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Intel makes Bob Swan its permanent CEO, maintaining a steady course away from the PC

After searching more than half a year for a new chief executive, Intel decided the best candidate was the guy already running the company: Robert “Bob” Swan, the “acting” and now permanent CEO.

Technically, Intel promoted from within to hire Swan, who had served as the company’s chief financial officer since 2016. But Swan’s resume paints him as an outsider, with stints at fab tools maker Applied Materials, and nine years as the CFO at eBay. Swan has had CEO experience, but only running Webvan, an

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