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Priceline said that Darren Huston has resigned and it has named ex-CEO and current Chairman Jeffery Boyd interim CEO-president; it named Booking.com President-Chief Operating Officer Gillian Tans CEO, Booking.com, succeeding Huston, who also was CEO of the unit; the company said Huston "expressed regret" for a "personal relationship" with an employee at the company who wasn't under his direct supervision ... Cypress Semiconductor CEO T.J. Rodgers steps down, remains on board and will be a project leader on technical projects, with daily operational activities taken over on an interim basis by an Office of the CEO comprised of Executive Vice Presidents Hassane El-Khoury, Programmable Systems Division; Dana Nazarian, Memory Products Division; Joe Rauschmayer, manufacturing; and Thad Trent, chief financial officer.
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Symantec said President-CEO Michael Brown steps down and will remain CEO until a successor is found, and that it's creating an Office of the President until a new CEO is hired, consisting of: Ajei Gopal, taking a leave from Silver Lake and rejoining the company, named interim president-chief operating officer; Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seifert; and Executive Vice President-General Counsel-Secretary Scott Taylor ... Forcepoint, cybersecurity firm, hires Matthew Moynahan, ex-NetScout, as CEO, effective May 9, succeeding interim CEO Jim Hagan, who remains as chief operating officer, and previous CEO John McCormack, who remains as a strategic adviser to the board through 2016 ... Kony hires Bill Bodin, ex-IBM, as chief technology officer ... Fibre to the Home Council Europe names Ronan Kelly, Adtran, president.