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TalkingDog

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12. The headline is misleading.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 07:34 AM

Jul 2012

He wanted the position. Duke Fucking Energy screwed everybody.... AGAIN. They put their own guy Duke CEO Jim Rogers in there.

The update from your link: Update: As many have noted, the “resignation” seems an awful lot like a “firing.” It is obviously the latter; technically the former. The corporate world never ceases to amaze.

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Duke Energy CEO Bill Johnson resigns after one day, gets $44 million in severance [View all] Ichingcarpenter Jul 2012 OP

... Fumesucker Jul 2012 #1

Remarkaballs. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #2

unbelievaBULL SHIT for that. Can I get that too? 44 million for one day! Suji to Seoul Jul 2012 #3

Duke/Progress shareholders may have something to say about this... TeamPooka Jul 2012 #4

I suspect Mr. Johnson has reviewed his contract. LiberalAndProud Jul 2012 #5

I bet ya $5 this is how he pulled that one off..... kooljerk666 Jul 2012 #6

Better than robbing a bank! And all legal. dmosh42 Jul 2012 #7

I say we haul them all in for questioning Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #8

He needs to be The Wizard Jul 2012 #9

Imagine what he would have gotten if he'd "worked" for TWO days! Buns_of_Fire Jul 2012 #10

Poor fella ... because he resigned, he won't get unemployment. Sad. So sad. TahitiNut Jul 2012 #11

my heart bleeds for him... Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #13

The headline is misleading. TalkingDog Jul 2012 #12