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Toy resigns

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#15728From: Steve GoldmanApr 25, 1989 12:22 PM
From today's Wall Street Journal: Max Toy resigned as the head of US operations at Commodore International Ltd. after a year and a half at the job, apparently because of continuing frustrations at the company over lackluster US results. Chairman Irving Gould declined to elaborate on a news releas's single sentence about Mr. Toy, which said he "resigned to pursue other itnerests." But Mr. Gould said that "we still have a tremendous way to go in the US." Mr. Gould, Commodore's major shareholder, called its US strategy sound, but said he thought the execution had been weak. The company as a whole has been progressing, he said. Mr. Gould has described himself as an impatient man, and the personal computer maker has been a revolving door for senior executives in the past few years as US operations have been slow to turn around. Mr. Toy was succeded by Harold D. Copperman, formerly a marketing executive with Apple Computer Inc…. ..