RBS CEO Exits; Goldman CEO Stays

06/13/13

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Royal Goodbye: Royal Bank of Scotland is pushing out its chief executive, Stephen Hester, and cutting about 2,000 jobs as the bank's board tries to get ready to wean itself off the British government's 81% ownership stake. Hester has recently "clashed with [RBS Chairman Philip] Hampton and senior government officials over the bank's strategy," anonymous sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Hester is the sixth British big-bank CEO to get the ax…

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