Rio Tinto CFO to RETIRE and 4 Morning Hot Stocks Making the Rounds

After serving Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) for nearly 32 years, CFO Guy Elliot will hang up his boots by the end of 2013. Elliot was the brains behind the company’s ill-fated, $38 billion takeover of Alcan. Rio chairman Jan du Plessis made no mention of this however, saying  “….he helped steer the Group through the global financial crisis and back to a position of financial strength.”

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