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Will CEO turmoil continue?

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We've seen a lot of high profile CEO lose their jobs. Stanley O'Neal. Chuck Prince. Jimmy Cayne. But at least one MarketWatch commentator thinks at least two other fairly big name CEOs ought to be similarly shown the door. He says that Ken Thompson, of Wachovia, and Kerry Killinger, of Washington Mutual, "were exposed as overhyped pedestrian CEOs this week." Ouch! PR folks, do something. Killinger was rapped for the $1.1 billion loss and the required dilutive $7 billion capital infusion from private equity investors. Thomson was pilloried for the disastrous Golden West purchase. The jury remains out on several CEOs, including Ken Lewis of Bank of America, who's betting big on Countrywide.  

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- here's the commentary

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