Comment: Sara Lee’s search for CEO successor begins
By: Michelle Russell | 9 August 2010
Sara Lee shares fell 10 cents to $14.74 at 9:52am in New York trading this morning (9 August) on news that chairman and CEO Brenda Barnes is to step down from her role permanently.
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Sara Lee shares fell 10 cents to $14.74 at 9:52am in New York trading this morning (9 August) on news that chairman and CEO Brenda Barnes is to step down from her role permanently.
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