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Social gaming company RockYou has named Chief Operating Officer Lisa Marino as its new CEO. as the company seeks to get on track after a rocky transition from other businesses.

RealNetworks (RNWK) this afternoon announced that CEO Robert Kimball has resigned. He’ll be replaced on an interim based by EVP Mike Lunsford; a search for a permanent replacement is underway. Kimball had held the top job since January 2010.

Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey said he is returning to the fast-growing company as head of product and executive chairman.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, speaking at the CTIA trade show, said he's concerned AT&T's plan to take over rival T-Mobile USA would stifle innovation and hurt consumers. The chief of Verizon Wireless said he isn't interested in buying Sprint.

The president and CEO of CBS was working Monday toward bringing disgraced TV star Charlie Sheen back to "Two and a Half Men," RadarOnline reported. According to a source, Les Moonves was determined to bring the show back and was in discussions with Warner Bros. Television, which produces the show and which fired Sheen earlier this month, in an attempt to rebuild the numerous bridges burned between the ranting actor and the California-based program staff.

The U.S. government's investigation into the Lehman Brothers collapse has hit daunting hurdles that could result in no civil or criminal charges ever being filed against the company's former executives.

NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

Rising fuel prices have forced Southwest Airlines to raise ticket prices, but the Dallas-based carrier is also focusing on efficiency measures to lower its fuel consumption, president and CEO Gary Kelly said Monday.

CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves is shrugging off the effect of cancelling Charlie Sheen's popular sitcom "Two and a Half Men." In fact, he says the move is saving money.

Apple shareholders have rejected a plan requiring the company to disclose a succession plan for its chief executive.