Kohl's Fires CEO for Violating Policy
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Kohl's Corp. fired CEO Ashley Buchanan after the board found he directed the company to do millions of dollars of business with someone he had a personal relationship with on 'highly unusual terms.' Shelly Banjo has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
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