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Alcatel-Lucent CEO leaves company

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Patricia Russo stepped down today on the heels of a dismal performance the past two years. She refused to learn French after company's U.S.-French merger, and Stephen Beard reports that could have been a bad sign.

French-U.S. telecom equipment group Alcatel-Lucent chief executive Patricia Russo at a meeting in Paris. (Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images)

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