VIENNA, May 24- Raiffeisen Bank International Chief Executive Herbert Stepic resigned on Friday in what he called an effort to spare his bank from negative publicity over personal property deals that triggered scrutiny by the lender and regulators.
NEW YORK-- Shares of Forest Laboratories Inc. rose to a year high Thursday after the drugmaker said Howard Solomon, its CEO for 36 years, will retire at the end of 2013..
CLEVELAND-- KeyCorp has named Donald R. Kimble as its new chief financial officer.
NEW YORK-- Forest Laboratories Inc. said Thursday that longtime executive Howard Solomon will retire as president and CEO at the end of 2013..
May 23- Forest Laboratories Inc said on Thursday that Howard Solomon, who has led the biotech firm since 1977, will retire as chief executive officer at the end of this year and the company will name a successor by that time. Forest Labs adopted a shareholder rights plan last year after investor Carl Icahn built up a more than 10 percent stake in the company.
May 22- Zale Corp said on Wednesday its new chairman would be the former chief executive of its biggest rival, and shares of the mid-tier jeweler jumped 30 percent. Terry Burman, who was CEO of Kay Jewelers parent Signet Jewelers Ltd from 2000 to 2011 and oversaw large U.S. market share gains, will take up the chairmanship post next Friday, Zale said.
May 22- Zale Corp on Wednesday reported a modest bump in third-quarter same-store sales and said the former chief executive of its biggest rival, Kay Jewelers parent Signet Jewelers Ltd, will be its new chairman.