. Can you guess who these CEO change champions are? [Editor's note: This story was updated 9/23/2011.]
Stocks close lower following Bernanke remarks

The Dow lost 119.05 points to close at 11,295.81 as Bernanke's address failed to outline specific plans for economic recovery
Stocks rally, breaking a three-day losing streak

Stocks rose as fears about Europe's debt crisis subsided. The Dow went up 2.75.56 points to close at 11,414.86, and nine stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange.
Steve Jobs joins high-tech meeting with Obama

Steve Jobs was one of 12 tech-industry leaders to talk with Obama about spurring US innovation. Steve Jobs has been the focus of rumors of ill-health.
Farmville on Yahoo? Yahoo and Facebook strike alliance.

Can't get enough of Farmville? Now you'll see it on Yahoo too as Facebook and Yahoo team-up.
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No Congressional Gold Medal for Tiger Woods? Oh, the humanity...

Tiger Woods won't be winning the Congressional Gold Medal this year.
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Yahoo! loves Tiger Woods. "God bless Tiger," says Yahoo! CEO

Tiger Woods mania. Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz said the interest in the Tiger Woods scandal has meant a big increase in traffic to Yahoo!
Can Yahoo survive its deal with Microsoft?

While the pact between the two technology powerhouses promises to be a boonfor Microsoft as it takes on Google, it has left many insiders wonderingabout Yahoo’s future.
Big boost for Bing in Yahoo-Microsoft pact

But Google remains the Goliath of the $12 billion Internet search business and is likely to stay there for some time.
Yahoo 2Q profit up 8 percent, yet ad slump continues

The worsening ad slump overshadowed Yahoo’s first quarterly earnings increase since the start of 2008.