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Go Clear Out Your Desk, Bob…And Don’t Forget the Kilt

in News on November 2, 2009 at 6:05 am PT

Bob Moffat, the high-ranking, kilt-wearing IBM executive arrested in the Galleon insider-trading case, has traded his temporary leave of absence for a permanent one. According to a brief message posted to IBM’s internal Web site, Moffat, head of IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, has left the company in the wake of the Galleon affair.
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Intel CEO Says Had No Knowledge of Trading Probe

in News on October 19, 2009 at 2:29 pm PT

Intel Corp.’s chief executive said the company had no advance warning or knowledge about the insider-trading investigation into Galleon Group, which has implicated an Intel executive. “No one in our legal department or management knows anything about this,” said Paul Otellini, chief executive of the chip giant, in an interview at The Wall Street Journal’s headquarters in New York.