Spending watchdog will step down
637910
National Audit Office boss Sir John Bourn, who has faced calls to resign in a row over travel expenses, is to retire.
85476
First Minister Ian Paisley will step down as moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church in January.
508985
Dr. Mark McClellan , hand-picked by the Bush administration to oversee the most sweeping change in Medicare since the program began, yesterday confirmed speculation that he is resigning.
6707
Manfred Bischoff, the German co-chief of EADS' supervisory board, is to step down early next year.
539380
Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies,  a banking expert and monetary-policy centrist, will step down  on March 30, the central bank said on Friday, marking the third  top Fed official to announce a departure this year.
149757
Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced Monday he will step down as America's chief diplomat once a successor is in place.
536709
Microsoft's Business Division President will step down, and the former head of the company that created Flash will take his spot.
681563
Bank One said Thursday that its chief economist is leaving the company, less than two months after it was purchased by JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co.
218719
Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is to step down after six years in office, he has announced.
27201
President Bush selected a veteran of the 1994 GOP takeover of Congress to become the new head of the White House budget office after current Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman announced yesterday that he was stepping down.
587180
The Bush administration's point person for the giant Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Dr. Mark McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on Tuesday.
698916
The Bush administration's point   person for the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Mark   McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on Tuesday.
509915
Peter Hain to resign as work and pensions secretary after donations are referred to police
300223
Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies, a banking expert and monetary-policy centrist, will step down on March 30, the central bank said on Friday, marking the third top Fed official to announce a departure this year.
53087
The move by the countryâs $200 billion wealth fund comes as the government nears the end of a decade-long reorganization of the banking industry.
406524
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that a top staffer overseeing the &#36;7.6 trillion mutual-fund industry will step down for a private-sector position.
340299
Works and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain announced his resignation Thursday over a funding row clouding the governing Labour Party, in a new blow to embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.