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Best Buy CFO Quits

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Jim Muehlbauer, executive vice president and current chief financial officer with Best Buy is quitting, after more than a decade with the company. He will continue to support the company through the end of the 2013 fiscal year. Mr. Muehlbauer joined Best Buy in 2002.

Best Buy says it is conducting a search for a new Chief Financial Officer.

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