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May 7, 2010 -- Web hosting provider EarthLink announced on Thursday it named chief operating officer Joseph Wetzel as its new president. The role of president had been previously vacant.

One of the questions I often hear about Sedo is how it is pronounced. I’ve always said See-Dough. So when I was at the SedoPro conference in Key West earlier this month, I was delighted to hear Sedo CEO Tim Schumaker pronounce the company as see-dough as well. Case closed. But then in a session the next day Sedo Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel Jeremiah Johnston kept referring to the company as “Say-Dough”. Someone in the audience asked: which is it, see or say? Well,

I’m here at the Palo Alto Research Center, where the Churchill Club is hosting an interview with Sheryl Sandberg , Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer. Altimeter Group Founder Charlene Li is moderating the discussion. Below, I’ll be taking liveblogging my notes throughout the interview. Q: What does Facebook mean to you personally? What are your favorite things to do? How much do you use it? A: I use it a lot. Have used it since before I joined Facebook. Back in college I had a ‘litt

A preview with links to testimony for Wednesday’s hearing. Wednesday morning, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on the expansion of top level domain names. Four witnesses will testify: Doug Brent, Chief Operating Officer of ICANN, Richard Heath President of International Trademark Association, Paul Stahura, Chief Executive Officer/President eNOM, Inc., and Steve DelBianco, Executive Director of NetChoice. Here’s a preview of their testimony: Doug Brent (ICANN) :

Episode 14 of the Consumerism Commentary Podcast includes interviews with representatives from ING Direct and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Our discussion with Jim Kelly, the chief operating officer of ING Direct, focuses on the bank’s “We, the Savers” campaign and we also discuss ING Direct’s beginnings in the United States and the bank’s relationship with personal finance management software. The podcast also features an interview with Mackey McNeil, certi