Olympus fires British CEO, a self-confessed loud-mouth

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp fired its CEO and president, blaming the Briton in unusually blunt terms on Friday for trying to shake up 92 years of the firm's management culture.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19446897/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Olympus+fires+British+CEO%2C+a+self-confessed+loud-mouth&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F14%2Fuk-olympus-idUKTRE79D0PN20111014%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Olympus+fires+British+CEO%2C+a+self-confessed+loud-mouth&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F14%2Fuk-olympus-idUKTRE79D0PN20111014%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115974696725/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19446897/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115974696725/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19446897/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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